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Biodiversity Crisis: The Impacts of Socio-Economic Pressures on Natural Floras and Faunas
April 16, 2013 — A new study on extinction risk has shown that proportions of plant and animal species being classified as threatened on national Red Lists are more closely related to socioeconomic pressure levels ... > full story -
A Look at the World Explains 90 Percent of Changes in Vegetation
April 16, 2013 — In the last thirty years, vegetation has changed significantly the world over. Until recently, the extent to which the climate or humankind was responsible remained unclear. However, geographers now ... > full story -
Seasonal Patterns of Tropical Rainfall Changes from Global Warming Revealed
April 15, 2013 — Projections of rainfall changes from global warming have been very uncertain because scientists could not determine how two different mechanisms will impact rainfall. The two mechanisms turn out to ... > full story -
NASA and JAXA's GPM Mission Takes Rain Measurements Global
April 15, 2013 — As anyone who has ever been caught in a sudden and unexpected downpour knows, gaps still exist in our knowledge about the behavior and movement of precipitation, clouds and storms. An upcoming ... > full story -
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The Future of Our Energy
April 15, 2013 — When it comes to sustainable energy supplies hydroelectric plants are usually the best solution, according to researchers who have reviewed the economic, social and environmental impact of fuel ... > full story -
New Insight Into Accelerating Summer Ice Melt on the Antarctic Peninsula
April 14, 2013 — A new 1,000-year Antarctic Peninsula climate reconstruction shows that summer ice melting has intensified almost 10-fold, and mostly since the mid-20th century. Summer ice melt affects the stability ... > full story -
Recent Antarctic Climate, Glacier Changes at the 'Upper Bound' of Normal
April 14, 2013 — In the last few decades, glaciers at the edge of the icy continent of Antarctica have been thinning, and research has shown the rate of thinning has accelerated and contributed significantly to sea ... > full story -
Cutting Specific Pollutants Would Slow Sea Level Rise, Research Indicates
April 14, 2013 — With coastal areas bracing for rising sea levels, new research indicates that cutting emissions of certain pollutants can greatly slow down sea level rise. Reductions in the four pollutants that ... > full story -
Arctic Nearly Free of Summer Sea Ice During First Half of 21st Century, Experts Predict
April 12, 2013 — For scientists studying summer sea ice in the Arctic, it's not a question of "if" there will be nearly ice-free summers, but "when." And two scientists say that "when" is sooner than many thought -- ... > full story -
Carbon Dioxide Removal Can Lower Costs of Climate Protection
April 12, 2013 — Directly removing carbon dioxide from the air has the potential to alter the costs of climate change mitigation. It could allow prolonging greenhouse-gas emissions from sectors like transport that ... > full story
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