Pollution is making Arabian Sea cyclones more intense, according to a study in this week's issue of the journal Nature.
Earth Sciences
Nov 2, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Subtle connections between the 11-year solar cycle, the stratosphere, and the tropical Pacific Ocean work in sync to generate periodic weather patterns that affect much of the globe, according to research ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 27, 2009
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A team of UC San Diego-led atmospheric chemistry researchers moved closer to what is considered the "holy grail" of climate change science when it made the first-ever direct detection of biological particles within ice clouds.
Earth Sciences
May 17, 2009
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Emperor penguin colonies experienced unprecedented breeding failure in a region of Antarctica where there was total sea ice loss in 2022. The discovery supports predictions that over 90% of emperor penguin colonies will be ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 24, 2023
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A group of researchers at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), in São Paulo state, Brazil, has developed an algorithm that projects the future of vegetation in the Amazon, presenting scenarios for transformation of ...
Ecology
Jun 6, 2023
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As with many natural phenomena, scientists look to past climate to understand what may lie ahead as Earth warms. By assessing so-called 'flavors' of El Niño events in past climate records and model simulations, researchers ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 9, 2022
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Math is the language of the physical world, and Alex Townsend sees mathematical patterns everywhere: in weather, in the way soundwaves move, and even in the spots or stripes zebra fish develop in embryos.
Mathematics
Apr 5, 2022
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It's a well-known fact that the ocean is one of the biggest absorbers of the carbon dioxide emitted by way of human activity. What's less well known is how the ocean's processes for absorbing that carbon change over time, ...
Environment
Jun 19, 2019
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The end of the baking hot summer is a forceful reminder of what the climate could hold in store for us in the future. Between April and August of this year, rainfall in Eastern Switzerland was lower than has ever been recorded. ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 25, 2018
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A new Portland State University study shows that not all populations of a single, widely spread tree species respond the same to climate change, something scientists will need to consider when making climate change projections.
Environment
Jun 8, 2018
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