In the first study to examine ice cores from the summit of the highest tropical mountain in the world, new evidence provides unique insight into the climate record of the Amazon Basin over the last six decades.
Earth Sciences
Nov 15, 2023
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From scorching heat waves to torrential downpours and devastating storms, the disastrous effects of global warming are sweeping across the world. Considering the predicted outcome of burning fossil fuels, our best and only ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2023
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Some barnacles are 'morphing' to protect themselves from predatory warm-water sea snails, which are expanding into their territory due to climate change.
Plants & Animals
Nov 9, 2023
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Up to now, the results of climate simulations have sometimes contradicted the analysis of climate traces from the past. A team led by the physicist Thomas Laepple from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Potsdam and the climatologist ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 6, 2023
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Scientists ran simulations on the UK's national supercomputer to investigate ocean-driven melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet: how much is unavoidable and must be adapted to, and how much melting the international community ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 23, 2023
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When Hurricane Ian struck southwest Florida in September 2022, it unleashed a variety of Vibrio bacteria that can cause illness and death in humans, according to a new study published in the journal mBio.
Ecology
Oct 16, 2023
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Wine quality is notorious for varying from year to year, but what makes for a "good year"? In a paper publishing October 11 in the journal iScience, researchers show that weather plays an important role in determining wine ...
Agriculture
Oct 11, 2023
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New research suggests that the Horn of Africa is likely to become even drier, not wetter in the future as predicted by most climate models.
Earth Sciences
Aug 9, 2023
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As climate change progresses, rising temperatures may impact nitrogen runoff from land to lakes and streams more than projected increases in total and extreme precipitation for most of the continental United States, according ...
Environment
Aug 8, 2023
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The world's oceans set a new temperature record this week, raising concerns about knock-on effects on the planet's climate, marine life and coastal communities.
Environment
Aug 4, 2023
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