Climate

  1. Climate

    Eocene temperature spike caused by half as much CO2 as once thought

    Revised experiments demonstrate that hot temperatures during the Eocene resulted from lower carbon dioxide concentrations than previously thought.

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  2. Climate

    How to melt an ice cave

    Frigid winter air keeps gives ice caves their perpetual chill, researchers find, warning that airtight seals on some ice caves could cause the frigid formations to melt within decades.

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  3. Oceans

    Rising temperatures complicate efforts to manage cod fishery

    Higher water temperatures in the Gulf of Maine could play a role in Atlantic cod crashes.

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  4. Earth

    Parched parts of Earth expanding

    More drylands, largely impacting developing nations, are forecasted for near future.

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  5. Climate

    Wi-Fi threatens weather forecasts

    Interference from wireless technology threatens the usefulness of weather radar, meteorologists warn.

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  6. Climate

    Hurricane Patricia’s howling winds smash records

    Hurricane Patricia’s winds are now the fastest ever recorded in a tropical cyclone, making it the strongest hurricane on record in the Western Hemisphere.

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  7. Climate

    Climate change could shift New England’s fall foliage

    Climate change could make for earlier or later fall color, depending on where you live in New England.

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  8. Paleontology

    New evidence weakens case against climate in woolly mammoths’ death

    Hunters responsible for woolly mammoths’ extinction, suggests a chemical analysis of juveniles’ tusks.

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  9. Climate

    High-flying birds recruited for meteorology

    Monitoring the midflight movements of high-flying birds can provide valuable meteorological data, new research shows.

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  10. Oceans

    Oxygen in Black Sea has declined by more than a third since 1955

    The Black Sea’s oxygen-rich surface layer shrank by more than a third from 1955 through 2013, compressing marine habitats and bringing toxic hydrogen sulfide closer to the surface.

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  11. Animals

    Jumping conchs triumph at overheated athletics

    “Simple” circulatory system outdoes fancier ones in delivering oxygen for jumping conchs in simulated climate change conditions.

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  12. Animals

    Some seabirds will be hit hard by sea level rise

    Seabird species that nest on low-lying islands in stormy winter months could see huge losses as sea levels rise, a new study finds.

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