Heeding the heat: Desert regions may better inform the future of global temperate zones driven by climate change
When it comes to the world's climate, in the past decade, Earth keeps sending us its summer siren's call.
When it comes to the world's climate, in the past decade, Earth keeps sending us its summer siren's call.
Earth Sciences
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One of the great mysteries of late medieval history is why did the Norse, who had established successful settlements in southern Greenland in 985, abandon them in the early 15th century? The consensus view has long been that ...
Archaeology
Mar 23, 2022
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The most pristine parts of the Amazon rainforest devoid of direct human contact are being impacted by human-induced climate change, according to new research by LSU scientists. New analyses of data collected over the past ...
Ecology
Nov 12, 2021
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Nature, said Ralph Waldo Emerson, is no spendthrift. Unfortunately, he was wrong.
Environment
Jun 24, 2019
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A new study from Stanford University suggests that the kind of hot, dry conditions that can shrink crop yields, destabilize food prices and lay the groundwork for devastating wildfires are increasingly striking multiple regions ...
Environment
Nov 28, 2018
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers from Germany, France and the U.S. has found a possible explanation for the onset of sudden rainstorms. In their paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the group describes ...
During ice ages, dry, frozen terrain extended over much of northern Europe, Asia and North America. Many plants and animals retreated from these desolate, harsh landscapes and sought refuge in pockets of more hospitable territory.
Earth Sciences
Feb 8, 2024
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A large international team of space scientists, geochemists, and engineers, has found that water that existed on the parent of Ryugu had an impact on the distribution of elements on the asteroid. In their paper published ...
Curtin researchers have discovered how long ago the Australian Nullarbor plain dried out, with a new approach shedding light on how ancient climate change altered some of the driest regions of our planet.
Earth Sciences
Apr 18, 2023
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The collapse of the Hittite Empire in the Late Bronze Age has been blamed on various factors, from war with other territories to internal strife. Now, a Cornell University team has used tree ring and isotope records to pinpoint ...
Archaeology
Feb 8, 2023
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