For Christoph Schär, ETH Zurich's Professor of Climate and Water Cycle, "global warming" is not quite accurate when it comes to describing the driver of climate change. "A better term would be 'climate humidification,'" ...
Environment
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Plants take in CO2 to grow. They extract it from the atmosphere and use it to build organic compounds by means of photosynthesis and water. Terrestrial ecosystems have absorbed an average of about 32 percent of CO2 emissions ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 1, 2023
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As part of global ocean circulation, warm water in the upper layer flows from the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean through the Indonesian Archipelago. The flow through the archipelago, known as the Indonesian Throughflow, ...
Earth Sciences
May 31, 2023
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Faced with record-breaking heat, Vietnam's capital Hanoi has turned off some street lights to save electricity as demand for air conditioning soars.
Environment
May 31, 2023
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The majority of fish populations in the sea are responding to global warming by relocating towards colder waters nearer the north and south poles, according to the latest research on the impact of climate change on our oceans.
Plants & Animals
May 30, 2023
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Flash droughts develop fast, and when they hit at the wrong time, they can devastate a region's agriculture.
Earth Sciences
May 26, 2023
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As one of Australia's great natural wonders, the Great Barrier Reef supports both ecosystems and a multitude of industries.
Ecology
May 22, 2023
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Adding to the grim list of record ice losses, record air temperatures and record droughts, which have all hit the headlines recently, the temperature of the surface waters of our oceans is also at an all-time high. With an ...
Planetary Sciences
May 18, 2023
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In the sunlight of a May afternoon on the Chesapeake Bay, a 72-foot schooner called the Marie Tharp floated above a shipwreck from long ago.
Earth Sciences
May 15, 2023
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Kelvin waves, a potential precursor of El Niño conditions in the ocean, are rolling across the equatorial Pacific toward the coast of South America.
Earth Sciences
May 15, 2023
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