New research suggests that the Horn of Africa is likely to become even drier, not wetter in the future as predicted by most climate models.
Earth Sciences
Aug 9, 2023
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The Colorado River Basin provides freshwater to more than 40 million people within the semi-arid southwestern United States, including major cities such as Las Vegas and Los Angeles. However, between 2000 and 2021 the basin ...
Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the Earth's most consequential interannual climate fluctuation. Alternating irregularly between warm El Niño and cold La Niña phases, it brings shifts in ocean surface temperature and disrupts ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 26, 2023
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In a recently published study, researchers from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model using deep learning algorithms that outperforms ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 24, 2023
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Jet streams are relatively narrow bands of strong wind in the upper atmosphere, typically occurring around 30,000 feet, and blowing west to east. Their normal flows lead to week-to-week weather variations, modulated in the ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 17, 2023
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A new study proposes ways to better incorporate adaptation in climate change research, addressing the uneven distribution of adaptation capacities and needs worldwide.
Earth Sciences
Jul 17, 2023
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An international team of chemists and climate scientists, has conducted an assessment of the impact of short-lived halogens (SLHs) on Earth's atmosphere and are suggesting that their findings indicate that such gases should ...
Using an extensive computer simulation of the climate, the global economy and the global energy system, researchers at Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) have been analyzing different ways of mitigating climate change, together ...
Environment
Jun 30, 2023
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Subtropical mode water (STMW) is a vertically homogeneous thermocline water mass, serving as heat, carbon, and oxygen silos in the ocean interior and providing memory of climate variability for climate prediction. Understanding ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 30, 2023
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An analysis of oxygen levels in Earth's oceans may provide some rare, good news about the health of the seas in a future, globally warmed world.
Earth Sciences
Jun 28, 2023
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