In a new study, researchers report that temperatures during droughts have been rising faster than in average climates in recent decades, and they point to concurrent changes in atmospheric water …read more Source:: Science
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How turning down the heat makes a baby turtle male
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•Scientists have started to crack the 50-year-old puzzle of how temperature turns baby turtles male or female. Researchers show that cooler egg incubation temperatures turn up a key gene called …read more Source:: Science
Long-term warming trend continued in 2017: NASA, NOAA
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•Continuing the planet’s long-term warming trend, globally averaged temperatures in 2017 were 1.62 degrees Fahrenheit (0.90 degrees Celsius) warmer than the 1951 to 1980 mean, according to scientists. …read more Source:: Science
Breakthrough process for directly converting methane to methanol
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•The direct oxidation of methane — found in natural gas — into methanol at low temperatures has long been a holy grail. Now, researchers have found a breakthrough way to …read more Source:: Science
Carbon feedback from forest soils to accelerate global warming
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•After 26 years, the world’s longest-running experiment to discover how warming temperatures affect forest soils has revealed a surprising, cyclical response: Soil warming stimulates periods of abundant carbon release from …read more Source:: Science
Warm winter events in Arctic becoming more frequent, lasting longer
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•Arctic winter warming events — winter days where temperatures peak above 14 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 10 degrees Celsius) — are a normal part of the climate over the ice-covered Arctic …read more Source:: Science