An analysis of the so called climate spectrum shows why the ice ages have not behaved precisely as the models predict. A large element of coincidence is involved when an ice age begins or ends, the analysis shows. Peter Ditlevsen ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 11, 2020
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Permafrost degradation has been confirmed in high-altitude and high-latitude regions during past decades. Long-term warming processes can greatly affect permafrost changes. Notably, the transient extreme warming events can ...
Environment
Mar 23, 2022
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Hydroclimate is an important part of the global climate system. How hydroclimate will change in the future has attracted lots of attention under global warming.
Environment
Nov 2, 2021
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A new database developed by the University of Cantabria (Spain) provides data on sea level variation due to atmospheric changes in the south of Europe between 1948 and 2009. Over the last two decades sea levels have increased ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 20, 2014
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A Chinese-French team has pinpointed the zonal diversity of regional meridional circulations (RMC) in the tropics and distinctive roles in the interannual variability of Hadley circulation strength and its edges in boreal ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 28, 2018
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By the late 21st century, if atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations reach worst-case projections, Floridians could experience summer heatwaves three times more frequently, and each heatwave could last six times longer ...
Environment
May 23, 2018
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When there are multiple factors at play in a situation that is itself changing, such as an El Nino winter in a changing climate, how can scientists figure out what is causing what? Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 30, 2019
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The Tibetan Plateau (TP), known as the "Asian water tower" because of its huge storage capacity in glaciers, has a profound impact on local and downstream ecosystems. However, it is a challenge to establish and maintain in ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 12, 2019
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Marine heat waves—periods in which the upper water layers in the sea temporarily become exceptionally warm—are occurring with increasing frequency worldwide. Recent studies by the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 14, 2024
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