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Rockfall frequency from French mountains has doubled since Little Ice Age
The Little Ice Age was a period of significant cooling from the early 14th to mid-19th centuries, which saw mean temperatures across the northern hemisphere drop by up to 2°C and the advancement of glaciers.
Clouds have a surprising effect on surface warming, climate researchers find
McGill University researchers have discovered that changes in clouds are slightly mitigating global warming. While greenhouse gases continue to cause temperatures to rise, a reduction in low-cloud cover over land has brought ...
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Destroyed Nord Stream pipelines spread methane across southern Baltic Sea, research reveals
Methane from the destroyed Nord Stream pipelines spread over a large part of the southern Baltic Sea and remained for several months. This is according to a study by researchers from the University of Gothenburg and the Voice ...
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From drops to data: Researchers propose algorithm to improve precipitation predictions worldwide
With the increase in climate change, global precipitation estimates have become a necessity for predicting water-related disasters like floods and droughts, as well as for managing water resources. The most accurate data ...
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Critical ocean current has not declined in the last 60 years, AMOC study finds
Earth, being 71% covered in water, is influenced by the ocean and its movements. In the Atlantic Ocean, a system of connected currents, called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), moves water throughout ...
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Technology for oxidizing atmospheric methane won't help the climate, researchers say
As the atmosphere continues to fill with greenhouse gases from human activities, many proposals have surfaced to "geoengineer" climate-saving solutions, that is, alter the atmosphere at a global scale to either reduce the ...
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Beach guardians: How hidden microbes protect coastal waters in a changing climate
A hidden world teeming with life lies below beach sands. New Stanford-led research sheds light on how microbial communities in coastal groundwater respond to infiltrating seawater.
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Satellite imagery tracks glacier surges, revealing hidden lake hazards
New research has tracked the evolution of a glacier lake dammed by a glacier surge using satellite images, to help better understand its life cycle and the hazard it presents to nearby communities.
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Jan 14, 2025
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Mapping landslide hazards across Indiana
The Indiana Geological and Water Survey at Indiana University has been publishing critical research that addresses landslide risks across the Hoosier state. New high-resolution imagery and digital elevation measurements being ...
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Jan 13, 2025
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Satellite image shows Los Angeles wildfires
Five wildfires—the biggest of which are the Palisades and the Eaton fires—are still currently burning (as of 10 January 2025) in areas of north Los Angeles. At least 10 people are known to have lost their lives and many ...
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Jan 13, 2025
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Oregon Cascades hide a huge buried aquifer
Oregon's Cascade Range mountains might not hold gold, but they store another precious resource in abundance: water. Scientists from the University of Oregon and their partners have mapped the amount of water stored beneath ...
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Jan 13, 2025
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Study reveals unexpected cause of winter ozone pollution
Researchers from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, alongside mainland collaborators, have uncovered an unexpected phenomenon: severe wintertime ozone (O3) pollution in Lanzhou, China, driven primarily by alkene emissions ...
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Jan 13, 2025
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Megathrust earthquakes: Modeling the long and short of subduction zones
Plates at subduction zones typically move just a few centimeters per year. But when accumulated stress at these convergent plate boundaries releases suddenly, the plates can slip several meters and cause some of Earth's largest ...
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Jan 13, 2025
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Melting Antarctic ice sheets may be causing larger volcanic eruptions
Melting ice sheets are often considered synonymous with climate change in the media, with evocative images of lone polar bears floating on ever-shrinking rafts of ice. While impacts such as sea level rise and salinity changes ...
2024: An eye-opening year of extreme weather and climate
From the persistent droughts of southern Africa and Central America in the early part of the year to the more recent devastating extreme rainfall in Spain and the deadly Hurricane Helene along America's east coast, 2024 has ...
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Jan 11, 2025
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Two of history's most damaging earthquakes struck on January 17
Two of the ten most damaging earthquakes in recorded history happened on January 17th. This year is the thirtieth anniversary of Japan's Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. The Northridge Earthquake in Southern California happened ...
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Jan 10, 2025
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Study reveals rapid return of water from ground to atmosphere through plants
A new study led by scientists in the Schmid College of Science and Technology at Chapman University provides the first comprehensive global estimates of the amount of water stored in Earth's plants and the amount of time ...
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Jan 10, 2025
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Cumbre Vieja study suggests that magma composition drives volcanic tremor
A study based on the sampling and analysis of volcanic ash at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, located off Africa's northwest coast, suggests that the composition of magma could drive tremors during volcanic eruptions.
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Jan 10, 2025
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Ocean temperatures hit record highs in 2024, study finds
A study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences has found that ocean warming in 2024 has led to new record high temperatures. The ocean is the hottest it has ever been recorded by humans, not only at the surface temperature ...
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Jan 10, 2025
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Oil extraction may have triggered small earthquakes in Surrey, study suggests
A series of more than 100 small earthquakes in Surrey in 2018 and 2019 might have been triggered by oil extraction from a nearby well, suggests a new study by UCL researchers.
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Jan 9, 2025
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