Lightning threatens permafrost
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01016-7Thawing Arctic permafrost, and release of its stored carbon, is a known amplifier of global warming....
Winter melt trends portend widespread declines in snow water resources
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01014-9Mountain snowpack declines are often tracked using snow water equivalent trends sensitive to highly variable precipitation....
Future increases in Arctic lightning and fire risk for permafrost carbon
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 April 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01011-yChanges in lightning activity are uncertain under climate change. The authors project that summer lightning in...
From stardust to pale blue dot: Carbon’s interstellar journey to Earth
We are made of stardust, the saying goes, and a pair of studies finds that may be more true than we previously thought.
Science has not kept pace with aquaculture
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How the chicxulub impactor gave rise to modern rainforests
The asteroid that took out the dinosaurs left the planet in darkness. What did rainforests in South America look like before the impact, and...
Scientists turn to deep learning to improve air quality forecasts
Air pollution from the burning of fossil fuels impacts human health but predicting pollution levels at a given time and place remains challenging, according...
Evidence of Antarctic glacier’s tipping point confirmed
Researchers have confirmed for the first time that Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica could cross tipping points, leading to a rapid and irreversible...
global assessment of cumulative human impacts to at-risk marine species over time
Despite the fact that our planet is mostly ocean and human maritime activity is more intense than it has ever been, we know remarkably...
New promise of forecasting meteotsunamis
On the afternoon of April 13, 2018, a large wave of water surged across Lake Michigan and flooded the shores of the picturesque beach...
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