The greater frequency of droughts, combined with underlying economic, social and environmental risks, means that dry spells have an increasingly destructive impact on vulnerable populations, and particularly on children in ...
Environment
Aug 12, 2019
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Archaeologists in Maryland say they believe they have found the homesite of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman's father.
Archaeology
Apr 20, 2021
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Targeted geoengineering to preserve continental ice sheets deserves serious research and investment, argues an international team of researchers in a Comment published March 14 in the journal Nature. Without intervention, ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 19, 2018
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Knowing how much sea levels are likely to rise during this century is vital to our understanding of future climate change, but previous estimates have generated wide ranges of uncertainty. In our research, published today ...
Environment
Sep 14, 2021
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It can be easy to overlook the monstrous scale of the Antarctic ice sheet. Ice, thick enough in many places to bury mountains, covers a continent roughly the size of the US and Mexico combined. If it were all to melt, as ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 14, 2018
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About 250 million years ago, when the Earth had no ice caps and the water around the equator was too hot for reptiles, sea level still rose and fell over time. Now, an international team of researchers has developed a way ...
Environment
Apr 3, 2018
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An international team of scientists has concluded that "highly protected" marine reserves can help mitigate the effects of climate change and suggests that these areas be expanded and better managed throughout the world.
Ecology
Jun 5, 2017
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Selected intervals in the past that were as warm or warmer than today can help us understand what the Earth may be like under future global warming.
Earth Sciences
Jun 25, 2018
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Communities trying to fight sea-level rise could inadvertently make flooding worse for their neighbors, according to a new study from the Stanford Natural Capital Project.
Environment
Jul 12, 2021
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A new study finds that about 31 million people worldwide live in coastal regions that are "highly vulnerable" to future tropical storms and sea-level rise driven by climate change. In some of those regions, however, powerful ...
Environment
Jun 2, 2020
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