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UrduSOLOMONS, MD (April 22, 2020)–A new study shows that plant materials originating in Arctic sea ice are significantly incorporated into marine food webs that are used for subsistence in local communities of the greater Bering Strait region. The study led…
Tag: TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT PHENOMENA
Fish flip a unique genetic switch in warming seas
Reef fish species uniquely respond to climate change, with some more vulnerable than others. Five Great Barrier Reef fish species each activated different genetic responses to a marine heatwave in the Australian summer of 2015-16. This finding could help further…
North pole will be ice-free in summer
Study shows that if CO2 emissions are reduced rapidly, ice-free years may only occur occasionally
How the blob came back
Weak winds in the Pacific drove record-breaking 2019 summertime marine heat wave
International team develops new model to improve accuracy of storm surge analysis
Accurately predicting how many people are at risk due to sea level rise and storm surges has always challenged scientists, but a new method is improving models that account for the impact of these natural occurrences. A new international study…
North pole soon to be ice free in summer
The Arctic Ocean in summer will very likely be ice free before 2050, at least temporally. The efficacy of climate-protection measures will determine how often and for how long. These are the results of a new research study involving 21…
Aquaculture at the crossroads of global warming and antimicrobial resistance
Aquaculture – rearing aquatic organisms such as fish and shellfish – plays a vital role in food security in many countries (it supplies more than half of the aquatic animals consumed by humans worldwide). It is particularly important for developing…
Why relying on new technology won’t save the planet
Overreliance on promises of new technology to solve climate change is enabling delay, say researchers from Lancaster University. Their research published in Nature Climate Change calls for an end to a longstanding cycle of technological promises and reframed climate change…
Arctic research expedition likely faces extreme conditions in fast-changing Arctic
New study suggests research ship frozen into sea ice may end operations early in ‘a totally different ice regime’
Changes in snowmelt threaten farmers in western US
Climate change will reduce seasonal water for irrigation
Princeton scientist solves air quality puzzle: Why does ozone linger long after its ban?
Drought-stressed plants are less able to remove ozone from the air, despite laws limiting pollution from cars, trucks and factories, report an international team led by Princeton atmospheric scientist Meiyun Lin
Climate-driven megadrought is emerging in western US, says study
Warming may be triggering era worse than any in recorded history
NASA finds Tropical Storm Jeruto’s displaced rainfall
NASA analyzed weakening Tropical Storm Jeruto’s rainfall and found one small area of moderate rainfall displaced from the center, because of strong wind shear. In general, wind shear is a measure of how the speed and direction of winds change…
Journey to the center of the Earth
First of its kind experiment uses diamond anvils to simulate the Earth’s core
NASA finds Tropical Storm Jeruto develop in Southern Indian Ocean
The latest tropical cyclone to develop in the Southern Indian Ocean is no threat to land areas. NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a visible image of Tropical Storm Jeruto on April 15, 2020. Visible imagery from NASA satellites…
Journey to the center of the Earth
First of its kind experiment uses diamond anvils to simulate the Earth’s core
NASA observes rainfall from tornado-spawning storms in the southern US
For two days in mid-April, severe storms raced through the southern U.S. and NASA created an animation using satellite data to show the movement and strength of those storms. From Sunday, April 12 into Monday, April 13, 2020, a series…
NASA finds Tropical Storm Jeruto develop in Southern Indian Ocean
The latest tropical cyclone to develop in the Southern Indian Ocean is no threat to land areas. NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a visible image of Tropical Storm Jeruto on April 15, 2020. Visible imagery from NASA satellites…
Jan Esper receives ERC Advanced Grant to improve climate reconstructions from tree rings
EU funding for the collection of a new tree ring network covering the Northern Hemisphere and the development of tree ring growth and density models
Heavy iron isotopes leaking from Earth’s core
Earth’s molten core may be leaking iron, according to researchers who analyzed how iron behaves inside our planet. The boundary between the liquid iron core and the rocky mantle is located some 1,800 miles (2,900 km) below Earth’s surface. At…
Extra-tropical Cyclone Harold caught by NASA’s Terra Satellite
NASA’s Terra satellite passed over the Southern Pacific Ocean and captured a visible image of extra-tropical cyclone Harold. On April 10, the visible image captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA’s Terra satellite…
NASA continues tracking Tropical Cyclone Harold’s excessive rainfall
powerful Tropical Cyclone Harold from the Solomon Islands to the island of Tonga in the South Pacific. Satellite data was used to calculate the rainfall generated as Harold moved through the Southern Pacific Ocean. NASA also provided infrared imagery on…
Uganda: 20% decline in economic output without climate action
There is evidence that climate change affects both the quantity and quality of food production, reducing food security, and nutrition intake. In developing countries, where the agricultural sector dominates the economy, the impacts of the changing climate on the agricultural…
NASA finds very heavy rainfall in major tropical cyclone Harold
On April 8, Tropical Cyclone Harold is a major hurricane, a Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, as it exits Fiji and heads toward the island of Tonga. NASA used satellite data to calculate the rainfall generated by…
Climate change could cause sudden biodiversity losses worldwide
A warming global climate could cause sudden, potentially catastrophic losses of biodiversity in regions across the globe throughout the 21st century, finds a new UCL-led study. The findings, published today in Nature , predict when and where there could be…
NASA finds Tropical Cyclone Harold between Vanuatu and Fiji
Tropical Cyclone Harold brought heavy rains and hurricane-force winds to Vanuatu and was moving toward Fiji when NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with an image of the storm. Visible imagery from NASA satellites help forecasters understand if a storm…
Stronger Atlantic currents drive temperate species to migrate towards the Arctic Ocean
The Arctic Ocean increasingly resembles the Atlantic, not only regarding its temperature but also the species that live there. However, scientists from the CNRS and Université Laval, Quebec[1] showed that an unprecedented strengthening of Atlantic currents is playing a major…
The ocean responds to a warming planet
New research indicates that upper ocean water masses are shrinking in a changing climate
NASA finds heavy rainfall in powerful tropical cyclone Harold
One of NASA’s satellites that can measure the rate in which rainfall is occurring in storms passed over powerful Tropical Cyclone Harold just after it made landfall in Vanuatu in the Southern Pacific Ocean. Tropical Cyclone Harold developed from a…
NASA finds Tropical Storm Irondro’s heavy rainfall displaced
NASA analyzed Tropical Storm Irondro’s rainfall and found heaviest rainfall was being pushed far southeast of the center because of strong wind shear. NASA has the unique capability of peering under the clouds in storms and measuring the rate in…
Extreme rainfall days in metropolitan São Paulo have risen four-fold in seven decades
Study by researchers at Brazil’s National Disaster Surveillance and Early Warning Center (CEMADEN) also shows a rise in the number of consecutive dry days, suggesting that extreme rainfall events are concentrated in shorter, more widely spaced periods
NASA-NOAA satellite catches Tropical Cyclone Harold develop near Solomon Islands
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Southern Pacific Ocean and provided forecasters with a visible image of newly formed Tropical Cyclone Harold. Harold formed near the Solomon Islands and now threatens Vanuatu, which has already issued some warnings. The…
NASA sees tropical cyclone Irondro developing an eye
As Tropical Cyclone Irondro continues to move through the Southern Indian Ocean, NASA’s Terra satellite saw the storm developing an eye as it continued to intensify. On April 3, 2020, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument that flies…
Changes to drylands with future climate change
PULLMAN, Wash. – A research team led by Washington State University has found that while drylands around the world will expand at an accelerated rate because of future climate change, their average productivity will likely be reduced. The study, published…
Wits researchers unravel the mystery of non-cotectic magmatic rocks
Research answers question on how some magmatic rocks contain random proportions of minerals than what is expected for rocks of their type.
Experiments lead to slip law for better forecasts of glacier speed, sea-level rise
AMES, Iowa – Backed by experimental data from a laboratory machine that simulates the huge forces involved in glacier flow, glaciologists have written an equation that accounts for the motion of ice that rests on the soft, deformable ground underneath…
NASA finds heavy rain potential in new Tropical Cyclone Irondro
NASA analyzed the cloud top temperatures in the newly formed Tropical Cyclone Irondro using infrared light to determine where the strongest storms were located. One of the ways NASA researches tropical cyclones is to use infrared data that provides temperature…
Most of Earth’s carbon was hidden in the core during its formative years
Carbon is an essential building block for all living things on Earth and plays a vital role in many of the geologic processes that shape life on the planet, including climate change and ocean acidification. But the total amount of…
Machine learning puts a new spin on spin models
New insights into phase transitions using artificial intelligence
Control of anthropogenic atmospheric emissions can improve water quality in seas
HKU study shows that control of anthropogenic atmospheric emissions can improve water quality in China’s coastal Seas
New framework will help decide which trees are best in the fight against air pollution
A study from the University of Surrey has provided a comprehensive guide on which tree species are best for combatting air pollution that originates from our roads – along with suggestions for how to plant these green barriers to get the best results.
New framework will help decide which trees are best in the fight against air pollution
A study from the University of Surrey has provided a comprehensive guide on which tree species are best for combatting air pollution that originates from our roads – along with suggestions for how to plant these green barriers to get…
As the ocean warms, marine species relocate toward the poles
Since pre-industrial times, the world’s oceans have warmed by an average of one degree Celsius (1°C). Now researchers report in Current Biology on March 26th that those rising temperatures have led to widespread changes in the population sizes of marine…
The Caucasus without a cap
Why ice is melting in the mountains and what may happen as a result
Coral tells own tale about El Niño’s past
Rice, Georgia Tech study in Science reveals Pacific temperatures over a millennium
Wildfire perceptions largely positive after hiking in a burned landscape
Post-fire surveys at natural reserve describe ‘awe-inspiring’ experience
Less ice, more methane from northern lakes: A result from global warming
Shorter and warmer winters lead to an increase in emissions of methane from northern lakes, according to a new study by scientists in Finland and the US. Longer ice-free periods contribute to increased methane emissions. In Finland, emissions of methane…
New model helps explain seasonal variations in urban heat islands
The driest cities experience ‘oasis effect’ in hottest conditions
Small horses got smaller, big tapirs got bigger 47 million years ago
Researchers open a window onto ancient mammal evolution using fossils from Germany
Ships’ emissions create measurable regional change in clouds
A container ship leaves a trail of white clouds in its wake that can linger in the air for hours. This puffy line is not just exhaust from the engine, but a change in the clouds that’s caused by small…