Technique quickly identifies extreme event statistics
Engineers have developed an algorithm that quickly pinpoints the types of extreme events that are likely to occur in a complex system, such as...
Arctic sea ice decline driving ocean phytoplankton farther north
A new study reveals phytoplankton spring blooms in the Arctic Ocean, which were previously nonexistent, are expanding northward at a rate of one degree...
PPR virus poses threat to conservation
Researchers have reviewed the threat of the virus peste des petits ruminants (PPR) to conservation.
Applying auto industry’s fuel-efficiency standards to agriculture could net billions
Adopting benchmarks similar to the fuel-efficiency standards used by the auto industry in the production of fertilizer could yield $5-8 billion in economic benefits...
how climate change could cause global beer shortages
Severe climate events could cause shortages in the global beer supply, according to new research. The study warns that increasingly widespread and severe drought...
New interactive scenario explorer for 1.5 degrees C pathways
IIASA and the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium (IAMC) have made the scenarios underlying last week's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 1.5 degrees C...
Tracking the movement of the tropics 800 years into the past
For the first time, scientists have traced the north-south shifts of the northern-most edge of the tropics back 800 years. The movement of the...
Potential benefits of wildlife-livestock coexistence in East Africa
A study of 3,588 square kilometers of privately owned land in central Kenya offers evidence that humans and their livestock can, in the right...
Scientists find missing piece in glacier melt predictions
A new method for observing water within ice has revealed stored meltwater that may explain the complex flow behavior of some Greenland glaciers, an...
Predicting an El Niño or La Niña year 17 months in advance
El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) leads to extreme climatic variations called El Niño and La Niña that cause dangerous weather conditions in many regions throughout...
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