How Do Lightning Storms Affect North Pole Sea Ice?Science
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How Do Lightning Storms Affect North Pole Sea Ice?
By Tel-Aviv University TAU Research Shows that Lightning Storms are Causing Sea Ice to Melt Faster at the North Pole An international study with the participation…

Airborne technology brings new hope to map shallow aquifers in Earth’s most arid desertsScience
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Airborne technology brings new hope to map shallow aquifers in Earth’s most arid deserts
By University of Southern California Airborne sounding radars can perform comprehensive mapping within a few hours compared to existing in-situ methods that would take a…

Climate change is most prominent threat to pollinators, CABI Reviews paper findsClimateScience
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Climate change is most prominent threat to pollinators, CABI Reviews paper finds
By Wayne Coles A paper published in the CABI Reviews journal has found that climate change is the most prominent threat to pollinators – such…

Equity Must Be Considered in Ocean Governance to Achieve Global Targets by 2030Science
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Equity Must Be Considered in Ocean Governance to Achieve Global Targets by 2030
By Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) As the world presses forward with urgency towards reaching global biodiversity and climate targets by 2030, there must be increased…

Climate change likely to aggravate brain conditionsClimateScience
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Climate change likely to aggravate brain conditions
By University College London Climate change, and its effects on weather patterns and adverse weather events, is likely to negatively affect the health of people…

The origin and long-distance travels of upside down treesScience
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The origin and long-distance travels of upside down trees
By Queen Mary University of London Scientists have solved the mystery behind the origin, evolution and dispersal around the world of iconic baobabs. The iconic…

Global methane emissions automatically detected in satellite imagery using AIScience
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Global methane emissions automatically detected in satellite imagery using AI
By Kyoto University As global temperatures rise to record highs, the pressure to curb greenhouse gas emissions has intensified. Methane is particularly targeted because its significant…

Carbon dioxide removal: feasibility study evaluates possible measures for GermanyScience
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Carbon dioxide removal: feasibility study evaluates possible measures for Germany
By Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres Germany aims to be climate neutral by 2045. In order to achieve this goal, greenhouse gas emissions must…

Using solar energy to generate heat at high temperaturesScience
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Using solar energy to generate heat at high temperatures
By Fabio Bergamin | ETH Zurich Instead of burning coal or oil to produce cement or steel, in the future solar energy could be used…

Summers warm up faster than winters, fossil shells from Antwerp showScience
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Summers warm up faster than winters, fossil shells from Antwerp show
By Free University of Brussels In a warmer climate, summers warm much faster than winters. That is the conclusion of research into fossil shells by earth…

The case for sharing carbon storage riskScience
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The case for sharing carbon storage risk
By Texas A&M University Even the most optimistic projections for the rapid build-out of solar, wind, and other low-carbon resources acknowledge that coal, natural gas,…

Creating a green composite material from Japanese washi paperScience
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Creating a green composite material from Japanese washi paper
Japanese washi paper is renowned for its aesthetic beauty and its wide-array of usages. Now, a group of Tohoku University researchers have made a green…

New ‘forever chemical’ cleanup strategy discoveredScience
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New ‘forever chemical’ cleanup strategy discovered
By David DANELSKI | University of California - Riverside As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cracks down on insidious “forever chemical” pollution in the environment,…

Researchers identify fastest rate of natural carbon dioxide rise over the last 50,000 yearsScience
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Researchers identify fastest rate of natural carbon dioxide rise over the last 50,000 years
By Michelle Klampe, Oregon State University Today’s rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide increase is 10 times faster than at any other point in the past…

New approach for improved early flood warningScience
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New approach for improved early flood warning
By Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres Climate change increases frequency of extreme events such as flooding. This reinforces the need to develop methods for…

Non-photosynthetic Vegetation Helps Improve Accuracy of Wind Erosion Impact AssessmentScience
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Non-photosynthetic Vegetation Helps Improve Accuracy of Wind Erosion Impact Assessment
by Zhang Nannan, Chinese Academy of Sciences The process of soil wind erosion is influenced by vegetation cover. From a functional point of view, vegetation…

Net zero plans show limited climate ambition on ‘residual’ emissionsScience
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Net zero plans show limited climate ambition on ‘residual’ emissions
New research by the University of East Anglia (UEA) reveals what countries think will be their most difficult to decarbonise sectors when they reach net…

Study: Heavy snowfall and rain may contribute to some earthquakesScience
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Study: Heavy snowfall and rain may contribute to some earthquakes
By Jennifer Chu | MIT News When scientists look for an earthquake’s cause, their search often starts underground. As centuries of seismic studies have made…

In South Africa, tiny primates could struggle to adapt to climate changeScience
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In South Africa, tiny primates could struggle to adapt to climate change
By Daniel Strain, University of Colorado at Boulder In the “sky islands” of the Soutpansberg Mountains of South Africa, two closely related species of primate…

Are carbon-capture models effective?Science
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Are carbon-capture models effective?
by Michigan State University Reforestation efforts to restock depleted forests are important for addressing climate change and for both capturing and restoring carbon from the…

Sister cities can help communities better navigate the climate crisis, research suggestsScience
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Sister cities can help communities better navigate the climate crisis, research suggests
by Rice University Anthropologists at Rice University suggest in a new study that establishing networks of 'sister cities' dedicated to addressing the impact of natural…

A clock in the rocks: what cosmic rays tell us about Earth’s changing surface and climateScience
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A clock in the rocks: what cosmic rays tell us about Earth’s changing surface and climate
by Shaun Eaves, Jamey Stutz, Kevin Norton and Pedro Doll, The Conversation How often do mountains collapse, volcanoes erupt or ice sheets melt? For Earth…

New computer algorithm supercharges climate models and could lead to better predictions of future climate changeScience
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New computer algorithm supercharges climate models and could lead to better predictions of future climate change
Earth System Models – complex computer models which describe Earth processes and how they interact – are critical for predicting future climate change. By simulating…

Climate change and mercury pollution stressed plants for millions of yearsScience
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Climate change and mercury pollution stressed plants for millions of years
by Utrecht University The link between massive flood basalt volcanism and the end-Triassic (201 million years ago) mass-extinction is commonly accepted. However, exactly how volcanism led…
