Last week, wildfires blazed across western Canada, turning the town of Jasper, located near Alberta's Jasper National Park, into ashes. The local government estimated that the fire damaged or destroyed up to half of the town's ...
Environment
Jul 29, 2024
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Last week, a strong typhoon left a trail of destruction across the Philippines, Taiwan and China. Super Typhoon Gaemi began as a tropical storm but intensified rapidly, leaving at least 65 people dead and triggering environmental ...
Environment
Jul 29, 2024
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A new system for forecasting weather and predicting future climate uses artificial intelligence (AI) to achieve results comparable with the best existing models while using much less computer power, according to its creators.
Environment
Jul 28, 2024
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Despite the 150 million kilometers that separate it from the Earth, the sun does more than just light our way: it also impacts our electricity networks, and even our transport.
Planetary Sciences
Jul 26, 2024
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New research from the University of South Australia shows that the Australian seafood industry has become more resilient to food shocks—a good sign, with Australians eating more seafood now than ever before.
Agriculture
Jul 24, 2024
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Forests can reduce hunger in rural households while also capturing carbon and advancing sustainability goals for low- and middle-income countries, according to new research by University of Notre Dame experts.
Ecology
Jul 22, 2024
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For decades, scientists warned that continued burning of oil, gas, and coal would have devastating climate impacts. Those impacts are being felt around the world.
Environment
Jul 19, 2024
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As Houston and the Texas Gulf Coast continue recovering from Hurricane Beryl, a new survey from the University of Houston and Texas Southern University is providing insight into Texans' past experiences with extreme weather, ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 19, 2024
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When climate change leads the news, it's often down to a hurricane, heat wave or flood. And, judging by our most widely read environment stories over the past decade, extreme weather really is one of the main ways the public ...
Environment
Jul 19, 2024
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This June saw major heat waves across Canada with peak temperatures—measured over a three-day period—of 7.4°C in eastern Ontario, 10.7°C in southern Québec, 7.2°C in northern Québec and 10.6°C in Atlantic Canada. ...
Environment
Jul 17, 2024
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