Climate change is making flooding worse: 3 reasons the world is seeing more record-breaking deluges
Heavy rain combined with melting snow can be a destructive combination.
Environment
Jul 5, 2022
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Climate change negatively impacting bumblebees, study finds
Temperature changes have negatively impacted most species of bumblebees over the past 120 years, according to new research published this week in Biology Letters. The researchers note that changes in temperature had more ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 24, 2022
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Study finds change in Niobrara's nutrients following 2019 flood
Rivers transport important nutrients across landscapes and into larger bodies of water. Among those nutrients are nitrogen and phosphorous, which stimulate the growth of crops but, when accumulating in water, may also yield ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 15, 2022
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Is there snow in that tree? Citizen science helps unpack snow's effect on summer water supplies
The snow that falls in the mountains is good for more than just skiing, snowshoeing and breathtaking vistas. The snowpack it creates will eventually melt, and that water can be used for hydropower, irrigation and drinking ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 13, 2022
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Discovery of a tripole winter precipitation change pattern around the Tibetan Plateau in the late 1990s
The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is referred to as the "water tower" of Asia for being home to the headwaters of many major rivers in Asia, including the Yangtze, Yellow, Ganges, and Indus. Therefore, TP precipitation is important ...
Earth Sciences
May 31, 2022
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Grim drought outlook for western US offers warnings for the future
Much of the western U.S. has been in the grip of an unrelenting drought since early 2020. The dryness has coincided with record-breaking wildfires, intense and long-lasting heat waves, low stream flows and dwindling water ...
Environment
May 20, 2022
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Scientists reveal different water isotope concentrations in precipitation observations across Brazil's diverse climate
An isotope of a chemical element contains the same number of protons in the center of its atom, but when compared to another atom, the number of neutrons is different. Regarding water, some hydrogen and oxygen atoms within ...
Earth Sciences
May 18, 2022
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Exploring how forest restoration affects water cycles
How would afforestation and restoration of large areas worldwide affect water-fluxes world wide? A new study led by Wageningen University researcher Anne Hoek van Dijke with contributions from Martin Herold, GFZ, has ...
Earth Sciences
May 11, 2022
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10,000 observations: Mountain Rain or Snow citizen scientists hit milestone
When the 10,000th observation was submitted to Mountain Rain or Snow on the morning of March 15th, wet snow was falling on much of the Sierra Nevada. The National Weather Service was predicting slick mountain passes and possible ...
Environment
May 11, 2022
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New climate model weighting method projects larger increase in precipitation change across Tibetan plateau
Precipitation change in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) will likely have profound effects on the regional ecosystem and on downstream monsoon weather systems.
Environment
May 9, 2022
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