The climate crisis is warming Antarctica fast, with potentially disastrous consequences. Now scientists have modeled the best- and worst-case scenarios for climate change in Antarctica, demonstrating just how high the stakes are—but also how…
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Scientists reveal best- and worst-case scenarios for a warming Antarctica
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Why Are the World’s Forests Changing the Way They Breathe?
Across the world’s forests, an invisible force is quietly altering one of Earth’s largest carbon cycles. Picture a northern forest in spring: cool air, damp leaf litter, and a forest floor that feels springy under your boots. What looks quiet…
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The Southern Indian Ocean Is Losing Salt at an “Astonishing” Rate
A vast region of the Southern Indian Ocean is freshening at an unprecedented pace. Ocean water is not just “wet.” Its saltiness helps determine how seawater stacks up in layers, how currents move heat around the planet, and how easily…
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Forest loss can make watersheds 'leakier,' global study suggests
Forest loss does more than reduce tree cover. A new global study involving UBC Okanagan researchers shows it can fundamentally change how watersheds hold and release water. The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of…
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Flickering glacial climate may have shaped early human evolution
Researchers have identified a “tipping point” about 2.7 million years ago when global climate conditions switched from being relatively warm and stable to cold and chaotic, as continental ice sheets expanded in the Northern Hemisphere. Following…
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HD 137010 b: Earth-Sized Exoplanet Could Be Icy and Cold
How any Earth-sized exoplanets exist, and how do we find them? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team of scientists announced the discovery of an…
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Ten new insights in climate science
Each year, the world’s leading climate scientists evaluate the most critical evidence on how our planet is changing. Their assessments draw heavily on data from Earth-observing satellites—and the latest report delivers a stark warning: the…
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CT scans help detect ancient earthquakes in Hamilton Basin
In a world-first use of medical imaging technology, scientists have revealed the earthquake-generating potential of faults in the Hamilton and Hauraki areas. The study shows that hidden geological faults in Hamilton city and newly studied faults…
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Archived tree cores reveal why boreal forests are getting starved for nitrogen
Despite decades of industrial deposition, nitrogen availability in the boreal forest is steadily declining. In a new study published in Nature, researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences using decades of unique, stored data…
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Research boosts search for new mineral deposits in Australia
Western Australian hydrothermal and magmatic deposits that formed several hundred kilometers apart more than two and half billion years ago share more commonalities than previously thought.
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