A new collaborative study, led by the Natural History Museum and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, has extracted ancient DNA from the Neanderthal fossils of Gibraltar for the first time. The new study ...
Archaeology & Fossils
16 hours ago
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The Pacific's low-lying reef islands are likely to change shape in response to climate change, rather than simply sinking beneath rising seas and becoming uninhabitable as previously assumed, new research has found.
Environment
22 hours ago
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There's the old saying that you should never discuss politics or religion in polite company. Nowadays, it seems climate change has joined that list.
Environment
Jul 15, 2019
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Australian houses use significantly more electricity to stay warm or cool than estimated during the design stage.
Environment
Jul 10, 2019
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Paris, which in 2015 hosted the signing of a historic agreement on fighting global warming, on Tuesday declared a climate emergency following similar moves by other cities and national parliaments.
Environment
Jul 10, 2019
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Canada has been battling a very active and destructive fire season on multiple fronts this year. A warming climate, very dry environment, and more extreme weather including severe thunderstorms has led to massive wildfires ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 09, 2019
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Fulfilling the ultimate goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change—keeping global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius, if not 1.5 C—will be impossible without dramatic action from the world's largest emitter ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 09, 2019
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Research published in this week's issue of Nature Communications reveals a considerable chance for an ice-free Arctic Ocean at global warming limits stipulated in the Paris Agreement. Scientists from South Korea, Australia ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 09, 2019
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Rising temperatures in the tundra of the Earth's northern latitudes could affect microbial communities in ways likely to increase their production of greenhouse gases methane and carbon dioxide, a new study of experimentally ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 08, 2019
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The near-surface southerly wind is a key feature of East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) circulation, and a stronger EASM circulation leads to a northward shift of East Asian rainfall. Almost all climate models show an enhanced ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 08, 2019
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