The year 2023 was marked by extraordinary heat, wildfires and weather disasters.
Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2023
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The year 2023 shattered the record for the warmest summer in the Arctic, and people and ecosystems across the region felt the impact.
Environment
Dec 13, 2023
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The surface temperature of the North Atlantic plays an important role in the occurrence of heat waves in Europe. However, researchers at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel have shown that it is not high ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 12, 2023
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Record breaking marine heat waves will cause devastating mass coral bleaching worldwide in the next few years, according to a University of Queensland coral reef scientist.
Environment
Dec 9, 2023
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You've probably heard El Niño brings hot and dry weather to the eastern states, but what about the rest of Australia? Are we all in for a scorcher this summer?
Earth Sciences
Dec 8, 2023
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Frequent droughts—interspersed with floods—have become the new norm in eastern East Africa over the past few years, driving a massive food security crisis. In 2020, the Horn of Africa entered its longest and most severe ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 7, 2023
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Rising global temperatures could lead to an increase in the nesting range of green turtles in the Mediterranean Sea, according to a modeling study published in Scientific Reports. Under the worst-case climate scenario, the ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 7, 2023
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As the planet warms, many parts of the Earth system are undergoing large-scale changes. Ice sheets are shrinking, sea levels are rising and coral reefs are dying off.
Earth Sciences
Dec 7, 2023
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Ongoing catastrophic rains in Eastern Africa have been worsened by human-caused climate change that made them up to two times more intense, an international team of climate scientists said Thursday.
Environment
Dec 7, 2023
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On a sailing boat anchored off Oman's pristine Daymaniyat Islands, volunteer divers pull on wetsuits, check their scuba tanks and then take turns plunging into the clear turquoise water.
Ecology
Dec 4, 2023
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