The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the UN body responsible for communicating the science of climate breakdown—has released its long-awaited Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 26, 2019
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Depending on your side of the aisle, climate change either elicits doomsday anxiety or unabashed skepticism.
Environment
Aug 27, 2019
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Prevailing economic research anticipates the burden of climate change falling on hot or poor nations. Some predict that cooler or wealthier economies will be unaffected or even see benefits from higher temperatures.
Environment
Aug 19, 2019
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A 65-year comparative analysis between U.S. yields of irrigated and rain-fed crops has sounded a message to farmers, land managers and policymakers: Mind the gap.
Earth Sciences
Aug 12, 2019
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When there are multiple factors at play in a situation that is itself changing, such as an El Nino winter in a changing climate, how can scientists figure out what is causing what? Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 30, 2019
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The bodies of Svalbard reindeer are extremely well adapted to their arctic home at 79 degrees N latitude. As the northernmost reindeer population on the planet, they are thick and round, which makes it easier for them to ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 25, 2019
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Crop models are parameterization schemes that simulate the processes of crop development and production. Their inclusion in climate models can promote the simulation ability of climate models, according to Dr. Jing Zou at ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 26, 2019
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A team of Midwestern climate scientists has released a new report with grim predictions about the impact of climate change on the Great Lakes region. The report foresees a growing trend of wetter winters and springs, with ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2019
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It is a reliable occurrence now: every time we have a cold event here in the United States, two public conversations begin, both of which deploy the term "polar vortex." Those who are suspicious of the reality of climate ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 1, 2019
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Planning, design and governance of a city play at least as important a role as attitudes in helping convince residents to embrace long, cold winters, says a University of Alberta researcher.
Social Sciences
Feb 27, 2019
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