Earth is warming rapidly, but there is too little observational data in some regions like the Arctic and high-altitude areas like the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau. It is thus difficult to assess temperature variations accurately ...
Environment
Jan 28, 2021
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There isn't much in Kamchatka, a remote peninsula in northeastern Russia just across the Bering Sea from Alaska, besides an impressive population of brown bears and the most explosive volcano in the world.
Earth Sciences
Jan 23, 2021
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A recent McGill study published in Environmental Science and Technology finds that annual methane emissions from abandoned oil and gas (AOG) wells in Canada and the US have been greatly underestimated—by as much as 150% ...
Environment
Jan 21, 2021
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Scientists claim to have found the 'missing link' in the process that leads to an ice age on Earth.
Earth Sciences
Jan 13, 2021
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Even with the small COVID-19-related dip in global carbon emissions due to limited travel and other activities, the ocean temperatures continued a trend of breaking records in 2020. A new study, authored by 20 scientists ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 13, 2021
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Changes in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather and climate events have impacted human safety and the natural environment. Global warming increases holding capacity for atmospheric water vapor, and therefore escalates ...
Environment
Jan 11, 2021
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Researchers have found a novel way to identify heat-stressed corals, which could help scientists pinpoint the coral species that need protection from warming ocean waters linked to climate change, according to a Rutgers-led ...
Ecology
Jan 4, 2021
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In a study published this week in The Cryosphere, researchers from the National Centre for Atmospheric Science and University of Reading demonstrate how climate change could lead to irreversible sea level rise as temperatures ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 2, 2020
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A team of scientists has succeeded in visualizing how carbon dioxide (CO2) behaves in an ionic liquid that selectively absorbs CO2. The finding is expected to help develop more efficient methods to capture CO2 in the atmosphere, ...
Materials Science
Nov 25, 2020
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Science and scientists are being viewed more positively by people across the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the US and other regions and countries as the COVID-19 pandemic peaks. Yet, ironically, despite the positive perception, people ...
Social Sciences
Nov 18, 2020
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