(PhysOrg.com) -- A question central to research on global warming is how warmer temperatures caused by increased greenhouse gases could influence climate. Probing the past for clues about this potential effect, MIT and Yale ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 24, 2010
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There is more than twice as much carbon in the planet's soils than there is in its atmosphere, so the loss of even a small proportion of that could have a profound feedback effect on the global climate.
Environment
Aug 2, 2016
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Tropical forests may be more resilient to predicted temperature increases under global climate change than previously thought, a study published in the journal Nature Plants suggests. The results could help make climate prediction ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 13, 2020
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The year 2016 will "very likely" be the hottest on record, the UN said Monday, warning of calamitous consequences if the march of global warming cannot be halted.
Environment
Nov 14, 2016
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(AP)—Man-made global warming is worsening and will disrupt both the natural world and human society, warns a joint report of two of the world's leading scientific organizations.
Environment
Feb 27, 2014
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Canada's Arctic Archipelago glaciers will melt faster than ever in the next few centuries. Research by European funded scientists has shown that 20 per cent of the Canadian Arctic glaciers may have disappeared by the end ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 7, 2013
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As rising global temperatures push Arctic icecaps into retreat, large and small sea creatures and the commercial fishing boats that follow them are also migrating northward.
Plants & Animals
Oct 19, 2023
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Like many animals in the far north, snowshoe hares change their coats from brown to white each autumn. Come winter, these all-white hares are harder for predators to spot against the snowy landscape, helping ensure their ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 12, 2023
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Summers in Europe will feature more unusually cooler days as well as hotter ones in the future due to climate change, new research has revealed.
Earth Sciences
May 18, 2020
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It's an offhand joke a lot of us make—it's freezing, can we get a bit more of that global warming right about now?
Environment
Jun 23, 2022
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