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Severe weather disproportionately impacts Oklahoma's native communities, study shows
As the climate, demographics and land usage continue to change, tribal communities in Oklahoma are increasingly at risk of severe weather. A recent study led by Yang Hong with the University of Oklahoma examines these changes ...
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Antarctica's ancient ice sheets foreshadow dynamic changes in Earth's future
Nineteen million years ago, during a time known as the early Miocene, massive ice sheets in Antarctica rapidly and repeatedly grew and receded. The Miocene is widely considered a potential analog for Earth's climate in the ...
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Some high-threat volcanoes are severely understudied: Study
The Cascade Volcanic Arc stretches from Northern California to southern British Columbia and contains more than a dozen volcanoes. The U.S. Geological Survey classifies 11 of them, including Mount Baker and Mount Hood, as ...
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Earth's frozen zones are in trouble. We're already seeing the consequences, researcher says
As this year's UN climate summit (COP28) gets under way in Dubai, scientists studying Earth's frozen regions have been delivering an urgent call for action to policy makers. But is anyone listening?
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Q&A: Waiting for an eruption—what do we know about the Iceland volcano?
Icelanders are no strangers to volcanic eruptions, but right now the country waits in a state of limbo.
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Being prepared for storm surges on the Baltic Sea coast
The record storm surge in October 2023 caused severe damage to the German Baltic coast. Effective adaptation scenarios to rising sea levels are, therefore, becoming increasingly urgent. In two recent studies, researchers ...
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Study explores whether basic human water needs can be met while protecting surface and groundwater ecosystems
A Griffith-led study has assessed whether basic human water needs can be met without exceeding safe and just Earth system boundaries (ESBs) for surface and groundwater (blue water), defined to protect people and planet.
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Analyses of the Kahramanmaraş earthquake from February 2023
On February 6, 2023, the devastating magnitude MW 7.8 Kahramanmaraş earthquake in South East Türkiye ruptured multiple fault segments of the "East Anatolian Fault Zone' separating the Anatolian and Arabian tectonic plates.
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Minerals and land use determine carbon storage in soils, finds study
Carbon sequestration in soils can contribute to mitigate climate change, and soil organic matter associated with minerals has the highest capacity to store carbon. A team of researchers, including scientists from the Max ...
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In California, 600 years' worth of tree rings reveal climate risks
An interdisciplinary collaboration used 600 years' worth of tree rings from the San Joaquin Valley to reconstruct plausible daily records of weather and streamflow scenarios during that period. Modeling based on those scenarios ...
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Wetlands offer greater cumulative benefit for flood control: Study
Adding multiple smaller wetlands to the landscape can make large reservoirs more effective at flood control, according to a new study from Tulane University published in Environmental Research Letters.
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An adaptive representation model to efficiently represent geoscience knowledge
A geoscience knowledge graph (GKG) is an effective way of organizing various geoscience knowledge into a machine-understandable and computable semantic network. However, existing knowledge graph representation models leverage ...
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Nov 28, 2023
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Three reasons why removing grazing animals from Australia's arid lands for carbon credits is a bad idea
If you run a large polluting facility and can't work out how to actually cut emissions, you might buy carbon credits to offset your emissions from the Australian Carbon Credit Unit Scheme. These credits are meant to represent ...
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Natural disaster risk modeling is a reliable, affordable way to estimate expected riverine flood damage: Study
In recent months, rivers overflowing their banks have caused property damage and loss of life in France, Italy, Mexico, and South Africa, underscoring the increasing perils of climate change.
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Nov 28, 2023
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Bolstered by buoys: Predicting El Niño
The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)—the climate phenomenon comprising the warm El Niño, cool La Niña, and neutral climate phases—occurs on a cycle that lasts 2–7 years. When it forms, ENSO drives irregular ...
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Nov 28, 2023
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Scientists track rapid retreat of Antarctic glacier
Scientists are warning that apparently stable glaciers in the Antarctic can "switch very rapidly" and lose large quantities of ice as a result of warmer oceans.
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Nov 28, 2023
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How can we evaluate the quality of global water models?
A new international study has tested the extent to which global water models agree with one another and with observational data. Using a new evaluation approach, the research team, which includes IIASA researchers, can show ...
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Nov 28, 2023
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New study reveals how pollution affects clouds and climate
A recent study reveals the profound impact of pollution on cloud behavioוr. This newfound understanding illuminates the intricate ways in which pollution alters our climate. Such research marks a significant advance in comprehending ...
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Nov 28, 2023
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Living in a +50°C world: Cooling must be considered critical infrastructure, says new report
Experts from the University of Birmingham are calling for global cooling and cold chain to be considered as critical infrastructure as the planet continues to heat.
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Nov 28, 2023
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Marine biota birth new atmospheric particles in the South Pacific Ocean
An international team of marine biogeochemist and atmospheric scientists have made a rare discovery in the almost uncharted atmosphere of the South Pacific Ocean. They found that nocturnal nanoparticle bursts that contain ...
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Nov 28, 2023
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