Peak wind gusts in Boulder and possibly other locations along the Front Range don't pack the same punch they used to, according to a new analysis led by scientists at the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for ...
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If you live in the Southwest, you've likely heard the grim warning: water is in short supply. Due to rising temperatures, increased water demand, and relaxed regulations, the Western United States is facing a critical situation. ...
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The Western Pacific Subtropical High (WPSH) functions like Earth's atmospheric traffic controller, directing summer monsoon flows that regulate rainfall and temperatures across East Asia. When this high-pressure system misbehaves, ...
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Irrigation is widely promoted as a powerful tool to combat hunger and malnutrition, boosting agricultural output, food security, and rural livelihoods. But a new Policy Brief by the United Nations University Institute for ...
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Historic forest fires in Brazil last year scorched through an area larger than the size of Italy, recording a burned area some 60% higher than average of the last four decades, said a report released Tuesday.
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Moving people and things around the world by sea has a big climate impact. The shipping industry produces almost 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions—roughly the same as Germany—largely due to the movement of container ...
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The ocean is a source of life and resilience—for people and cultures, for livelihoods, for climate stability.
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This past winter, researchers from the Center for Earth Observation Science (CEOS) at the University of Manitoba (UM) completed the first-ever controlled oil spill experiment at the Churchill Marine Observatory (CMO). This ...
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Conservation, restoration, and ecosystem management can reduce greenhouse gas emissions or increase carbon dioxide sequestration, in what are frequently referred to as "natural climate solutions." Such natural climate solutions ...
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From sugar plantations in Brazil to tea estates in India, crushed rock is being sprinkled across large stretches of farmland globally in a novel bid to combat climate change.
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