40 percent of Amazon could now exist as rainforest or savanna-like ecosystems
Researchers focused on the stability of tropical rainforests in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania. With their approach they were able to explore how...
Dust dominates high-altitude snow darkening and melt over high-mountain Asia
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 October 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00909-3Dust deposition in high-mountain Asia lowers snow albedo and hastens melt. Satellite data and models show...
Right-wing ideology reduces the effects of education on climate change beliefs in more developed...
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 October 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00930-6Education increases political polarization on climate change beliefs in the US. Here the authors find that...
Plant agrodiversity to the rescue
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 October 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00925-3Agricultural systems are vulnerable to climate change, and global reservoirs of plant genetic diversity are proving...
Intraspecific diversity as a reservoir for heat-stress tolerance in sweet potato
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 October 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00924-4Mass field testing of heat tolerance in 1,973 cultivars of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) from 50...
A darker cryosphere in a warming world
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 October 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00911-9Dust and black carbon deposition in high-mountain Asia darkens snow and ice, increases sunlight absorption and...
Harvesting vegetation on riparian buffers barely reduces water-quality benefits
Allowing farmers to harvest vegetation from their riparian buffers will not significantly impede the ability of those streamside tracts to protect water quality by...
New research sheds light on the reluctance of farmers to adopt new technologies
Research sheds new light on a long-standing obstacle to improving agricultural productivity in developing countries: the reluctance of small-scale farmers to adopt modern technologies...
Climate change responsible for record sea temperature levels
Global warming is driving an unprecedented rise in sea temperatures including in the Mediterranean, according to a major new report.
Potential new tool for frost screening in crops
Agricultural scientists and engineers have identified a potential new tool for screening cereal crops for frost damage.
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