In March and April 2023, some Earth scientists began to point out that average sea surface temperatures had surpassed the highest levels seen in a key data record maintained by NOAA. Months later, they remain at record levels, ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 31, 2023
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A new epidemiological study of endangered juvenile green sea turtles in eastern Brazil suggests that factors such as water temperature, salinity and proximity to environmental stressors could trigger the development of a ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 31, 2023
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While the threat of tropical cyclones increases around the world, a new study published in Nature Communications shows one area experienced a significant decline in cyclone activity. But, with recent changes in climatic patterns ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 31, 2023
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Scientists are sounding the alarm on human-caused climate change's impact on hurricanes such as Idalia, which rapidly intensified over a warm Gulf of Mexico before making landfall in Florida on Wednesday.
Environment
Aug 31, 2023
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Every year, as July draws to a close, Norio Terada and his fellow oyster farmers submerge hundreds of scallop shells strung on wire rings into the waters of Lake Hamana.
Environment
Aug 29, 2023
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The water temperature at the bottom of the Bornholm Basin in the central Baltic Sea has risen faster in recent decades than at the surface. Warnemünde researchers have now been able to explain this unusual development with ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 28, 2023
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The heat wave in the northern Baltic Sea in recent weeks is the longest ever recorded. "The unusually high water temperatures are very worrying and can have major consequences for the marine ecosystem in the area," says Nicholas ...
Environment
Aug 24, 2023
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After a rare three-year La Niña event brought heavy rain and flooding to eastern Australia in 2020-22, we're now bracing for the heat and drought of El Niño at the opposite end of the spectrum.
Earth Sciences
Aug 24, 2023
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The island nation of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean is made up of more than 1,000 small coral islands with white sandy beaches and colorful reefs teeming with marine life.
Ecology
Aug 22, 2023
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Weather-related disasters and climate change impacts are unraveling the fabric of society in the South-West Pacific. Sea level rise threatens the future of low-lying islands while increasing ocean heat and acidification harms ...
Environment
Aug 18, 2023
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