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Climate change drives tree species towards colder, wetter regionsClimate

Climate change drives tree species towards colder, wetter regions

By University of Birmingham Climate change is likely to drive tree species towards colder and wetter regions of their geographical distribution, a new study has…
SourceSourceJuly 4, 2024 Full article
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Why do you keep your house so cold? Science says: Ask your parentsClimateScience

Why do you keep your house so cold? Science says: Ask your parents

The temperature of your childhood home, among other factors, may help predict your thermostat settings. Childhood home temperature and community connectedness can help predict how…
SourceSourceJuly 4, 2024 Full article
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Early-onset El Niño means warmer winters in East Asia, and vice versaClimate

Early-onset El Niño means warmer winters in East Asia, and vice versa

By Masahiro Shiozaki | Kyushu University The phenomenon known as El Niño can cause abnormal and extreme climate around the world due to it dramatically…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2024 Full article
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EVs alone won’t save us from climate catastropheClimate

EVs alone won’t save us from climate catastrophe

By Lily Rau, Climateworks Centre, Melbourne | 360info Zero-emissions vehicles would need to hit 73 percent of new light vehicle sales by 2030 to keep transport…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2024 Full article
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True scale of carbon impact from long-distance travel revealedClimateScience

True scale of carbon impact from long-distance travel revealed

By University of Leeds The reality of the climate impact of long-distance passenger travel has been revealed in new research from the University of Leeds.…
SourceSourceJuly 2, 2024 Full article
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Australian bushfire ash is deadly for aquatic lifeClimate

Australian bushfire ash is deadly for aquatic life

By Society for Experimental Biology While the impact of wildfires on terrestrial life has been well studied, only recently has research started to examine the…
SourceSourceJuly 2, 2024 Full article
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UN climate chief’s family impacted by Hurricane BerylClimateNews

UN climate chief’s family impacted by Hurricane Beryl

Paris, France (AFP) - UN climate chief Simon Stiell has warned that the destructive consequences of global warming are "not a tomorrow problem" after Hurrican…
SourceSourceJuly 2, 2024 Full article
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Most climate-vulnerable countries with highest hunger rates significantly under-represented in agrifood researchClimateNews

Most climate-vulnerable countries with highest hunger rates significantly under-represented in agrifood research

By CABI The most climate-vulnerable countries with the highest hunger rates are significantly under-represented in agrifood research – sparking a need for urgent action and…
SourceSourceJuly 2, 2024 Full article
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Dampening the “seeds” of hurricanesClimate

Dampening the “seeds” of hurricanes

By Audrey Merket, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Increased atmospheric moisture may alter critical weather patterns over…
SourceSourceJuly 2, 2024 Full article
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Honey bees vote to decide on nest sites – why we should listenClimate

Honey bees vote to decide on nest sites – why we should listen

By Derek Mitchell, University of Leeds | The Conversation When people think of honey bees, they often think of classic wooden hives, in which beekeepers…
SourceSourceJuly 1, 2024 Full article
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Climate change ignored? Study reveals sociology’s blind spotClimate

Climate change ignored? Study reveals sociology’s blind spot

By Tevah Platt, Institute for Social Research - University of Michigan A recent University of Michigan study exposes a gap in sociology: a lack of…
SourceSourceJuly 1, 2024 Full article
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Extreme wildfires have doubled in just 20 years – here’s the scienceClimate

Extreme wildfires have doubled in just 20 years – here’s the science

By Víctor Fernández García and Cristina Santín, The Conversation It feels like we are getting used to the Earth being on fire. Recently, more than 70 wildfires burned…
SourceSourceJuly 1, 2024 Full article
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Investigating newly discovered hydrothermal vents at depths of 3,000 meters off SvalbardClimateScience

Investigating newly discovered hydrothermal vents at depths of 3,000 meters off Svalbard

By MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen Study of the Jøtul hydrothermal field, discovered in 2022, has now been published in the…
SourceSourceJune 30, 2024 Full article
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Video game designers battle to depict climate impactsNewsClimate

Video game designers battle to depict climate impacts

Paris, France | AFP Game designer Sam Alfred is keenly aware of the challenge he faces in trying to build a video game with climate…
SourceSourceJune 29, 2024 Full article
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Climate change to shift tropical rains northwardClimateScience

Climate change to shift tropical rains northward

By David Danelski | University of California - Riverside A study led by a UC Riverside atmospheric scientist predicts that unchecked carbon emissions will force…
SourceSourceJune 28, 2024 Full article
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Creating sustainable cooling in southeast Asia using ground source heat pump systemsClimateScience

Creating sustainable cooling in southeast Asia using ground source heat pump systems

By Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), Japan As energy and environmental crises rampage, sustainable solutions like ground source heat pump (GSHP) systems gain traction. GSHP…
SourceSourceJune 27, 2024 Full article
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Chinese cities outsourced on others’ efforts to cut carbon emissionsClimateScience

Chinese cities outsourced on others’ efforts to cut carbon emissions

By University of Birmingham Experts have identified 240 Chinese cities whose emission reduction are mainly benefiting from the carbon mitigation actions of other cities, whilst…
SourceSourceJune 27, 2024 Full article
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Antarctic ice shelves hold twice as much meltwater as previously thoughtClimateScience

Antarctic ice shelves hold twice as much meltwater as previously thought

By University of Cambridge Slush – water-soaked snow – makes up more than half of all meltwater on the Antarctic ice shelves during the height…
SourceSourceJune 27, 2024 Full article
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Climate crisis sees rise in illegal water markets in the Middle EastClimate

Climate crisis sees rise in illegal water markets in the Middle East

By Christian Klassert, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, and Samer Talozi, Jordan University for Science and Technology | The Conversation In Jordan’s cities, green tanker…
SourceSourceJune 27, 2024 Full article
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Climate lawsuits against companies on the rise: reportClimateNews

Climate lawsuits against companies on the rise: report

By Linda GIVETASH | AFP Paris, France - Companies worldwide have faced mounting legal pressure to reduce their impact on global warming as activists use…
SourceSourceJune 27, 2024 Full article
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Underwater mountains have a big impact on ocean circulationClimateScience

Underwater mountains have a big impact on ocean circulation

By University of Cambridge Colossal undersea mountains, towering up to thousands of metres high, stir up deep sea currents: impacting how our ocean stores heat…
SourceSourceJune 26, 2024 Full article
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Jordanians keen to harness community benefits of energy transitionClimateNews

Jordanians keen to harness community benefits of energy transition

By Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) – Helmholtz Centre Potsdam Jordan has outstanding potential for renewable energy generation. Government backing for the country’s energy transition…
SourceSourceJune 26, 2024 Full article
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El Niño forecasts extended to 18 months with innovative physics-based modelClimate

El Niño forecasts extended to 18 months with innovative physics-based model

AI helps power new forecast Climate model shortcomings, improvements Future directions Across Asia, the Pacific Ocean, and the Americas, El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) brings…
SourceSourceJune 26, 2024 Full article
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Public health beliefs predict support for climate action, study showsClimateScience

Public health beliefs predict support for climate action, study shows

By Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania In a paper published in the current issue of the Journal of Health Communication by…
SourceSourceJune 26, 2024 Full article