A rare phenomenon causing "the strongest Antarctic warming on record" is set to deliver more pain to dought-stricken Australia, scientists said Friday.
Environment
Sep 13, 2019
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Last year broke records for extreme weather in the United States, with 14 events each causing at least a billion dollars in damage, US authorities said on Thursday.
Environment
Jan 19, 2012
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New models of how the geomagnetic field that shields the Earth's atmosphere from cosmic rays has changed over tens of thousands of years can help us understand how the climate has changed over a similar timescale.
Planetary Sciences
Jun 6, 2023
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(Phys.org)—New findings from an international research team led by Western University geography professor Brian Luckman, based on tree-ring patterns, show unusual patterns of tree growth in the Southern Hemisphere relating ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 2, 2012
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Researchers from UPM are involved in the development of a mobile phone application that allows user to share information about floods and their effects in order to help researchers.
Environment
Mar 2, 2016
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(Phys.org) —For much of Asia, the pace of life is tuned to rhythms of monsoons. The summer rainy season is especially important for securing the water and food supplies for more than a billion people. Its variations can ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 23, 2013
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An international team led by CU Boulder researchers has cracked the chemical code driving the formation of iodine particles in the atmosphere, revealing how the element contributes to increased cloud cover and depletes molecules ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2022
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Cameras operated by the Armagh Observatory have recorded one of the very few observations from the UK and Ireland of a very rare atmospheric phenomenon known as a 'sprite'. The detection, which was made around the time of ...
Space Exploration
Jul 31, 2013
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(Phys.org) —If sea level rises as scientists predict, will your New Jersey home or parts of your town be underwater?
Earth Sciences
Mar 7, 2013
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On Sept. 16, 1987, representatives from nations around the world drafted a landmark treaty known as the Montreal Protocol. This step marked the beginning of the international agreement to phase out substances that deplete ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 18, 2012
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