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December 24, 2024
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Dec. 19, 2024 — A new tool that predicts the behavior of desert locust populations will help national agencies to manage huge swarms before they devastate food crops in Africa and ...
Dec. 20, 2024 — Investigations into precipitation patterns in eastern Central Europe since the end of the last ice age have shown that dynamic processes in atmospheric circulation, such as the North Atlantic jet stream, influence regional changes in precipitation. ...
Dec. 20, 2024 — Scientists have delivered the first measurements of Greenland Ice Sheet thickness change using data from ESA and NASA ice satellite missions. With global warming causing the Greenland Ice Sheet to ...
Dec. 20, 2024 — Despite their reputation as buzzing nuisances, flies serve a critical role as some of the Earth's most prolific pollinators -- and new research suggests they are increasingly at risk due to rising ...
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Dec. 19, 2024 — Scientists are changing our understanding of climate and weather on Mars and providing critical insights into Earth's atmospheric processes as ...
Dec. 19, 2024 — A new study examines the correlation between fish yield and live coral habitats. Researchers analyzed the yields of nine fisheries dependent on Australia's Great Barrier Reef from 2016 to 2020. ...
Dec. 19, 2024 — Communities up and down the West Coast of the United States can expect atmospheric rivers to evolve as the climate warms. But residents in Southern California will see much different changes than ...
Dec. 19, 2024 — Scientists have successfully identified a previously unknown species to Southern California from fossilized seeds, revealing a drought-fueled dance ...
Dec. 19, 2024 — A new study about Earth's northernmost seafloor hydrothermal system shows even more variety in vent styles than previously thought. The study has important implications for understanding the origin ...
Dec. 19, 2024 — Fossilized skeletons and shells clearly show how evolution and extinction unfolded over the past half a billion years, but a new analysis extends the chart of life to nearly 2 billion years ago. The ...
Dec. 17, 2024 — The eastern U.S. has more trees and shrubs than three decades ago. This growth, driven by processes such as tree and understory infilling in unmanaged forests, is helping fuel wildfires, contributing ...
Dec. 17, 2024 — The social cost of carbon -- an important figure global policymakers use to analyze the benefits of climate and energy policies -- is too low, finds ...
Dec. 17, 2024 — Scientists are exploring a new model for carbon capture in low-oxygen aquatic environments, such as fisheries, that will help address rising global temperatures and could potentially be ...
Dec. 17, 2024 — Researchers analyzed radioisotopes in layers of fossilized volcanic ash. Decay of uranium to lead within tiny crystals enabled scientists to precisely pinpoint dates for certain events. They ...
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Dec. 16, 2024 — A new study reveals corals must be within only a few meters of each other to successfully reproduce, leaving them vulnerable in a warming ...
Dec. 16, 2024 — New research has uncovered a potential unintended consequence of the electric vehicle transition in India and China, finding that sulfur dioxide emissions could actually increase over current levels ...
Dec. 16, 2024 — Scientists have developed a 3D concrete printing method that captures carbon, demonstrating a new pathway to reduce the environmental impact of the construction ...
Dec. 16, 2024 — On February 2, 1887, residents of Punxsutawney Pennsylvania consulted a large rodent regarding the arrival of spring, marking the first official celebration of Groundhog Day. Our ability to predict ...
Dec. 13, 2024 — A new prototype device demonstrates an innovative approach to producing ammonia -- a key component of fertilizer -- that could transform an industry responsible for about one-third of global ...
Dec. 13, 2024 — Glaciologists used sound waves to reveal Ice Age landforms buried beneath almost 1 km of mud in the North Sea. The results suggest that the landforms were produced about 1 million years ago, when an ...
Dec. 13, 2024 — The distribution of traditional wild food sources in the Republic of Sakha could change significantly, affecting the diets and incomes of Indigenous rural communities who depend on ...
Dec. 13, 2024 — Tsunamis can cause immense physical damage to ports, but the economic cost does not stop there. The resultant disruptions of shipping lanes result in billions of dollars in losses every day, as was ...
Dec. 13, 2024 — A new AI image tool could aid the development of algorithms to analyse wildlife images to help improve understanding of how species around the world are responding to climate change, a study ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Researchers have synthesized new molecules able to quickly capture significant amounts of carbon dioxide from the air, an important tactic in climate change ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Colony surveys of common murres, an Alaskan seabird, show the full effects of the 2014-16 marine heat wave known as 'the blob.' Analysis of 13 colonies surveyed between 2008 and 2022 finds ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — A new study has mapped 35 years of river changes on a global scale. The work has revealed significant effects on both downstream (44% decrease in water flow) and upstream (17% flow increase) rivers, ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Scientists unearth a clue to the molecular mechanisms involved in N2O reduction by deep-sea hydrothermal vent ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Climate and land use change have and will continue to alter streamflow regimes and water quality through the 21st century, with consequences for drinking water treatment costs, flood protection, and ...
Dec. 11, 2024 — Just like we recycle waste, repurposing excess CO2 from the atmosphere could be one way to abate the worsening climate crisis. In electrochemical reduction, CO2 is converted into industrial products ...
Dec. 10, 2024 — Harbor seals in icy regions use icebergs shed by glaciers as safe platforms to give birth, care for young and molt. New research finds that as glaciers change with the climate, the resulting changes ...
Dec. 10, 2024 — Snow cover in the Sierra Nevada is expected to shrink overall as the climate warms, but avalanche frequency could remain the same or even increase at high elevations. That's bad news for bighorn ...
Dec. 10, 2024 — While trees can cool some cities significantly during the day, new research shows that tree canopies can also trap heat and raise temperatures at night. The study aims to help urban planners choose ...
Dec. 10, 2024 — AI predicts that most of the world will see temperatures rise to 3C much faster than previously ...
Dec. 10, 2024 — Mathematicians have applied statistical mechanics to climate change detection and attribution for first time. They have shown how to separate the 'signal' of human-made climate change from ...
Monday, December 16, 2024
- Corals Depend on Near Neighbors to Reproduce
- Electric Vehicle Transition Could Create Unwanted Air Pollution Hotspots in China and India
- Scientists Develop 3D Concrete Printing Method That Captures Carbon Dioxide
- Scientists Can Now Predict How Climate Change Will Alter Plant Growth Cycles
Friday, December 13, 2024
- New Device Produces Critical Fertilizer Ingredient from Thin Air, Cutting Carbon Emissions
- Buried Landforms Reveal North Sea's Ancient Glacial Past
- Climate and Land Use Change Threaten Traditional Food Sources in Russia's Far East
- The Great Ripple: How a Tsunami Can Disrupt Global Trade
- Image Tool to Help AI Scour Wildlife Shots for Climate Change Clues
Thursday, December 12, 2024
- New Chemical Structures Show Vastly Improved Carbon Capture Ability
- Surveys Show Full Scale of Massive Die-Off of Common Murres Following the 'warm Blob' In the Pacific Ocean
- Floods, Insufficient Water, Sinking River Deltas: Hydrologists Map Changing River Landscapes Across the Globe
- Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Bacteria Hold Key to Understanding Nitrous Oxide Reduction
- Water and Forests in Southern US
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
- Seals Strategically Scoot Around the Seas on Icebergs
- Bighorn Sheep Face Death by Avalanche in Sierra Nevada Range
- Wrong Trees in the Wrong Place Can Make Cities Hotter at Night, Study Reveals
- AI Predicts That Most of the World Will See Temperatures Rise to 3°C Much Faster Than Previously Expected
- Leap in Modelling Human Impact on Climate May Lead to Early Warning of Climate Disasters
- AI Predicts Earth's Peak Warming
- Antarctica's Irregular Heartbeat Shows Signs of Rapid Melting
- Tourism Leads the Pack in Growing Carbon Emissions
Monday, December 9, 2024
Friday, December 6, 2024
- Less Is More: Why an Economical Iridium Catalyst Works So Well
- Record-Low Antarctic Sea Ice Can Be Explained and Forecast Months out by Patterns in Winds
- High Heat Is Preferentially Killing the Young, Not the Old, New Research Finds
- How Do Marine Food Webs Respond to Increasing Alkalinity?
- Impact Studies Should Include High-Sensitivity Climate Models
Thursday, December 5, 2024
- Rapid Surge in Global Warming Mainly Due to Reduced Planetary Albedo
- Mangroves Save $855 Billion in Flood Protection Globally, New Study Shows
- Climate Change Threatens Global Food Supply: Scientists Call for Urgent Action
- DNA of 1,000 Year-Old Maize Sheds Light on Origins of Globally Important Food Crop
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
- The Amazon Rainforest as a Cloud Machine: How Thunderstorms and Plant Transpiration Produce Condensation Nuclei
- After Decades of Plantation Agriculture, Coconut Palms Dominate Over Half of Pacific Atoll Forests
- Swelling Streams -- Climate Change Causes More Sediment in High-Mountain Rivers
- Massive Asteroid Impacts Did Not Change Earth's Climate in the Long Term
- A Catalyst Can Turn Methane Into Something Useful
- Climate-Ready Crop
- What Triggered Nepal's Catastrophic 2021 Flood -- And Could It Happen Again?
- AI Helps Researchers Dig Through Old Maps to Find Lost Oil and Gas Wells
- Rainforest Emissions Linked With New Particle Formation at High Altitudes
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
- Ocean Density Identified as a Key Driver of Carbon Capture by Marine Plankton
- Alaska's Changing Environment
- Ecosystems: New Study Questions Common Assumption About Biodiversity
- Countdown to an Ice-Free Arctic: New Research Warns of Accelerated Timelines
- New Approach to Measure Ocean Memory: North Atlantic Ocean Has Nearly Two Decades Memory, Study Finds
- Study Finds American, Canadian Universities Vary Widely in Preparing Future Urban Planners for Climate Change
- Overlooked Emissions in California's Salton Sea Air Basin
Monday, December 2, 2024
- Climate Change Could Bring More Severe Bacterial Infections, Including in Corals
- Accelerating Climate Modeling With Generative AI
- Feeding Grazing Cattle Seaweed Cuts Methane Emissions by Almost 40%
- Digital Twins of the Earth Is a Misleading Term as Computer Models Are Always a Simplified Representation of Reality
- Warming Temperatures May Shrink Wetland Carbon Sinks
Friday, November 29, 2024
- Warming Temperatures Impact Immune Performance of Wild Monkeys
- Satellite Evidence Bolsters Case That Climate Change Caused Mass Elephant Die-Off
- The Melting of Greenland: A Climate Challenge With Major Implications for the 21st Century
Thursday, November 28, 2024
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
- Global Food Yields Have Grown Steadily During Last Six Decades, Study Finds
- Oceans Emit Sulfur and Cool the Climate More Than Previously Thought
- Shells, Teeth and Bones of 'weird and Wonderful Organisms' Provide Historical Environmental Clues
- Unexplained Heat-Wave 'hotspots' Are Popping Up Across the Globe
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
- Enhancing Seaglider Technology to Measure Carbon Dioxide
- Predicting the Weather: New Meteorology Estimation Method Aids Building Efficiency
- Researchers Show Complex Relationship Between Arctic Warming and Arctic Dust
- Delay and Pay: Climate Tipping Point Costs Quadruple After Waiting
- Under-Ice Species at Risk as Arctic Warms
- Improved Catalyst Turns Harmful Greenhouse Gases Into Cleaner Fuels, Chemical Feedstocks
- Quantum Mechanism Identified as a Key to Accelerating Ocean Temperatures
Monday, November 25, 2024
- How Climate Change Threatens This Iconic Florida Bird
- Research Links Wildfire Smoke Exposure With Increased Dementia Risk
- Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources Will Increase Price Tag to Decarbonize the Grid
- New AI Tool Generates Realistic Satellite Images of Future Flooding
Friday, November 22, 2024
Thursday, November 21, 2024
- Less Cold: Ocean Cold Period in the Early 20th Century Less Pronounced Than Previously Thought
- Fewer Than 7% of Global Hotspots for Whale-Ship Collisions Have Protection Measures in Place
- Climate-Driven Hazards Increases Risk for Millions of Coastal Residents, Study Finds
- Environmental Impacts of Plastics: Moving Beyond the Perspective on Waste
- Design and Imagination as Essential Tools During the Climate Crisis
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
- Turning Carbon Emissions Into Methane Fuel
- Manatees Might Be Relatively Recent Arrivals to Florida
- Mixed Forests Reduce the Risk of Forest Damage in a Warmer Climate
- Climate Change and Air Pollution Could Risk 30 Million Lives Annually by 2100
- Superior Photosynthesis Abilities of Some Plants Could Hold Key to Climate-Resilient Crops
- Study Raises Concerns About the Climate Change and Global Conflict Crises
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
- Will Agricultural Weeds Finally Claim the Upper Hand in a Changing Climate?
- Improving Hurricane Modeling With Physics-Informed Machine Learning
- Climate Change Threatens Rare Temperate Rainforests
Monday, November 18, 2024
- Some Trees Can Acclimate to Changing Temperatures
- Political Shadows Cast by the Antarctic Curtain
- Ytterbium Thin-Disk Lasers Pave the Way for Sensitive Detection of Atmospheric Pollutants
- How 70% of the Mediterranean Sea Was Lost 5.5 Million Years Ago
- Keeping the Lights on and the Pantry Stocked: Ensuring Water for Energy and Food Production
- Redefining Net Zero Will Not Stop Global Warming
Saturday, November 16, 2024
Friday, November 15, 2024
- Rainforest Protection Reduces the Number of Respiratory Diseases
- Resilience Index Needed to Keep Us Within Planet's 'safe Operating Space'