Author Correction: Research agenda for the loss and damage fund
Correction to: Nature Climate Change https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01648-x. Published online...
Land surface processes are the dominant driver of global runoff increase
Global runoff increases with carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration because of the synergistic effects of physiological responses to CO2 and the responses of vegetation and...
Projected increase in global runoff dominated by land surface changes
AbstractIncreases in atmospheric CO2 concentration affect continental runoff through radiative and physiological forcing. However, how climate and land surface changes, and their interactions in...
Event attribution is not ready for a major role in loss and damage
Loss and damage funds are intended to support low-income regions experiencing impacts of human-caused climate change. Currently, event attribution should only play a limited...
Tracking a new path to octopus and squid sensing capabilities
Research has traced the evolutionary adaptations of octopus and squid sensing capabilities. The researchers describe for the first time the structure of an octopus...
Recovering rare earth elements in environmental water
A research group has succeeded in selectively recovering trace rare earth elements in synthetic seawater and environmental water, such as hot spring water, using...
Scientists develop new way to measure wind
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2022 Tongan volcanic explosion was largest natural explosion in over a century, new study...
The 2022 eruption of a submarine volcano in Tonga was more powerful than the largest U.S. nuclear explosion, according to a new study. The...
Tastes differ — even among North Atlantic killer whales
Killer whales (also known as orcas) are intelligent predators. While it's known that killer whales in the Pacific Northwest exploit widely different food types,...
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