Increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere teaches old oaks new tricks
Mature oak trees will increase their rate of photosynthesis by up to a third in response to the raised CO2 levels expected to be...
Counterbalancing influences of aerosols and greenhouse gases on atmospheric rivers
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 04 October 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01166-8Atmospheric rivers, concentrated plumes of moisture important to extratropical precipitation, have not changed with historical warming....
Greenhouse gases strengthen atmospheric rivers
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 04 October 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01181-9Atmospheric rivers substantially affect the global hydrologic cycle, yet their response to past and future anthropogenic...
Scientists capture the fleeting transition of water into a highly reactive state
Researchers have uncovered a key step in the ionization of liquid water using the lab's high-speed 'electron camera,' MeV-UED. This reaction is of fundamental...
Marine heatwaves could wipe out an extra six per cent of a country’s fish...
Extremely hot years will wipe out hundreds of thousands of tons of fish available for catch in a country's waters in this century, on...
How climate change could undermine biodiversity conservation goals
Researchers explore how climate change could challenge efforts to protect biodiversity within the network of protected areas around the globe.
Scientists use nuclear physics to probe Floridan Aquifer threatened by climate change
Scientists used a nuclear dating technique to study the dynamics of the Floridan Aquifer. The findings show the promise of this emerging technique to...
Seismic forensics and its importance for early warning
The catastrophic rockslide of February 7, 2021, in India's Dhauli Ganga Valley and the subsequent flood killed at least a hundred people and destroyed...
Bigleaf maple decline tied to hotter, drier summers in Washington state, U.S.
A new study has found that recent bigleaf maple die-off in Washington is linked to hotter, drier summers that predispose this species to decline....
Encourage wealthy and well-connected to use their influence to tackle climate change
A paper article identifies five ways that people of high socioeconomic status have a disproportionate impact on global greenhouse gas emissions - and therefore...
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