Climate models are complex, just like the world they mirror. They simultaneously simulate the interacting, chaotic flow of Earth's atmosphere and oceans, and they run on the world's largest supercomputers.
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Earth's average temperature rose more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in 2024 for the first time—a critical threshold in the climate crisis. At the same time, major armed conflicts continue to rage in Ukraine, Gaza, ...
Environment
Sep 3, 2025
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Increasing ocean temperatures will erase mangrove restoration gains expected to occur due to economic development and conservation, according to a new study from researchers at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Environment
Sep 3, 2025
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In higher elevations, firn, frozen water that is something between snow and ice, covers the top of glaciers. Firn plays a critical role in regulating glacial meltwater and sea level rise.
Environment
Sep 2, 2025
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Over the next few decades, climate change will pose new threats around the world. Researchers from Climate Analytics (Berlin) and Radboud University's Global Data Lab (GDL) have developed long-term projections of global climate ...
Environment
Sep 2, 2025
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Global climate change is making temperatures hotter, particularly in densely populated cities, which can adversely affect the health of residents. While mitigation efforts are urgent, it is hard for urban planners to identify ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 1, 2025
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Glaciers across High Mountain Asia are losing more than 22 gigatons of ice per year—the equivalent to nearly 9 million Olympic swimming pools, according to research from the University of Utah and Virginia Tech. The impact ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 30, 2025
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The atmosphere will become more turbulent in future decades as climate change makes the air less stable.
Earth Sciences
Aug 27, 2025
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The ocean is heating up—in some places, faster than scientists once thought possible. For the fish, crustaceans and plankton that underpin life in the sea, this means habitats will shift, food supplies will change, and predators ...
Ecology
Aug 26, 2025
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Throughout the first half of 2020, average monthly temperatures in Siberia reached 6°C above the norm. The situation climaxed on 20 June, when the temperature in the town of Verkhoyansk climbed to 38°C (100.4°F), the highest ...
Earth Sciences
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