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Climate Science Digest: November 4, 2024Science

Climate Science Digest: November 4, 2024

How a melting ice sheet reshaped North America’s coastline Approximately 19,000 to 26,000 years ago, a vast ice sheet blanketed Canada and extended over parts…
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Satellite Image: Fires in Brazil
Amazon forest loses area the size of Germany and France, fueling firesNews

Amazon forest loses area the size of Germany and France, fueling fires

By Lucia LACURCIA | AFP Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - The Amazon rainforest has lost an area about the size of Germany and France combined…
SourceSourceSeptember 24, 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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Turn your living room into a digital Amazon rainforest

Turn your living room into a digital Amazon rainforest

By Aslina Baharum, Sunway University in Kuala Lumpur | 360info Virtual reality and augmented reality offer a game-changing approach to biodiversity management. Imagine exploring a…
SourceSourceJune 26, 2024 Full article
When in drought: Researchers map which parts of the Amazon are most vulnerable to climate changeClimateScience

When in drought: Researchers map which parts of the Amazon are most vulnerable to climate change

By Mikayla Mace Kelley, University of Arizona In the late 2000s, Scott Saleska noticed something strange going on in the Amazon rainforest. In 2005, a…
SourceSourceJune 20, 2024 Full article
Floods in south Brazil have displaced 600,000 – here’s why this region is likely to see ever more extreme rain in futureClimate

Floods in south Brazil have displaced 600,000 – here’s why this region is likely to see ever more extreme rain in future

By Marcia Zilli, University of Oxford; Caio Coelho, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Inpe), and Neil Hart, University of Oxford | The Conversation A mighty river is flowing out of…
SourceSourceMay 19, 2024 Full article