The world is very warm right now. We're not only seeing record temperatures, but the records are being broken by record-wide margins.
Earth Sciences
Oct 6, 2023
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On a Yemeni beach, a sea turtle clambers ashore to lay eggs, which will likely be born female due to rising temperatures, creating a gender imbalance that brings the threat of local extinction.
Ecology
Oct 4, 2023
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Scientists are pretty good at recognizing marine heat waves. A global network of thousands of oceanic buoys and orbiting satellites allow them to see, in real time, ocean surface temperatures, changing currents and storm ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 3, 2023
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A new research study from The University of Alabama in Huntsville, a part of the University of Alabama System, addresses a central question of climate change research: how much warming can be expected from adding carbon dioxide ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 29, 2023
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It's official: An El Niño event is now underway across the Pacific.
Earth Sciences
Sep 21, 2023
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Carbon dioxide detected on Jupiter's moon Europa comes from the vast ocean beneath its icy shell, research using James Webb Space Telescope data indicated on Thursday, potentially bolstering hopes the hidden water could harbor ...
Planetary Sciences
Sep 21, 2023
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Multiyear La Niña events have become more common over the last 100 years, according to a new study led by University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa atmospheric scientist Bin Wang. Five out of six La Niña events since 1998 have ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 21, 2023
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Human activity and appetites have weakened Earth's resilience, pushing it far beyond the "safe operating space" that keeps the world livable for most species, including our own, a landmark study said Wednesday.
Environment
Sep 17, 2023
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For most of us, Antarctic sea ice is an abstraction—something far away we may have seen on a documentary. But the radiant white sheets of ice floating on the seas around the snowy continent are a crucial component of Earth's ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 13, 2023
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A study has unveiled a previously unknown mechanism that significantly influences Earth's climate.
Earth Sciences
Sep 12, 2023
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