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Airborne technology brings new hope to map shallow aquifers in Earth’s most arid desertsScience

Airborne technology brings new hope to map shallow aquifers in Earth’s most arid deserts

Airborne sounding radars can perform comprehensive mapping within a few hours compared to existing in-situ methods that would take a few years. Water shortages are…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2024 Full article
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Climate change is most prominent threat to pollinators, CABI Reviews paper findsClimateScience

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…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2024 Full article
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Equity Must Be Considered in Ocean Governance to Achieve Global Targets by 2030Science

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…
SourceSourceMay 16, 2024 Full article
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The origin and long-distance travels of upside down treesScience

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…
SourceSourceMay 16, 2024 Full article
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Carbon dioxide removal: feasibility study evaluates possible measures for GermanyScience

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…
SourceSourceMay 16, 2024 Full article
Using solar energy to generate heat at high temperaturesScience

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…
SourceSourceMay 15, 2024 Full article
Summers warm up faster than winters, fossil shells from Antwerp showScience

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…
SourceSourceMay 15, 2024 Full article
New ‘forever chemical’ cleanup strategy discoveredScience

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,…
SourceSourceMay 15, 2024 Full article
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Researchers identify fastest rate of natural carbon dioxide rise over the last 50,000 yearsScience

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…
SourceSourceMay 14, 2024 Full article
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New approach for improved early flood warningScience

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…
SourceSourceMay 14, 2024 Full article
Non-photosynthetic Vegetation Helps Improve Accuracy of Wind Erosion Impact AssessmentScience

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…
SourceSourceMay 13, 2024 Full article
First ‘extreme’ solar storm in 20 years brings spectacular aurorasNews

First ‘extreme’ solar storm in 20 years brings spectacular auroras

By Issam AHMED | AFP Paris, France - Earth was set to be struck by more powerful solar storms on Saturday, a day after the…
SourceSourceMay 11, 2024 Full article
Powerful solar storm pummels Earth, threatening disruptionNews

Powerful solar storm pummels Earth, threatening disruption

By Issam AHMED | AFP Washington, United States - A huge solar storm begun pummeling Earth on Friday, bringing possible disruptions to satellites and power…
SourceSourceMay 11, 2024 Full article
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Net zero plans show limited climate ambition on ‘residual’ emissionsScience

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…
SourceSourceMay 10, 2024 Full article
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Study: Heavy snowfall and rain may contribute to some earthquakesScience

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…
SourceSourceMay 9, 2024 Full article
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A Vaccine for Climate Misinformation

By Stella Levantesi | DeSmog Facts aren’t enough to combat false and misleading messaging. Experts suggest an additional strategy. “The climate crisis is a hoax,”…
SourceSourceMay 9, 2024 Full article
In South Africa, tiny primates could struggle to adapt to climate changeScience

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…
SourceSourceMay 8, 2024 Full article
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Are carbon-capture models effective?Science

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…
SourceSourceMay 5, 2024 Full article
Sister cities can help communities better navigate the climate crisis, research suggestsScience

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…
SourceSourceMay 3, 2024 Full article
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A clock in the rocks: what cosmic rays tell us about Earth’s changing surface and climateScience

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…
SourceSourceMay 2, 2024 Full article
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New computer algorithm supercharges climate models and could lead to better predictions of future climate changeScience

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…
SourceSourceMay 1, 2024 Full article
Climate change and mercury pollution stressed plants for millions of yearsScience

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…
SourceSourceMay 1, 2024 Full article
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Ice age climate analysis reduces worst-case warming expected from rising CO2Science

Ice age climate analysis reduces worst-case warming expected from rising CO2

UW News, Hannah Hickey - As carbon dioxide accumulates in the atmosphere, the Earth will get hotter. But exactly how much warming will result from…
SourceSourceApril 18, 2024 Full article
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As climate change progresses, new rainfall patterns affect plants worldwideScience

As climate change progresses, new rainfall patterns affect plants worldwide

By Cazzy Medley | University of Maryland April showers are increasingly becoming deluges due to climate change, and May flowers will never be the same.…
SourceSourceApril 15, 2024 Full article