Last month was the hottest January on record, blitzing the previous high and stunning climate scientists who expected cooler La Niña conditions to finally start quelling a long-running heat streak.
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TIMES is the title of the international team's project, which is an acronym for "Time Integrated Matrix for Earth Sciences." The idea behind it is to launch a global program with the aim of synchronizing age models for particularly ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 7, 2025
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President Donald Trump on Friday raged against eco-friendly paper straws promoted by his predecessor Joe Biden, and pledged that the United States would return to plastic ones.
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Feb 7, 2025
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A new measure of what's needed to maintain health has identified Australia's healthiest areas to live based on a range of environmental and socioeconomic factors.
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Feb 7, 2025
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Large-scale fire events are on the rise, from the flames that raged for days across LA, to the widespread devastation seen in Greece in 2023 and 2024. The blurred line between urban and wildland areas means these events will ...
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Feb 7, 2025
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A new study reveals that implementing enhanced weathering (EW), the practice of adding crushed basalt to soils, with U.S. agriculture could remove between 160 and 300 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere ...
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Feb 7, 2025
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Scientists have discovered microplastics in the snow near some of Antarctica's deep field camps, revealing how far-reaching plastic pollution has become. While not new, it's the first time these tiny pieces of plastic have ...
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Feb 7, 2025
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Millions of people are already experiencing the impacts of climate change in everyday life. A few tenths of a degree warmer and the life we know becomes increasingly at risk due to climate extremes such as heat waves, droughts, ...
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Feb 7, 2025
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A stream on the outskirts of Buenos Aires turned blood red on Thursday, causing anxiety among residents who blamed it on pollution.
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Feb 7, 2025
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Drylands, characterized by an aridity index (AI) below 0.65, cover about 45% of the Earth's land and support more than 3 billion people. Severe water scarcity in these areas poses significant risks to human well-being and ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 7, 2025
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