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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Tiny tomato plants developed at the University of California, Riverside, could one day feed astronauts on the International Space Station. The plants have minimal leaves and stems but still produce a normal amount of fruit, ...
Biotechnology
Apr 29, 2019
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Sixty-two percent of Americans now say they believe that global warming is happening, but 46 percent say they are "very sure" or "extremely sure" that it is not. Only 49 percent know why it is occurring, and about as many ...
Social Sciences
May 15, 2013
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Upwelling in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean provides essential nutrients for the region's microscopic plants, but iron – a key ingredient that facilitates nitrogen consumption – is in short supply. To compensate, ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 15, 2018
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While computer models churn out bleak forecasts for the planet's future, we also have a more conceptual understanding of what is happening as humans pump carbon dioxide into the air. But the conceptual understanding of carbon ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 10, 2014
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Exxon Mobil's scientists were remarkably accurate in their predictions about global warming, even as the company made public statements that contradicted its own scientists' conclusions, a new study says.
Environment
Jan 15, 2023
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Climate scientists need to interact more directly with the public through blogs and social media, researchers from the University of Bristol, the University of Reading and the Met Office argue in a commentary in this week's ...
Environment
Mar 3, 2014
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The increasing social metabolism of the world economy and the global competition for resources is placing ever-greater pressure on the environment and on vulnerable communities. This trend is set to continue, increasing the ...
Environment
Sep 27, 2013
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An analysis by Robbin Bastiaansen and Anna von der Heydt, the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands; and Peter Ashwin, the University of Exeter, UK, indicates that it might remain difficult to accurately find the equilibrium ...
Environment
Jan 3, 2023
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Climate science makes headlines every day: "Shrinking Sea Ice Could Put Polar Bears In Grave Peril by 2100." "Climate Change May Spark More Lightning Strikes, Igniting Wildfires." "U.S., British Data Show 2014 Could Be Hottest ...
Environment
Dec 3, 2014
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