Is California's wildfire season finally over? Don't bet on it, experts say
California has entered fall amid notably moist conditions that have left some wondering whether this year's fire season has officially fizzled.
California has entered fall amid notably moist conditions that have left some wondering whether this year's fire season has officially fizzled.
Earth Sciences
Sep 29, 2023
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Recent summer droughts in Europe are far more severe than anything in the past 2,100 years, according to a new study.
Earth Sciences
Mar 15, 2021
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A team of researchers affiliated with multiple entities in the U.S. and the U.K. has found that the number of cactus species at risk of extinction is likely to increase this century as a result of climate change. In their ...
A new analysis of strontium isotopes in marine sediments has enabled scientists to reconstruct fluctuations in ocean chemistry related to changing climate conditions over the past 35 million years.
Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2021
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Notwithstanding last month's cold snap in Texas and Louisiana, climate change is leading to warmer winter weather throughout the southern U.S., creating a golden opportunity for many tropical plants and animals to move north, ...
Ecology
Mar 19, 2021
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In a landmark study, scientists at The University of Queensland (UQ) have simulated future ocean conditions and found climate change will jeopardise the future of coral reefs.
Environment
Sep 3, 2013
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Increasingly, global food production is being threatened by the effects of climate change. As floods, droughts, and extreme heat waves become more common, crops need to be able to adapt faster than ever.
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 11, 2022
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Environmental scientists at Nottingham Trent University have, for the first time, mapped the extent of known wind farm infrastructures, such as wind turbines and vehicle tracks, on recognized blanket bogs in Europe.
Earth Sciences
Mar 23, 2023
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The melting of the supergiant iceberg A-68 had a huge impact on the ocean around South Georgia, in sub-Antarctica, and significantly changed the Southern Ocean's temperature and saltiness, with potentially major consequences ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2023
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California has experienced a devastating, multi-year drought that's depleted reservoirs, forced officials to plead with residents to conserve water and constrained supplies to vital farmland.
Environment
Jan 11, 2023
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