Nearly 5,000 kilometers above the sun's surface lies a century-old question for solar physicists—how are temperatures in the star's upper atmosphere (corona) hundreds of times hotter than temperatures at the sun's visible ...
Astronomy
Jun 14, 2023
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Global GDP loss from climate change will increase exponentially the warmer the planet gets when its cascading impact on global supply chains is factored in, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
Economics & Business
Mar 13, 2024
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Scientists of the Department of Physics at the University of Hamburg, Germany, detected the magnetic states of atoms on a surface using only heat. The respective study is published in a recent volume of Science. A magnetic ...
General Physics
Mar 8, 2019
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Heat waves could significantly reduce crop yields and threaten global food supply if climate change is not tackled and reversed.
Environment
Mar 19, 2014
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For the first time ever, food and agriculture took center stage at the annual United Nations climate conference in 2023.
Ecology
Dec 4, 2023
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Humanity is on course to transgress multiple global "tipping points" that could lead to irreversible instability or the complete collapse of ecological and institutional systems, a United Nations report has warned.
Environment
Oct 28, 2023
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Measuring the fuel supply on Odyssey, a decades-old spacecraft without a fuel gauge, is no easy task.
Space Exploration
Mar 15, 2023
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Climate change isn't causing the multi-year drought that is devastating parts of Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Bolivia, but warming is worsening some of the dry spell's impacts, a new study says.
Environment
Feb 16, 2023
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Californians sweltering in the West's lengthening heat wave were asked to reduce air conditioning and cut other electricity use again during critical hours Friday and again Saturday to prevent stress on the state's electrical ...
Environment
Sep 3, 2022
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Cities across China were on red alert for heatwaves on Monday, as tens of millions of people were warned to stay indoors and record temperatures strained energy supply.
Environment
Jul 25, 2022
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