Clouds seem to offer some protection from excess heat to coral reefs—but most will still face frequent bleaching conditions by 2080, according to new research.
Environment
Feb 8, 2023
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On a cold winter day, the warmth of the sun is welcome. Yet as humanity emits more and more greenhouse gases, the Earth's atmosphere traps more and more of the sun's energy and steadily increases the Earth's temperature. ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 8, 2023
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In 1793, Capt. William Bligh docked the HMS Providence in Kingstown in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a small island nation in the Caribbean Sea, with cargo filled with several hundred sapling breadfruit trees. His goal ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 5, 2023
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The world is at a "tipping point" in its commitment to take action, says an expert on the impact of climate change on human health, as leaders from 195 countries gather at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference ...
Environment
Nov 10, 2022
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While most of the world's oceans are warming due to climate change, a new CU Boulder study explains how the waters around the Galápagos Islands are staying cool and getting colder.
Earth Sciences
Oct 13, 2022
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In the face of climate change, breadfruit soon might come to a dinner plate near you.
Environment
Aug 17, 2022
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The cascading effects of extreme weather—such as recent heatwaves which combine heat and drought—and the interconnectedness of critical services and sectors has the potential to destabilize entire socioeconomic systems, ...
Environment
Aug 10, 2022
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In the summer of 2015–2016, some 40 million mangroves shriveled up and died across the wild Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia, after extremely dry weather from a severe El Niño event saw coastal water plunge 40 ...
Environment
Jul 29, 2022
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As rising sea levels cause marshes to move inland in six mid-Atlantic states, the coastal zone will not continue to serve as a carbon sink but release more carbon into the atmosphere, a new modeling study led by researchers ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 23, 2022
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Tackling the climate crisis can only be achieved by "placing people at the heart of climate action," researchers say. The research team, led by the University of Exeter, warn against relying solely on breakthroughs in climate ...
Environment
May 26, 2022
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