Why climate change will dull autumn leaf displays
Every autumn we are treated to one of nature's finest seasonal annual transitions: leaf colour change and fall.
Every autumn we are treated to one of nature's finest seasonal annual transitions: leaf colour change and fall.
Environment
Apr 16, 2019
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A new University of Toronto study confirms that recent climate warming in the central Yukon region has surpassed the warmest temperatures experienced in the previous 13,600 years, a finding that could have important implications ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 10, 2019
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A new study has revealed how clouds are modifying the warming created by human-caused climate change in some parts of the world.
Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2019
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Ongoing climate changes make it increasingly difficult to predict certain aspects of weather, according to a new study from Stockholm University. The study, focusing on weather forecasts in the northern hemisphere spanning ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2019
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The past may be a surprisingly useful guide for predicting responses to future climate change. This is especially important for places where extreme weather has been the norm for a long time, such as the Indian subcontinent. ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 19, 2019
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Warmer temperatures brought on by climate change will lead to drier soils and reduce tree photosynthesis and growth in forests later this century, according to a new University of Minnesota study published in the journal ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 9, 2018
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Stalling summer weather like that right now in the Northern hemisphere can turn into "extreme extremes," from heat to drought, from rain to flood.
Environment
Aug 20, 2018
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A range of less than one degree Fahrenheit (or half a degree Celsius) of climate warming over the next century could make all the difference when it comes to the probability of future ice-free summers in the Arctic, new University ...
Environment
Apr 2, 2018
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Climate change has made the record-breaking temperatures that roasted parts of Europe this summer at least 10 times more likely, scientists reported Wednesday.
Environment
Sep 27, 2017
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Frozen in permafrost soil, northern latitudes store almost twice as much carbon as is currently in the atmosphere. Rapid Arctic warming is expected to expose previously frozen soil carbon to microbial decomposition and increase ...
Environment
Sep 7, 2017
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