A new study says a megadrought worse than anything known from recorded history is very likely in progress in the western United States and northern Mexico, and warming climate is …read more Source:: Science
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Even a limited India-Pakistan nuclear war would bring global famine, says study
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•A new multinational study incorporating the latest models of global climate, crop production and trade examines the possible effects of a nuclear exchange between two longtime enemies: India and Pakistan. …read more Source:: Science
New fallout from ‘the collision that changed the world’
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•When India slammed into Asia, the collision changed the configuration of the continents, the landscape, global climate and more. Now scientists have identified one more effect: the oxygen in the …read more Source:: Science
Climate of North American cities will shift hundreds of miles in one generation
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•In one generation, the climate experienced in many North American cities is projected to change to that of locations hundreds of miles away — or to a new climate unlike …read more Source:: Science
European waters drive ocean overturning, key for regulating climate
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•An international study reveals the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, which helps regulate Earth’s climate, is highly variable and primarily driven by the conversion of warm, salty, shallow waters into colder, …read more Source:: Science
Humans may be reversing the climate clock, by 50 million years
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•Our future on Earth may also be our past. Researchers show that humans are reversing a long-term cooling trend tracing back at least 50 million years. And it’s taken just …read more Source:: Science
For a lower climate footprint, vegetarian diet beats local
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•A new study provides a more comprehensive accounting of the greenhouse gas emissions from EU diets. It shows that meat and dairy products are responsible for the lion’s share of …read more Source:: Science
Rapid cloud clearing phenomenon could provide another piece of climate puzzle
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•Researchers have described rapid and dramatic clearing of low cloud cover off the southwest coast of Africa. This newly observed phenomenon could help climatologists understand how clouds affect Earth’s heating …read more Source:: Science
Minerology on Mars points to a cold and icy ancient climate
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•The climate throughout Mars’ early history has long been debated — was the Red Planet warm and wet, or cold and icy? New research published in Icarus provides evidence for …read more Source:: Science
Prehistoric teeth dating back two million years reveal details on Africa’s paleoclimate
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•New research shows that the climate of the interior of southern Africa almost two million years ago was much wetter than the modern environment. This first extensive paleoenvironmental sequence for …read more Source:: Science