Several areas of the globe—including the Bay of Bengal, the Philippines, and the Caribbean Sea—are likely to experience record-breaking average surface air temperatures in the year period up to June 2024 as a result of ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 29, 2024
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A large, international team of researchers has found that carbon emissions due to deforestation in tropical areas have doubled over the past two decades. In their paper published in the journal Nature Sustainability, the ...
The devastating heatwave that gripped India and Pakistan over the last two months is unprecedented, but worse—perhaps far worse—is on the horizon as climate change continues apace, top climate scientists told AFP.
Environment
May 6, 2022
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As global temperatures continue to reach all-time highs and discussions intensify about ways to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change, researchers at the University of São Paulo's Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 15, 2023
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Munidopsid squat lobsters (from the family Munidopsidae) are among the most abundant decapods found at abyssal depths of the ocean. They are the most diverse squat lobster group in the East Pacific region and make their homes ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 11, 2023
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There's a species of ant that is so rare, only a handful of records exist from across the entire eastern United States. North Carolina State University researcher Michelle Kirchner not only found these ants in the Triangle ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 30, 2023
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Peru has lost more than half of its glacier surface in the last six decades, and 175 glaciers became extinct due to climate change between 2016 and 2020, Peruvian scientists from the state agency that studies glaciers said ...
Environment
Nov 23, 2023
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Monsoons are found not only in South Asia; they are part of a global-scale circulation that affects almost all tropical regions (e.g., Australian monsoon, African monsoon, etc.). One occurs in North America too, the North ...
Environment
Nov 24, 2021
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Australia experienced its hottest month on record in January, despite floods and storms that devastated parts of the country's east, officials said.
Environment
Feb 2, 2013
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Typhoon Phanfone smashed into the central Philippines on Tuesday, leaving thousands of people unable to get home for the Christmas holidays and forcing many others to evacuate in the face of the onslaught.
Environment
Dec 24, 2019
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