Record-high ocean temperatures observed in 2023 could become the norm if the world moved into a climate that is 3°C warmer than pre-industrial levels, according to a new study.
Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2024
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Eddies are often seen as the weather of the ocean. Like large-scale circulations in the atmosphere, eddies swirl through the ocean as slow-moving sea cyclones, sweeping up nutrients and heat, and transporting them around ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2020
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The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) do not appear to exist, according to a team of meteorologists who believe this has implications for both the validity of previous studies ...
Environment
Jan 3, 2020
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A new study has highlighted underprepared regions across the world most at risk of the devastating effects of scorching temperatures.
Environment
Apr 26, 2023
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In the Southern Hemisphere, the ice cover around Antarctica gradually expands from March to October each year. During this time the total ice area increases by 6 times to become larger than Russia. The sea ice then retreats ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 28, 2022
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In a recently published study, researchers from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model using deep learning algorithms that outperforms ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 24, 2023
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By analysing sediment cores from the bed of Europe's oldest lake, an international team of scientists has created a detailed climate history of the north-central Mediterranean stretching back 1.36 million years—and revealed ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 3, 2019
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The science of climate change is more than 150 years old and it is probably the most tested area of modern science. However the energy industry, political lobbyists and others have spent the last 30 years sowing doubt about ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 16, 2019
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Drought is among the most damaging natural hazards in the world, often causing severe losses to agriculture, ecosystems and human societies.
Environment
Jan 28, 2022
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A new Columbia Engineering study indicates that the world will experience more frequent and more extreme drought and aridity than currently experienced in the coming century, exacerbated by both climate change and land-atmosphere ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 2, 2019
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