Over recent decades, coastal cities in the U.S. have experienced significant increases in floods that occur during high tide, which create dangerous driving conditions, road closures, groundwater contamination and other safety ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 14, 2022
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New research has found suicide increases during drought among men in Australia's rural communities, and the problem may be exacerbated due to climate change.
Environment
Jun 27, 2022
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Humanity must heal oceans made sick by climate change, pollution and overfishing in order to rescue marine life and save ourselves, experts warned ahead of a major UN conference opening Monday in Lisbon.
Environment
Jun 25, 2022
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As rising sea levels cause marshes to move inland in six mid-Atlantic states, the coastal zone will not continue to serve as a carbon sink but release more carbon into the atmosphere, a new modeling study led by researchers ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 23, 2022
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The world's coastlines are at the forefront of climate change. That's because they're constantly changing, and respond quickly to changes in climate. They're particularly important because around 70% of the world's population ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 17, 2022
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A hotter ocean is a hungrier ocean—at least as far as fish predators are concerned. In a new field study published online June 9 in Science, Smithsonian scientists discovered predator impacts in the Atlantic and Pacific ...
Ecology
Jun 9, 2022
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The Isle of May, off Scotland's east coast, is home to one of the UK's biggest colonies of seabirds. Some 200,000 birds, from kittiwakes to guillemots can flock to the rocky outcrop at the height of the breeding season.
Ecology
May 29, 2022
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Hundreds of satellite images spanning 30 years have been compiled to show the evolution of the Danube Delta—the second largest river delta in Europe. These findings were presented today at ESA's Living Planet Symposium ...
Planetary Sciences
May 25, 2022
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A new report published Tuesday 24 May sends a strong message to countries responsible for Antarctic governance meeting this week in Berlin, that there's a need for urgent action on minimizing climate change impacts in Antarctica ...
Environment
May 24, 2022
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Griffith University researchers are unraveling how stressors like climate change, pollution, dissolved nitrogen and sediment from run-off are having combined effects in coastal ecosystems.
Ecology
May 24, 2022
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