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Most existing heat wave indices fail to capture heatwave severity
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Most existing heat wave indices fail to capture heatwave severityNewsScience

Most existing heat wave indices fail to capture heatwave severity

By Cell Press Even though climate change is bringing more frequent and severe heat waves, there is no standard, global way to measure heat-wave severity,…
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How well will different US forests remove atmospheric carbon in the future?
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How well will different US forests remove atmospheric carbon in the future?

By Wiley Forests absorb carbon by capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, making forest carbon stocks an important resource against climate change. In research published…
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Disaster plant pathology: solutions to combat agricultural threats from disasters
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Disaster plant pathology: solutions to combat agricultural threats from disasters

By American Phytopathological Society An often-overlooked component of natural and human-driven disasters is their potential to affect plant health and thus food security at domestic…
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Individuals vary in how air pollution impacts their mood
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Individuals vary in how air pollution impacts their mood

Statistical models show how daily air pollution is linked to a person’s affective states. By PLOS ONE Affective sensitivity to air pollution (ASAP) describes the…
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Great Barrier Reef facing catastrophic damage, research shows
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Great Barrier Reef facing catastrophic damage, research shows

By University of Melbourne The Great Barrier Reef is under significant pressure, with warming sea temperatures and mass coral bleaching events threatening to destroy the…
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Great Barrier Reef ocean temperatures hit 400-year record: study
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Great Barrier Reef ocean temperatures hit 400-year record: study

By Laura CHUNG | AFP Sydney, Australia - For the past decade, water temperatures along Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef have been the warmest in…
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Antarctic-wide survey of plant life to aid conservation efforts
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Antarctic-wide survey of plant life to aid conservation efforts

The first continent-wide mapping study of plant life across Antarctica reveals growth in previously uncharted areas and is set to inform conservation measures across the…
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Future enterovirus outbreaks could be exacerbated by climate change
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Future enterovirus outbreaks could be exacerbated by climate change

By Brown University Outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), which causes fever and rash in young children, typically occur in the summer months.…
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Groundwater reserves in southwestern Europe prove more stable than anticipated
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Groundwater reserves in southwestern Europe prove more stable than anticipatedClimate

Groundwater reserves in southwestern Europe prove more stable than anticipated

Groundwater levels in southwestern Europe remain stable over decades Groundwater is a vital resource, sustaining plants and ecosystems, ensuring agricultural production and serving as a…
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Rethinking the economy to protect the Amazon and empower its people
Rethinking the economy to protect the Amazon and empower its peopleClimate

Rethinking the economy to protect the Amazon and empower its people

By University of Cambridge To protect the Amazon and support the wellbeing of its people, its economy needs to shift from environmentally harmful production to…
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Greenland fossil discovery reveals increased risk of sea-level catastrophe
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Greenland fossil discovery reveals increased risk of sea-level catastropheNewsScience

Greenland fossil discovery reveals increased risk of sea-level catastrophe

Seeds, twigs and insect parts in ice core stun scientists and confirm that center of ice sheet melted in recent past. By Joshua Brown |…
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Scientists and climate change: extreme concern and high level of engagement
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Scientists and climate change: extreme concern and high level of engagement

By Universiteit van Amsterdam Scientists from across academic disciplines are extremely concerned about climate change. Many of them have already changed their own lifestyles or…
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Four killed after Storm Debby hits Florida coast
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Four killed after Storm Debby hits Florida coast

Miami, United States (UPDATED) - Tropical Storm Debby drenched Florida on Monday, killing at least four people and threatening southeastern US states with heavy rainfall…
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Forecasting climate’s impact on a debilitating disease
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Forecasting climate’s impact on a debilitating disease

In Brazil, climate and other human-made environmental changes threaten decades-long efforts to fight a widespread and debilitating parasitic disease. Now, a partnership between researchers from…
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How unplanned development, unusual rain ended in disaster
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How unplanned development, unusual rain ended in disaster

By Sajan Thomas, St. John's College, Anchal in Thiruvananthapuram | 360info The Kerala landslide underscores the importance of preserving human lives in the Western Ghats region amid…
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Seismic detectors measure soil moisture using traffic noise
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Seismic detectors measure soil moisture using traffic noise

By California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Caltech researchers have developed a new method to measure soil moisture in the shallow subterranean region between the surface…
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EV transition worries French car industry workers
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EV transition worries French car industry workers

By Béatrice JOANNIS | AFP Vouziers, France - As France faces a 2035 deadline to phase out new combustion engine cars, workers in the industry…
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How the rising earth in Antarctica will impact future sea level rise
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How the rising earth in Antarctica will impact future sea level rise

Effects will depend on how much global warming is controlled, study finds. By Tatyana Woodall | Ohio State University The rising earth beneath the Antarctic…
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Exposure to Climate Events and Mental Health: Insights from the California Health Interview Survey
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Exposure to Climate Events and Mental Health: Insights from the California Health Interview SurveyClimate

Exposure to Climate Events and Mental Health: Insights from the California Health Interview Survey

The link between climate change and mental health has become increasingly apparent, with more than one in five Californians affected by climate events reporting negative…
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Combined effects of plastic pollution and seawater flooding amplify threats to coastal plant species
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Combined effects of plastic pollution and seawater flooding amplify threats to coastal plant species

By Alan Williams | University of Plymouth Two of the planet’s more pressing environmental stressors have the potential to alter the growth and reproductive output…
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Scientists find a human ‘fingerprint’ in the upper troposphere’s increasing ozone
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Scientists find a human ‘fingerprint’ in the upper troposphere’s increasing ozoneClimate

Scientists find a human ‘fingerprint’ in the upper troposphere’s increasing ozone

Knowing where to look for this signal will help researchers identify specific sources of the potent greenhouse gas. Jennifer Chu | Massachusetts Institute of Technology…
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Heat claims over 175,000 lives annually in Europe: WHO
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Heat claims over 175,000 lives annually in Europe: WHONews

Heat claims over 175,000 lives annually in Europe: WHO

In a dire warning issued yesterday, Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, highlighted the escalating threat of extreme heat in the…
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Healthy AI: sustainable artificial intelligence for healthcare
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Healthy AI: sustainable artificial intelligence for healthcare

Growing use of AI reveals the need for global sustainability initiatives. By Osaka Metropolitan University Similar to other sectors around the world, the light speed…
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Tipping risks from overshooting 1.5 °C can be minimised if warming is swiftly reversed
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Tipping risks from overshooting 1.5 °C can be minimised if warming is swiftly reversed

By Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Human-made climate change can lead to a destabilisation of large-scale components of the Earth system such as…
SourceSourceAugust 2, 2024 Full article