As the planet warms, animals that breed in the Arctic are at particular risk. But a new study reported in Current Biology on March 1 offers some encouraging news: in an apparent reaction to pressures along their former migratory ...
Plants & Animals
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Earth's surface will almost certainly not warm up four or five degrees Celsius by 2100, according to a study released Wednesday which, if correct, voids worst-case UN climate change predictions.
Environment
Jan 18, 2018
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The "big issues" in climate change science have shifted over the past 4 to 6 years, with several difficult problems resolved while new research challenges rose to the fore. Scientists who are leading advisors on climate change ...
Environment
Feb 14, 2014
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Curbing global heating at 1.5 degrees Celsius will avert runaway climate change but not mass suffering in developing nations, a consortium of 50 researchers warned Wednesday.
Environment
May 31, 2023
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The Fourth National Climate Assessment, published in 2018, warned that if we do not curb greenhouse gas emissions and start to adapt, climate change could seriously disrupt the U.S. economy. Warmer temperatures, sea level ...
Environment
Jun 21, 2019
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U.S. and Canadian researchers have developed a tool that incorporates projected changes in ocean climate onto a geographic fishery management area. Now fishermen, resource managers, and policy-makers can use it to plan for ...
Ecology
Oct 11, 2019
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Climate change impacts will require major but very uncertain transformations of global agriculture systems by mid-century, according to new research from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.
Environment
Dec 18, 2014
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Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average over the past 30 years—the highest of any continent in the world. As the warming trend continues, exceptional heat, wildfires, floods and other ...
Environment
Nov 4, 2022
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A new UBC study on the impact of climate change on coral reefs is raising sticky questions about conservation.
Plants & Animals
Aug 11, 2021
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Lightning may strike less often in future across the globe as the planet warms, a scientific study suggests.
Earth Sciences
Feb 12, 2018
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