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Earth's drylands expand, affecting billions as climate warms
As Earth continues to warm, more and more of the planet is becoming dry. A 2024 UN report found that in the last three decades, over three-fourths of all the world's land became drier than it had been in the previous 30 years.
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Mar 21, 2025
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Core samples from Greenland's seabed provide first historical overview of plastic pollution
By coring the seabed at 850 m water depth in Disko Bay off Greenland's west coast, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have obtained the first historical record of plastic pollution in Greenland. The new data suggest ...
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Mar 21, 2025
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Shrinking Andean glaciers threaten water supply of 90 million people, scientists warn
Scientists from the University of Sheffield will warn policymakers that the shrinking glaciers of the Andes threaten the water supply of 90 million people on the South American continent at the first-ever World Day for Glaciers ...
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Mar 21, 2025
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Not just trees: Most of the carbon sequestered on land is stored in soil and water, study finds
Recent studies have shown that carbon stocks in terrestrial ecosystems are increasing, mitigating around 30% of the CO2 emissions linked to human activities.
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Mar 20, 2025
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Scientists in Antarctica: Why they're there and what they've found
A media storm blew up in mid-March 2025 when a researcher at South Africa's isolated Sanae IV base in Antarctica accused one of its nine team members of becoming violent.
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Mar 20, 2025
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Hydroacoustic imaging shows human traces on the seabed may be visible for decades
Human use of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea is visible on the seabed and can significantly impact the habitat of many marine species. In a new study, researchers from Kiel University have used high-resolution hydroacoustic ...
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Mar 20, 2025
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Earth's lungs are choking on plastic and smoke—scientists hope to unblock them
A graph I saw in high school appeared to show the Earth breathing. It was a graph that plotted carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over the course of the 20th century and into the 21st. CO2 had risen steadily, and then more ...
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Mar 20, 2025
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NASA uses advanced radar to track groundwater in California
Where California's towering Sierra Nevada surrenders to the sprawling San Joaquin Valley, a high-stakes detective story is unfolding. The culprit isn't a person but a process: the mysterious journey of snowmelt as it travels ...
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Mar 20, 2025
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Fully AI-driven weather prediction system delivers accurate forecasts faster with less computing power
A new AI weather prediction system, Aardvark Weather, can deliver accurate forecasts tens of times faster and using thousands of times less computing power than current AI and physics-based forecasting systems, according ...
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Mar 20, 2025
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Peatlands' carbon capture potential increases with rising temperatures
According to a predictive model developed by a CNRS researcher and his European colleagues, the microalgae present in peat bogs could offset up to 14% of future CO2 emissions, thanks to their photosynthetic activity. This ...
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Mar 20, 2025
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Scientists to explore why Everest glacier is so warm
A team of researchers is making final preparations for a trip to Mount Everest in Nepal next month to explore why the ice of one of the mountain's most iconic glaciers is so close to the melting point.
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Mar 20, 2025
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First earthquakes detected in Pacific Ocean using ultra-stable optical interferometry on undersea cables
NPL and MSL in New Zealand successfully detected a multitude of earthquakes in the Pacific Ocean using a pioneering detection technique.
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Mar 20, 2025
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Revoking EPA's endangerment finding won't be simple and could have unintended consequences
Most of the United States' major climate regulations are underpinned by one important document: It's called the endangerment finding, and it concludes that greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to human health and welfare.
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Mar 20, 2025
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Q&A: Earth scientist discusses the shrinking waters of the Colorado River
Key agreements in the "Law of the River," which encompasses more than 100 years of regulations, laws, court decisions and more focused on managing the Colorado River, are set to expire next year. First established in 1922 ...
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Mar 20, 2025
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These California coastal cities face heightened flood danger from a tsunami, data show
The risk of damaging flooding from a major tsunami may be greater than many realized along stretches of California's renowned coastline, state officials say, further reinforcing the need for residents to take note if they ...
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Mar 19, 2025
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Sea level rise after the last ice age revealed by new geological data
New geological data has given more insight into the rate and magnitude of global sea level rise following the last ice age, about 11,700 years ago. This information is of great importance to understand the impact global warming ...
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Mar 19, 2025
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Water stored in the mantle for millions of years may be linked to continental volcanism
The mantle transition zone (MTZ), which occurs 410–670 kilometers below Earth's surface, may store several oceans' worth of water. This water, which is carried to such depths by subducting tectonic slabs, is stored in minerals ...
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Mar 19, 2025
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Sand-sized fossils may hold secrets to the history of climate change
Between 18,000 and 11,000 years ago, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere suddenly shot up. This caused rapid global warming, the mass melting of glaciers, and the end of the last ice age.
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Mar 19, 2025
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Machine learning encoder improves weather forecasting and tsunami prediction
Successful test results of a new machine learning (ML) technique developed at Georgia Tech could help communities prepare for extreme weather and coastal flooding. The approach could also be applied to other models that predict ...
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Mar 19, 2025
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Scientists reveal a hidden, sunlight-driven source of a potent greenhouse gas
The term greenhouse gas often brings carbon dioxide (CO2) to mind, and rightly so, as it is a key contributor to rising global temperatures. However, a more potent pollutant and greenhouse gas that often gets overlooked is ...
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