New study first to reveal growth rates of deep-sea coral communities
Researchers revealed for the first time growth rates of deep-sea coral communities and the pattern of colonization by various species over time scales of...
Mosquito nets: Are they catching more fishes than insects?
Mosquito nets designed to prevent malaria transmission are used for fishing which may devastate tropical coastal ecosystems, according to a new scientific study. The...
An emergent constraint on future Arctic sea-ice albedo feedback
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 11 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0619-1The reflectivity of the Arctic Ocean decreases as sea ice decreases, creating a feedback of more...
Response of N<sub>2</sub>O production rate to ocean acidification in the western North Pacific
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 11 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0605-7Nitrous oxide, a strong GHG, is produced during nitrification. Changes in ocean pH cause its production...
Intact and managed peatland soils as a source and sink of GHGs from 1850...
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 11 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0615-5Natural peatlands accumulate carbon but land-use change and drainage leads to emission of GHGs from peatlands....
Climate politics, metaphors and the fractal carbon trap
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 11 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0618-2In this Perspective, the authors argue that defining the climate change problem as one of decarbonization...
Neurosurgery in Brazilian Amazon is possible
Low- and middle-income countries in remote locations with little access to care can create sustainable neurosurgical programs by recruiting and training young, local doctors,...
Coastlines’ contribution to climate change might have been underestimated
Permafrost coasts make up about one third of the Earth's total coastline. As a result of accelerated climate change, whole sections of coastline rapidly...
Superfood for Mesozoic herbivores?
The long-necked, big bodied sauropod dinosaurs comprise some of the largest terrestrial vertebrates to walk the earth. These behemoths were herbivores that survived solely...
Turbulence creates ice in clouds
Vertical air motions increase ice formation in mixed-phase clouds. This correlation was predicted theoretically for a long time, but could now be observed for...
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