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Cool Heads Likely Won't Prevail in a Hotter, Wetter World: Climate Change Will Likely Exacerbate Violence
Researchers report that even
slight spikes in temperature
and precipitation greatly
increase the risk of
personal and civil violence,
... > full story
Climate Change Occurring Ten Times Faster Than at Any Time in Past 65 Million Years
Not only is the planet
undergoing one of the
largest climate changes in
the past 65 million years,
scientists report that it's
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As Climate, Disease Links Become Clearer, Study Highlights Need to Forecast Future Shifts
Climate change is affecting
the spread of infectious
diseases worldwide,
according to an
international team of
... > full story
Temperature Alters Population Dynamics of Common Plant Pests
Temperature-driven changes
alter outbreak patterns of
tea tortrix -- an insect
pest -- and may shed light
on how temperature
influences whether insects
... > full story
- Cool Heads Likely Won't Prevail in a Hotter, Wetter World: Climate Change Will Likely Exacerbate Violence
- Climate Change Occurring Ten Times Faster Than at Any Time in Past 65 Million Years
- As Climate, Disease Links Become Clearer, Study Highlights Need to Forecast Future Shifts
- Temperature Alters Population Dynamics of Common Plant Pests
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More Accurate Model of Climate Change's Effect on Soil
August 1, 2013 — Scientists have developed a new computer model to measure global warming's effect on soil worldwide that accounts for how bacteria and fungi in soil control ... > full story -
Arctic Sea-Ice Loss Has Widespread Effects on Wildlife
August 1, 2013 — How the Arctic wildlife and humans will be affected by the continued melting of Arctic sea ice is explored in a review article in the journal Science, by an international team of scientists. The ... > full story -
Extreme Wildfires in Western U.S. Likely Fueled by Climate Change
August 1, 2013 — Climate change is likely fueling the larger and more destructive wildfires that are scorching vast areas of the American West, according to new ... > full story -
Genome-Wide Profiling of microRNAs Demonstrates How Increasing CO2 and Temperatures Affect Plant Development
July 31, 2013 — A study on the mechanisms of how plants respond and adapt to elevated levels of carbon dioxide and higher temperatures has opened a new perspective in climate research. Researchers found that ... > full story -
Sediment Trapped Behind Dams Makes Them 'Hot Spots' for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
July 31, 2013 — With the "green" reputation of large hydroelectric dams already in question, scientists are reporting that millions of smaller dams on rivers around the world make an important contribution to the ... > full story -
Polar Ecosystems Acutely Vulnerable to Sunlight-Driven Tipping Points
July 31, 2013 — Slight changes in the timing of the annual loss of sea-ice in polar regions could have dire consequences for polar ecosystems, by allowing a lot more sunlight to reach the sea floor. The research ... > full story -
Hide, Ambush, Kill, Eat: The Giant Water Bug Lethocerus Patruelis Kills a Fish
July 31, 2013 — The largest European water insect Lethocerus patruelis, commonly known as giant water bug, can reach the impressive size of up to 8 cm in length. A recent study provides detailed information on ... > full story -
Could Planting Trees in the Desert Mitigate Climate Change?
July 31, 2013 — As the world starts feeling the effects of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide and consequent global temperature rise, researchers are looking for a Plan B to mitigate climate change. A group of ... > full story -
North Pole Not Flooded -- But Lots of Melting in the Arctic
July 30, 2013 — Widespread media reports of a lake at the North Pole don't hold water -- but scientists who deployed the monitoring buoys are watching closely as Arctic sea ice approaches its yearly ... > full story -
Sequestration and Fuel Reserves: Storing Carbon Dioxide to Release Liquid Fuels
July 30, 2013 — A technique for trapping the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide deep underground could at the same be used to release the last fraction of natural gas liquids from ailing reservoirs, thus offsetting some ... > full story
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