High CO2 levels can destabilize marine layer clouds
Computer modeling shows that marine stratus clouds could disappear if atmospheric CO2 levels climb high enough, raising global temperatures.
Amazon forest: Areas with higher rainfall variability are more resilient to climate change
The Amazon rainforest has evolved over millions of years and even through ice ages. Yet today, human influences and global climate change put this...
How coral bleaching threatens Caribbean communities
A new study uses environmental, socioeconomic and management data from 30 Caribbean islands to identify which communities may be most at risk from the...
Understanding carbon cycle feedbacks to predict climate change at large scale
Researches have identified long-disappeared forests available for restoration across the world. They describe how such an effort, could absorb as much as 135 gigatons...
Research forms complex picture of mercury pollution in a period of global change
This study looks at how climate change and land use modification impact mercury pollution in wetlands.
Arctic sea ice loss in the past linked to abrupt climate events
A new study on ice cores shows that reductions in sea ice in the Arctic in the period between 30-100,000 years ago led to...
Melting ice sheets may cause ‘climate chaos’ according to new modelling
The weather these days is wild and will be wilder still within a century -- in part, because the water from melting ice sheets...
A warming world increases air pollution
The new study shows that the contrast in warming between the continents and sea, called the land-sea warming contrast, drives an increased concentration of...
Lessons from the Polar Vortex: Build resilient and passive
Our houses have become lifeboats.
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Parent corals from the Gulf of Aqaba that experience increased temperatures and ocean acidification stress during the peak reproductive period are not only able...
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