Climate change caused by CO2 emissions already in the atmosphere will shrink global GDP in 2050 by about $38 trillion, or almost a fifth, no matter how aggressively humanity cuts carbon pollution, researchers said Wednesday.
Environment
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That coffee you slurped this morning? It's 600,000 years old.
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 20, 2024
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Huge pink flocks of millions of flamingos—flamboyances of flamingos—are one of nature's great spectacles. But colleagues and I have uncovered worrying trends in the salty and highly-alkaline "soda lakes" of east Africa ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 20, 2024
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Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef is suffering one of the most severe coral bleaching events on record, leaving scientists fearful for its survival as the impact of climate change worsens.
Ecology
Apr 20, 2024
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New research finds that modern weather models can accurately predict satellite movements due to the energy emitted and reflected by the Earth. In addition to weather prediction, weather models can also help understand and ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 19, 2024
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EPFL researchers have developed the first comprehensive model of the quantum-mechanical effects behind photoluminescence in thin gold films; a discovery that could drive the development of solar fuels and batteries.
Nanophysics
Apr 19, 2024
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As extreme weather events increase around the world due to climate change, the need for further research into our warming planet has increased as well. For NASA, climate research involves not only conducting studies of these ...
Environment
Apr 19, 2024
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This year, organizers of Earth Day are calling for widespread climate education as a critical step in the fight against climate change.
Environment
Apr 19, 2024
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A study published in the journal Potato Research presents results on the response of spring and summer potatoes to climate change in South Korea. The study, conducted by scientists from the Leibniz Center for Agricultural ...
Agriculture
Apr 19, 2024
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While it's common knowledge that mountaintops are colder than the valleys below, a new University of Vermont (UVM) study is flipping the script on what we know about forests and climate.
Ecology
Apr 18, 2024
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