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Researchers conclude that climate change led to collapse of ancient Indus civilization

A new study combining the latest archaeological evidence with state-of-the-art geoscience technologies provides evidence that climate change was a key ingredient in the collapse of the great Indus or Harappan Civilization ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 25 | with audio podcast

Desert dust intensifies summer rainfall in U.S. southwest

(Phys.org) -- Dust is more than something to be brushed off the furniture. Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found that dust kicked up from the desert floor acts like a heat pump in the atmosphere, ...

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created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Study links past changes in monsoon to major shifts in Indian civilizations

(PhysOrg.com) -- A fundamental shift in the Indian monsoon has occurred over the last few millennia, from a steady humid monsoon that favored lush vegetation to extended periods of drought, reports a new study ...

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created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

El Nino, La Nina to become more dominant in New Zealand with climate change

(PhysOrg.com) -- El Niño and La Niña weather patterns will become even more dominant in New Zealand with climate change, according to research from The University of Auckland published in Nature Climate Change.

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created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New reports identify impacts of climate change on world's highest mountains

Findings from the most comprehensive assessment to date on climate change, snow and glacier melt in Asia's mountainous Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region -- site of Mount Everest and many of the world's tallest peaks -- highlight ...

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created Dec 04, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 7

Past decade ties for world's hottest: UN agency

Thirteen of the warmest years recorded have occurred within the last decade and a half, the UN's World Meteorological Organisation said on Tuesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 23

Link between air pollution and cyclone intensity in Arabian Sea

Pollution is making Arabian Sea cyclones more intense, according to a study in this week's issue of the journal Nature.

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created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Future holds more extreme weather

(AP) -- For a world already weary of weather catastrophes, the latest warning from top climate scientists paints a grim future: More floods, more heat waves, more droughts and greater costs to deal with them.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 5

Extreme 2010 Russian fires and Pakistan floods linked meteorologically

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two of the most destructive natural disasters of 2010 were closely linked by a single meteorological event, even though they occurred 1,500 miles (2,414 km) apart and were of completely different ...

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created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Evidence suggests La Nina will return this winter

(PhysOrg.com) -- A return of La Nina, which historically delivers dry conditions, is increasingly likely.

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created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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