An international team of scientists have identified potential 'tipping points' where abrupt regional climate shifts could occur due to global warming,
Earth Sciences
Oct 15, 2015
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Oceans have absorbed up to 30 percent of human-made carbon dioxide around the world, storing dissolved carbon for hundreds of years. As the uptake of carbon dioxide has increased in the last century, so has the acidity of ...
Environment
Jul 20, 2015
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A new study suggests that increases in atmospheric CO2 could intensify extreme droughts in tropical and subtropical regions—such as Australia, the southwest and central United States, and southern Amazonia—at much a faster ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 9, 2015
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A study led by atmospheric physicists at the University of Toronto finds that global warming will not lead to an overall increasingly stormy atmosphere, a topic debated by scientists for decades. Instead, strong storms will ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 29, 2015
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A new study by researchers at the University of Exeter has found early warning signals of a reorganisation of the Atlantic oceans' circulation which could have a profound impact on the global climate system.
Earth Sciences
Dec 8, 2014
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When people hear about the dangers of the ozone hole, they often think of sunburns and associated health risks, but new research shows that ozone depletion changes atmospheric and oceanic circulation with potentially devastating ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 1, 2014
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A satellite dubbed the "Ferrari of space" has yielded the most accurate model of ocean circulation yet, boosting understanding of the seas and a key impact of global warming, scientists said Tuesday.
Earth Sciences
Nov 25, 2014
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A new study shows that the rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide that contributed to the end of the last ice age more than 10,000 years ago did not occur gradually, but was characterized by three "pulses" in which C02 rose abruptly.
Earth Sciences
Oct 29, 2014
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Most of the concerns about climate change have focused on the amount of greenhouse gases that have been released into the atmosphere.
Earth Sciences
Oct 24, 2014
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NASA scientists have identified an unexpected high-altitude methane ice cloud on Saturn's moon Titan that is similar to exotic clouds found far above Earth's poles.
Space Exploration
Oct 24, 2014
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