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AI model can predict lightning-induced wildfires with unprecedented accuracy
A new artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by Israeli researchers promises to revolutionize wildfire prediction, with a particular focus on lightning-induced blazes that are growing increasingly common due to climate ...
Earth Sciences
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How much microplastic is generated during mountain biking?
Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have, for the first time, provided concrete figures on the abrasion of mountain bike tires in off-road conditions. Their findings, published in Science of The Total Environment contribute ...
Environment
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Long-term measurements reveal cloud sensitivity to changes in atmospheric aerosol concentrations
An international study led by the University of Eastern Finland and the Finnish Meteorological Institute has demonstrated that the formation and properties of lower-atmosphere clouds are highly sensitive to changes in atmospheric ...
Earth Sciences
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Smoke from US fires linked to 20,000 premature deaths and $200 billion in health damages in 2017
Since the end of the 20th century, air pollution from most U.S. sources has decreased, but emissions from wildland fires have risen. In a new study, researchers estimated that smoke from wildfires and prescribed burns caused ...
Environment
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Why not every saltwater inflow benefits the Baltic Sea equally
Eutrophication and oxygen depletion are well-known threats to the ecological balance of the Baltic Sea, which is increasingly under pressure due to climate change. In this context, large saltwater inflows from the North Sea ...
Earth Sciences
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Imagining what the world could look like without fossil fuels spurs people to action
Human activity has already warmed the planet by more than one degree Celsius, fueling forest fires, exacerbating floods, super-powering storms and increasing the frequency of deadly heat waves.
Environment
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What Donald Trump's dramatic US trade war means for global climate action
US President Donald Trump's new trade war will not only send shockwaves through the global economy—it also upsets efforts to tackle the urgent issue of climate change.
Environment
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Ocean mixing intensifies central Pacific ENSO via diabatic heating, study reveals
The El Niño and Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is one of the most influential interannual climate phenomena in the global ocean-atmospheric system, with profound impacts on weather patterns, particularly in the Asia-Pacific ...
Earth Sciences
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A novel approach to assess sources and spatial-temporal variations of atmospheric mercury
A research team, led by Professor Sung-Deuk Choi from the Department of Civil, Urban, Earth, and Environmental Engineering at UNIST, has developed a novel assessment technique to accurately identify the sources and spatial-temporal ...
Earth Sciences
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Research finds 39% less plastic waste around Australian coastal cities than a decade ago
Picture this: you're lounging on a beautiful beach, soaking up the sun and listening to the soothing sound of the waves. You run your hands through the warm sand, only to find a cigarette butt. Gross, right?
Environment
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How hidden lakes threaten Antarctic ice sheet stability
For decades, satellites have played a crucial role in our understanding of the remote polar regions. The ongoing loss of Antarctic ice, due to the climate crisis, is, sadly, no longer surprising. However, satellites do more ...
Earth Sciences
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Invisible losses: Thousands of plant species are missing from places they could thrive—humans are the reason
If you go walking in the wild, you might expect that what you're seeing is natural. All around you are trees, shrubs and grasses growing in their natural habitat.
Environment
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Climate disasters are on the rise: Some states want to make oil companies pay
For many California residents, the Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year were the latest and most searing example of the devastating effects of climate change. Some estimates have pegged the damages and economic losses ...
Environment
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Australia sweats through hottest 12 months on record: Official data
Australia has just sweltered through its hottest 12 months on record, a weather official said Thursday, a period of drenching floods, tropical cyclones and mass coral bleaching.
Environment
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Hunga volcano eruption's unexpected Southern Hemisphere cooling effect challenges geoengineering assumptions
When Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, an underwater volcano near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean, erupted in 2022, scientists expected that it would spew enough water vapor into the stratosphere to push global temperatures ...
Earth Sciences
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Helicopter-mounted sensor reveals volcanic CO₂ emissions could be three times higher than anticipated
Estimates of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from volcanoes may have been significantly underestimated, according to new research by The University of Manchester.
Earth Sciences
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Gliding avalanches: Field monitoring tackles the great unknowns
In a gliding avalanche, the entire snowpack slides down a suitable substratum such as grass or slabs of rock. Such avalanches are always released naturally. This requires the snow on the ground to become moist. In winter, ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 2, 2025
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This is what forecasters mean when they talk about a 100-year flood
Weather forecasters sometimes warn of storms that unleash rains so unusual they are described as 100-year or even 500-year floods.
Environment
20 hours ago
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For the first time in 25 years, California has a snowpack trifecta
The year may have started with a dry spell, but the end of California's storm season has brought more fresh snow to the Sierra Nevada, pushing the state's snowpack to 96% of average on April 1, when the snow season typically ...
Earth Sciences
21 hours ago
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Research reveals that Northern Ireland is feeling strain of climate change
Warm temperatures and erratic rainfall due to climate change are taking a toll on Northern Ireland's health and farming industry, a new study published in Climate Risk Management reveals.
Environment
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