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Earth Sciences May 6, 2024

Researchers find Northern Hemisphere glaciation enhances orbital- and millennial-scale Asian winter monsoon variability

In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers have documented that persistent millennial-scale Asian winter monsoon (AWM) intensity fluctuations were superimposed on 41-kyr and ~100-kyr orbital variability during ...

Earth Sciences Apr 23, 2024

Accelerated marine carbon cycling forced by tectonic degassing over the Miocene Climate Optimum

In a recent publication in Science Bulletin, a multidisciplinary team of authors from Tongji University, the Second Institute of Oceanography (Ministry of Natural Resources), the Institute of Earth Environment (Chinese Academy ...

Earth Sciences Apr 19, 2024

Researchers reveal sources of black carbon in southeastern Qinghai-Tibet plateau

Black carbon (BC) is the result of incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass, with strong light absorption. It is second only to carbon dioxide as a climate-forcing factor for atmospheric warming. Deposition of BC ...