In the waning hours of the year's biggest climate change conference—COP27—we learned of a deal to create a loss and damage fund. This is essentially a source of finance to compensate poor countries for the pain they are ...
Economics & Business
Dec 12, 2022
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Contrails—those lines of wispy white clouds that follow some jets—may not be so harmless.
Earth Sciences
Dec 9, 2022
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A new model explains that water evaporating from the Arctic Ocean due to a warming climate is transported south and can lead to increased snowfall in northern Eurasia in late autumn and early winter. This information will ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 24, 2022
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A decline in the element molybdenum across the planet's oceans preceded a significant extinction event approximately 183 million years ago, new research from Florida State University shows.
Earth Sciences
Nov 22, 2022
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The UN's annual climate change conference is currently ongoing in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt. Over the course of two weeks, representatives of the world's nations will gather to discuss how to achieve the goals of the 2015 ...
Environment
Nov 14, 2022
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Part of Greenland's ice sheet is thinning further inland than previously believed, which will likely lead to greater sea level rise by the end of this century, a new study found Wednesday.
Environment
Nov 13, 2022
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The swings in temperature that accompany global warming could spell trouble for insect populations the world relies on for pollination and food production.
Plants & Animals
Nov 1, 2022
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Whether they realized it or not, some 7.6 billion people—96 percent of humanity—felt global warming's impact on temperatures over the last 12 months, researchers have said.
Environment
Oct 28, 2022
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Writing in the journal BioScience, an international coalition led by Oregon State University researchers says in a report published today that the Earth's vital signs have reached "code red" and that "humanity is unequivocally ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 26, 2022
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Clouds are notoriously hard to pin down, especially in climate science.
Earth Sciences
Oct 24, 2022
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