A new study presents the future periods for which aberrant drought conditions will become more frequent, thereby creating a new normal. The projected warming impacts show significant regional disparities in their intensity ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 28, 2022
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The annual number of tropical cyclones forming globally decreased by about 13% during the 20th century compared to the 19th, according to research published today in Nature Climate Change.
Environment
Jun 28, 2022
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New research has found that high-quality cropland soils limit losses in response to warmer climates and support higher yields.
Ecology
Jun 23, 2022
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Extreme heat waves can cause birds and mammals to die en masse. But it's more common for an animal to experience relatively mild heat stress that doesn't kill it. Our new findings suggest that unfortunately, these individuals ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 14, 2022
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Were Earth's oceans completely covered by ice during the Cryogenian period, about 700 million years ago, or was there an ice-free belt of open water around the equator where sponges and other forms of life could survive? ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 13, 2022
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Thanks to climate change, high-elevation forests in the Central Cascade mountains of the Pacific Northwest are burning more frequently and expansively than in the recent past, prompting researchers and fire managers to question ...
Environment
Jun 9, 2022
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Global warming has a particularly pronounced impact on the Alpine region. Like the Arctic, this European mountain range is becoming greener. Writing in the journal Science, researchers from the University of Lausanne and ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 2, 2022
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Analysis of long-term monitoring data for almost 1,500 species in Finland shows that four decades of climate change has led species to shift between the "better" and "worse" parts of their climatic niches, and that these ...
Ecology
Jun 2, 2022
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This summer's western wildfire season is likely to be more severe than average but not as devastating as last year's near-record, according to an experimental prediction method developed by scientists at the National Center ...
Environment
May 24, 2022
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A 30-year-old genetic mystery has been solved. It has previously been established that touch can trigger stress reactions in plants. However, the molecular models for explaining this process have been quite spartan so far. ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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