Scientists predict that continued global warming under current trends could lead to an elevation of the sea level by as much as five meters by the year 3000 CE.
Environment
Dec 22, 2021
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In estimations of ocean heat content—important when assessing and predicting the effects of climate change—calculations have often presented the rate of warming as a gradual rise from the mid-20th century to today. However, ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 9, 2021
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Tropical cyclones (TCs) can bring strong wind, heavy rain and storm surge. Meteorologists are concerned that the effects of global warming may change how these storms impact humans.
Earth Sciences
Jun 21, 2021
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Dismissed a decade ago as far-fetched and dangerous, schemes to tame the effects of global warming by engineering the climate have migrated from the margins of policy debates towards centre stage.
Environment
Apr 29, 2021
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Water resources are running dry in the world's highest-elevation capital due to the combined effect of the Andean glaciers melting, drought and mismanagement.
Environment
Sep 19, 2019
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Scientists say bolder actions to protect coral reefs from the effects of global warming will benefit all ecosystems, including those on land.
Environment
Sep 18, 2019
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The largest glacier in the Alps is visibly suffering the effects of global warming. ETH researchers have now calculated how much of the Aletsch Glacier will still be visible by the end of the century. In the worst-case scenario, ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 12, 2019
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Climate change threatens the medium-term commercial viability of citrus fruits, vines and olives. A study by the Ecophysiology and Biotechnology research group at the Universitat Jaume I de Castelló (UJI) - carried out in ...
Ecology
May 28, 2019
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Researchers at the University of Southampton have forecast a worldwide move towards smaller birds and mammals over the next 100 years.
Ecology
May 23, 2019
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In 2015, to combat the urgent threats posed by climate change, most of the world's countries came together to establish the Paris Agreement, an ambitious plan to prevent the global temperature from rising 2 degrees C above ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 27, 2019
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