Keeping global warming within 1.5 °C constrains emergence of aridification

1. Collins, M. et al. Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis (eds Stocker, T. F. et al.) (IPCC, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, UK, 2013). 2. Huang, J.,...

Inverse relationship between present-day tropical precipitation and its sensitivity to greenhouse warming

1. Neelin, J. D., Münnich, M., Su, H., Meyerson, J. E. & Holloway, C. E. Tropical drying trends in global warming models and observations. Proc....

Accounting for the human factor

1. Stern, P. C. Am. Psychol. 66, 303–314 (2011). 2. Gifford, R. Am. Psychol. 66, 290–302 (2011). 3. Janssen, M. A. & Ostrom, E. in Handbook of Computational Economics...

Linking models of human behaviour and climate alters projected climate change

1. IPCC Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis (eds. Stocker, T. F. et al.) (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2013). 2. Nakicenovic, N. et al. Special Report Emissions Scenarios:...

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Scientists have shown that streams can be key health indicators of a region's landscape, but the way they're being monitored can be improved.

The Caribbean is stressed out

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Veterinary surgeons perform first-known brain surgery to treat hydrocephalus in fur seal

A neurosurgical team has successfully performed what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind brain surgery on a Northern fur seal named Ziggy Star in...

Conserving coral communities

For years, people have sought to stop the loss of coral reefs by transplanting corals grown in underwater 'nurseries' to damaged reefs, but little...

Scientists get early look at hurricane damage to Caribbean coral reefs

Coral reefs off St. John, part of the US Virgin Islands, suffered severe injury during the storms, say the scientists who traveled there in...

Scientists should be super modelers

Scholars and conservationists want to aim for the right future to preserve biodiversity and plan sustainable environments. One of those scholars is calling for...

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