Trees with grassy areas soften summer heat
Trees cool their environment and 'heat islands' benefit from it. However, the degree of cooling depends greatly on the tree species and the local...
Audit finds biodiversity data aggregators ‘lose and confuse’ data
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Historical deforestation locally increased the intensity of hot days in northern mid-latitudes
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Africa and the Paris Agreement
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Air quality co-benefits of carbon pricing in China
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Deforestation intensifies hot days
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Trust in climate scientists
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Increasing precipitation volatility in twenty-first-century California
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Anthropogenic warming exacerbates European soil moisture droughts
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