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Scientists Discover New Materials to Capture Methane
April 16, 2013 — Scientists have discovered new materials to capture methane, the second highest concentration greenhouse gas emitted into the ... > full story -
New Generation Soil Property Maps for Africa
April 16, 2013 — A new type of soil property maps for Africa has been launched by ISRIC − World Soil Information in Wageningen, Netherlands. The maps are freely ... > 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 -
Ocean's Future Not So Bleak? Resilience Found in Shelled Plants Exposed to Ocean Acidification
April 15, 2013 — Marine scientists have long understood the detrimental effect of fossil fuel emissions on marine ecosystems. But a group has found a point of resilience in a microscopic shelled plant with a massive ... > 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
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