Fish flip a unique genetic switch in warming seas
Reef fish species uniquely respond to climate change, with some more vulnerable than others.
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Zebra finches survive Australian heatwaves by predicting high temperatures
The survival habits of a native Australian bird have given Curtin University researchers vital clues that may help understand how wildlife can withstand harsh heatwaves that may prove fatal.
Ecology
Dec 2, 2019
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Scientist explains how melting ice in Antarctica affects Indonesia
Scientists, politicians and people of Iceland recently placed a plaque mourning the loss of Okjokull glacier. Ok is no longer a living glacier because there has been insufficient ice build up over the years to expand its ...
Environment
Nov 25, 2019
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IPCC report paints catastrophic picture of melting ice and rising sea levels—and reality may be even worse
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the UN body responsible for communicating the science of climate breakdown—has released its long-awaited Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 26, 2019
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Ocean warming is changing the relationship coastal communities have with the ocean
Climate change has made record-breaking heatwaves all the more likely, both on land and beneath the ocean's surface. As the world's ocean sucks up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere—as well as most of the additional heat ...
Environment
Sep 11, 2019
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Urban growth, heat islands, humidity, climate change: Costs multiply in tropical cities
Some 60% of the planet's expected urban area by 2030 is yet to be built. This forecast highlights how rapidly the world's people are becoming urban. Cities now occupy about 2% of the world's land area, but are home to about ...
Environment
Sep 10, 2019
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Giant mass of warm water off the Pacific Coast could rival 'the blob'
A large and unusually warm mass of water is threatening to disturb the marine ecosystem along the Pacific Coast from Southern California to Alaska, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said ...
Environment
Sep 6, 2019
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Dangerous heat grips wide stretch of the South and Midwest
Forecasters are warning of scorching heat across a wide stretch of the U.S. South and Midwest, where the heat index will feel as high as 117 degrees (47 Celsius) in some spots.
Environment
Aug 12, 2019
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Rapid coral death and decay, not just bleaching, as marine heatwaves intensify
When ocean temperatures rise, corals are put at risk of a phenomenon known as bleaching, in which corals expel the algae living in their tissues and turn white. Bleached corals are at increased risk of disease and death. ...
Environment
Aug 8, 2019
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From Europe to the Arctic, temperature records tumble in 2019
"We" may only be just over halfway through it, but 2019 has already seen temperature records smashed from Europe to the Arctic circle and could prove to be one of the hottest ever recorded.
Environment
Jul 26, 2019
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