Soft coral garden discovered in Greenland’s deep sea
A deep-sea soft coral garden habitat has been discovered in Greenlandic waters using an innovative and low-cost deep-sea video camera built and deployed by...
Gold mining restricts Amazon rainforest recovery
Gold mining significantly limits the regrowth of Amazon forests, greatly reducing their ability to accumulate carbon, according to a new study. The researchers warn...
Ecosystem degradation could raise risk of pandemics
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Multiple drivers of the North Atlantic warming hole
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 29 June 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0819-8The North Atlantic ocean warming hole has been linked to reduced tropical heat import. Model simulations...
Record warming at the South Pole during the past three decades
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 29 June 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0815-zSurface air temperatures at the South Pole warmed at over three times the global rate in...
Warming reaches the South Pole
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 29 June 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0827-8Over the last half of the twentieth century, surface temperature over the South Pole was steady...
Amplified Madden–Julian oscillation impacts in the Pacific–North America region
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 29 June 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0814-0The Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) is a band of convection that travels eastward through the tropics and...
Disproportionate increase in freshwater methane emissions induced by experimental warming
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 29 June 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0824-yMethane emissions are determined by the balance of microbial methane production relative to consumption. Warming drives...
An assessment of community-based adaptation initiatives in the Pacific Islands
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 29 June 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0813-1Community-based adaptation, in principle, leverages existing local knowledge, capabilities and priorities, but it is unclear what...
Increased impacts on US West Coast
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 29 June 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0828-7The Madden–Julian oscillation causes teleconnections that impact mid-latitudes. Now research predicts dramatic eastward shifts of these...
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