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10+ hour, 22+ min ago (11+ words) Japan's giant caldera volcano is refilling 7,300 years later'Phys.org...
Experts reveal climate change drove extreme wildfire seasons across the Americas, making burned areas much larger
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (838+ words) edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Human-driven climate change made wildfires in parts of South America and Southern California many times larger and more destructive, according to an annual assessment by international experts. According to climate models, the…...
Analysis details the where, and who, of increased hurricane power outages in the future
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (422+ words) by Jim Lynch, University of Michigan Georgia and northern Florida are likely to be hardest hit by increasing hurricane-induced power outages along the Atlantic coast in the future, with Hispanic, non-white and low-income populations most affected, according to new research…...
Snow dump and inactive landfills flagged as major methane polluters
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (619+ words) by Kay Pettigrew, McGill University Montreal's methane (CH4) emissions are unevenly distributed across the island, with the highest concentrations in the city's east end, McGill researchers have found. The worst polluters include the city's largest snow dump, which emits methane at…...
Baltic Sea emerges as model for understanding consequences of climate change on coasts
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (288+ words) by Sonja Ehlers, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnem'nde The Baltic Sea is a sensitive ecosystem whose threats will be intensified by climate change in the future. For example, climate change is expected to cause more severe marine heat…...
Democratizing global climate modeling
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (329+ words) by Ansa Heyl, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan To address this, the authors propose an open and transparent international research platform that democratizes the process of generating and comparing Integrated Assessment…...
Why India's monsoon is becoming more extreme—even though overall rainfall has hardly increased
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (601+ words) by Ligin Joseph, The Conversation Across India, torrential rains over the past few months have swallowed an entire village in the Himalayas, flooded Punjab's farmlands and brought Kolkata to a standstill. This all happened in a monsoon season in which…...
Climate whiplash effects due to rapidly intensifying El Niño cycles
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (492+ words) edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan A new study published in the journal Nature Communications reveals that the El Ni'o-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a key driver of global climate variability, is projected to undergo a dramatic transformation due to…...
Climate advisers warn UK to prepare for 2C warming by 2050
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (655+ words) edited by Andrew Zinin UK climate advisers warned the government for the first time on Wednesday to prepare for 2C of global warming by 2050, stressing current efforts to adapt to extreme weather are falling far short. Britain is among many countries…...
'Forever chemicals' found for first time in Miccosukee reservation
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (584+ words) A group of man-made chemicals are accumulating across the River of Grass'raising questions about potential impacts to water quality and ongoing restoration efforts. For the first time, a preliminary analysis by FIU researchers, in collaboration with the Miccosukee Tribe of…...