Fossil fuel formation: Key to atmosphere's oxygen?
For the development of animals, nothing—with the exception of DNA—may be more important than oxygen in the atmosphere.
Earth Sciences
Jan 2, 2017
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News tagged with carbon dioxide concentration
Future increase in plant photosynthesis revealed by seasonal carbon dioxide cycle
Doubling of the carbon dioxide concentration will cause global plant photosynthesis to increase by about one third, according to a paper published in the journal Nature.
Environment
Oct 3, 2016
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Westerly winds have blown across central Asia for at least 42 million years
The gusting westerly winds that dominate the climate in central Asia, setting the pattern of dryness and location of central Asian deserts, have blown mostly unchanged for 42 million years.A University of Washington geologist ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 13, 2016
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Rising water temperatures and acidification affect important plankton organism
Ocean acidification, rising temperatures, eutrophication and loss of oxygen: Life in the oceans has to cope with a variety of factors. How will plants and animals react when global climate change alters their environment? ...
Environment
Aug 9, 2016
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El Nino drives fastest annual increase on record of carbon dioxide
The rising concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide has passed a symbolic threshold early due to the fastest annual increase on record
Environment
Jun 13, 2016
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Ancient bones point to shifting grassland species as climate changes
More rainfall during the growing season may have led to one of the most significant changes in the Earth's vegetation in the distant past, and similar climate changes could affect the distribution of plants in the future ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2016
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Nitrogen fixation key to ocean life
How do ocean gardens grow? Specifically, how do those gardens get nitrogen, which is critical to producing life, and will nitrogen sources to the ocean in the future be different as the ocean changes?
Environment
Mar 15, 2016
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Ocean acidification causes young corals to develop deformed skeletons
Coral reefs around the world are facing a whole spectrum of human-induced disturbances that are affecting their ability to grow, reproduce and survive. These range from local pressures such as overfishing and sedimentation, ...
Environment
Feb 22, 2016
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Flourishing vegetation increases carbon dioxide amplitude
All over the world, monitoring stations are registering rising atmospheric levels of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. However, in high northern latitudes another trend can also be seen: seasonal variation in carbon dioxide ...
Environment
Jan 28, 2016
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Rising carbon dioxide emissions pose 'intoxication' threat to world's ocean fish
UNSW Australia researchers have found that carbon dioxide concentrations in seawater could reach levels high enough to make fish "intoxicated" and disoriented many decades earlier than previously thought, with serious implications ...
Environment
Jan 20, 2016
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