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New study debunks theory that England's decommissioned wells are leaking methane
There is no evidence to suggest that England's decommissioned oil and gas wells are leaking methane into the environment, according to a new study by Heriot-Watt University.
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Jun 24, 2022
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Despite improvements, China's air remains unsafe
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone exposure are major public health problems in China. Although useful, atmospheric models used to analyze these and other air quality concerns over the years are expensive to run, limiting ...
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Jun 24, 2022
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Experts call for proactive approach to prepare for more extreme wildfires
Wildfires have grown in frequency, intensity and overall burned area due to climate change. This year, communities in B.C. and Canada are bracing for this pattern to continue.
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Jun 24, 2022
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Our flood predictions are getting worse as the climate changes. We have to understand how hills shape floods
Protecting people from floods requires many technical professionals to make good predictions and decisions.
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Jun 24, 2022
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New study solves long-standing mystery of what may have triggered ice age
A new study led by University of Arizona researchers may have solved two mysteries that have long puzzled paleo-climate experts: Where did the ice sheets that rang in the last ice age more than 100,000 years ago come from, ...
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Jun 24, 2022
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Defects in quartz crystal structure reveal the origin of dust
Global warming and a progressively drier climate in many parts of the world are causing more dust storms. To predict how these storms are caused, researchers are looking into the past to understand where the dust came from, ...
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Jun 24, 2022
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Seismic waves from earthquakes reveal changes in the Earth's outer core
In May 1997, a large earthquake shook the Kermadec Islands region in the South Pacific Ocean. A little over 20 years later, in September 2018, a second big earthquake hit the same location, its waves of seismic energy emanating ...
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Jun 24, 2022
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Automation builds bigger, better ice tower reservoirs for high, dry farming
Towering artificial ice reservoirs called "ice stupas" have emerged since 2014 as an accessible means of storing irrigation water in dry, high-altitude mountain villages. Now, experiments with automated systems have demonstrated ...
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Jun 23, 2022
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Coastal marsh migration may further fuel climate change
As rising sea levels cause marshes to move inland in six mid-Atlantic states, the coastal zone will not continue to serve as a carbon sink but release more carbon into the atmosphere, a new modeling study led by researchers ...
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Jun 23, 2022
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Modeling historical biomass could be key to buffering climate change
When plants breathe in carbon from the atmosphere and store it in their leaves, branches, trunks and roots, they help the Earth maintain a carbon balance—a crucial component to a steady climate.
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Jun 23, 2022
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Effect of dust and smoke on Western drought 'likely similar' to African study, author says
A University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) student says his examination of the combined influence of dust and smoke on surface atmosphere temperatures in sub-Saharan Africa likely applies to conditions in the American West, ...
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Jun 23, 2022
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Stretching of the continents drove ancient global warming event, say scientists
Scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered that stretching of the continents is likely to have caused one of the most extreme and abrupt episodes of global warming in Earth history.
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Jun 23, 2022
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Hydrology controls lithium isotopes in rivers and seawater
Seawater lithium isotopes (δ7Li) record changes over Earth history, including a ~9‰ increase during the Cenozoic, which is interpreted as the reflection of either a change in continental silicate weathering rate or weathering ...
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Jun 23, 2022
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Zone-by-zone study of Central Asia shows hotter and drier deserts and warmer and wetter mountains due to climate change
A pair of researchers at the University of Nebraska's School of Natural Resources and Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences has conducted a zone-by-zone study of weather in Central Asia to learn more about changing ...
Great Lakes levels are likely to see continued rise in next three decades
The Great Lakes in the Midwest U.S. comprise the largest unfrozen freshwater stores on Earth. But too much of a good thing can create problems. New research using the most advanced regional climate modeling systems finds ...
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Jun 22, 2022
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Chinese scientists help Africa combat land degradation
Chinese scientists released an online tool, the Great Green Wall Big Data Facilitator, to help African countries combat increasingly severe land degradation on June 16, the 28th World Day to Combat Desertification & Drought.
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Jun 21, 2022
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A major California reservoir has hit its peak for the year at just over half full
Lake Oroville, the largest reservoir in a state system that provides water to 27 million Californians, has already reached its peak level for the year, barely surpassing half of its capacity, according to the Department of ...
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Jun 21, 2022
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Systematic warming pool discovered in the Pacific due to human activities
In a study just released in the journal Communications Earth and Environment, Dr. Armineh Barkhordarian confirms that this systematic warming pool is not the result of natural climatic variations—but of human influences ...
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Jun 21, 2022
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Mysterious climate behavior during Earth's most severe mass extinction event explained
The end-Permian mass extinction is the most severe mass extinction event ever recorded, during which ~80% of marine species went extinct.
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Jun 21, 2022
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Crossing fire threshold can quickly turn blazes dangerous
Global climate change has already exacerbated the risk of fire and is likely to fuel even more change as accelerating feedback loops create disastrous consequences for both biodiversity and human populations. Yet accurately ...
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Jun 20, 2022
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Rural areas will bear the brunt of US sea-level rise
Study explores uncertainties in flood risk estimates
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Clouds played an important role in the history of climate
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