Scientists have spotted a once-in-a-century climate anomaly during World War I that likely increased mortality during the war and the influenza pandemic in the years that followed.
Environment
Sep 24, 2020
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In a world of worsening climate extremes, a single red line has caught many people's attention.
Earth Sciences
Jun 13, 2023
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Global heating could become "catastrophic" for humanity if temperature rises are worse than many predict or cause cascades of events we have yet to consider, or indeed both. The world needs to start preparing for the possibility ...
Environment
Aug 1, 2022
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In just 50 years, 2 billion to 3.5 billion people, mostly the poor who can't afford air conditioning, will be living in a climate that historically has been too hot to handle, a new study said.
Environment
May 4, 2020
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Climate change could directly cost the world economy $7.9 trillion by mid-century as increased drought, flooding and crop failures hamper growth and threaten infrastructure, new analysis showed Wednesday.
Environment
Nov 20, 2019
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Scientists have re-investigated a 60-year-old idea by an American physicist and provided new insights into the quantum world.
Quantum Physics
Oct 6, 2020
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A ripe apple falling from a tree has inspired Sir Isaac Newton to formulate a theory that describes the motion of objects subject to a force. Newton's equations of motion tell us that a moving body keeps on moving on a straight ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 1, 2017
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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has recognized a temperature of -69.6°C (-93.3°F) at an automatic weather station in Greenland on 22 December 1991 as the coldest ever recorded in the Northern Hemisphere.
Earth Sciences
Sep 23, 2020
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Many people have a clear picture of the "Little Ice Age" (from approx. 1300 to 1850). It's characterized by paintings showing people skating on Dutch canals and glaciers advancing far into the alpine valleys. That it was ...
Environment
Jul 24, 2019
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The vast majority of scientists around the world agree that our climate is changing at a faster rate than ever recorded in human history because of our use of fuels such as coal and oil, so-called fossil fuels.
Environment
Mar 13, 2017
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