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Mid-depth waters off the United States East Coast are getting saltier

Surekha Barfa - July 18, 2022 0

A new study led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) reveals a significant increase in the frequency of warm saltwater intrusions from the...

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Portugal battles forest fires amid heatwave

Surekha Barfa - July 18, 2022 0

Following a punishing heatwave, around 1,500 firefighters were battling multiple forest fires and several bush fires in central and northern Portugal on Sunday, prompting...

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As climate change makes some areas dangerous to live in, it may get harder to move

Surekha Barfa - July 18, 2022 0

Climate change could reduce international mobility for low-income populations in Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, and the former Soviet Union by up to 10% by...

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Soil temperature drives nitric oxide emission

Nelish Singh - July 17, 2022 0

Nitric oxide (NO) is a significant contributor to air pollution, and forest soil is a significant source of NO emissions. However, due to a...

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Protecting our coastline: Researchers develop new model to better predict barrier island retreat

Surekha Barfa - July 15, 2022 0

Storms, storm surge, waves, and flooding are all mitigated by barrier islands. They can act as a barrier between the ocean and property on...

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Multi-layered strategies needed to protect public health from oil and gas drilling impacts

Ricky Kaka - July 13, 2022 0

Efforts to mitigate the potentially harmful effects of oil and gas drilling are frequently concentrated on a single measure, such as increasing setbacks, the...

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The depths of the North Atlantic Ocean were once as warm as the Mediterranean

Nelish Singh - July 12, 2022 0

A new study of ancient ocean temperatures published today in science reveals that the deep North Atlantic Ocean was once 20°C (68 °F) warmer...

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Fiber optic sensing detects tremors from the Icelandic subglacial volcano

Nelish Singh - July 12, 2022 0

Researchers detected low-frequency volcanic tremor using a fiber optic cable on the ice cap of an Icelandic subglacial volcano, implying that this technology could...

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Research shows the need to improve the prediction of Arctic melt ponds

Ricky Kaka - July 10, 2022 0

Two widely used computer models that predict summer melt pond formation on sea ice overestimate their extent, according to new research, a key finding...

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Wildfires may have sparked ecosystem collapse during Earth’s worst mass extinction

Ricky Kaka - July 10, 2022 0

Researchers from University College Cork (UCC) and the Swedish Museum of Natural History studied the end-Permian mass extinction (252 million years ago), which wiped...

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The decrease in CO2 emissions during the pandemic shutdown shows it is possible to reach the Paris Agreement goals

Nelish Singh - July 8, 2022 0

An international team of researchers discovered that the sudden drop in CO2 emissions during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic shows that it...

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Brazil sets new six-month Amazon deforestation record

Nelish Singh - July 8, 2022 0

According to the INPE national space agency, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon reached a new high in the first half of 2022. Since the beginning...

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Review suggests current global efforts are insufficient to limit warming to 1.5°C

Nelish Singh - June 27, 2022 0

A pair of Concordia University climate scientists have concluded that, despite many nations' efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the goal of limiting global...

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Cooler weather helps Spain with fires; rain helps in Germany

Nelish Singh - June 23, 2022 0

Cooler temperatures helped firefighters stabilize fire in northwest Spain on Monday, the largest on record in the country, according to reports. The fire in the...

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La Nina climate cycle could last into 2023

Nelish Singh - June 12, 2022 0

The meteorological phenomenon La Nina, which has influenced global temperatures and exacerbated drought and flooding, is expected to last for months, if not years,...

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