As California works to meet climate and air quality goals, a key to the transition will come from biomass, which is renewable organic material from plants and animals.
Plants & Animals
Oct 11, 2023
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The hottest summer ever recorded in the northern hemisphere is a stark reminder of the immediacy of the climate crisis. And the hardest hit by climate impacts, such as residents of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, are often ...
Environment
Sep 28, 2023
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The Chinese Academy of Sciences Earth System Model (CAS-ESM2.0), a sophisticated Earth modeling tool, has achieved a major breakthrough in fully coupled atmospheric CO2 simulation, as revealed in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences.
Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2023
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Australia is holding its collective breath ahead of a bushfire season that may bring a return of the smoke linked to 400 deaths and 4,500 hospitalizations and emergency department visits during the 2019–20 Black Summer ...
Environment
Sep 7, 2023
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As seawater temperatures rise, concern over the ability of coral to survive and reproduce also grows. Previous studies have largely focused on the effects of acclimating adult corals to warming temperatures via thermal priming, ...
A team of meteorologists and atmospheric scientists at Nanjing University, in China, has found via modeling that planting trees in certain areas to reduce local temperatures is more effective if air pollution levels are reduced. ...
Confirmed by the World Meteorological Organization, July 2023 was the hottest month on record, with high-impact weather continuing through August. These records are based on air temperatures, but measurements of the temperature ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 25, 2023
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To prepare for extreme heat waves around the world—particularly in places known for cool summers—climate-simulation models that include a new computing concept may save tens of thousands of lives.
Earth Sciences
Aug 23, 2023
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Humans aren't the only ones leaving town when city heat becomes unbearable. A study done on 336 cities in China concludes that heat-retaining buildings and paved surfaces are directly related to a loss in bird diversity. ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 22, 2023
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This year, the Australian government rejected Clive Palmer's coal mine proposal—but approved three others. Over 100 more fossil fuel projects are in the decision pipeline.
Environment
Aug 21, 2023
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