A hidden nutrient in the soil could double the speed at which tropical forests, and their climate benefits, come roaring back. New research shows that tropical forests can rebound up to twice as fast after deforestation when soil nitrogen levels…
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This Hidden Soil Nutrient Can Double Forest Recovery Speed
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A Billion-Year-Old Piece of Sky Locked Within Ancient Salt Crystals
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Based on the fossil record, animals exploded onto the scene nearly 600 million…
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El Niño and La Niña synchronize global droughts and floods, study finds
Water extremes such as droughts and floods have a huge impact on communities, ecosystems, and economies. Researchers with The University of Texas at Austin have turned their attention to tracking these extremes across Earth and have discovered…
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Atmospheric physicists find error in widely cited Arctic snow cover observations
For decades, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has offered a snapshot of the planet’s changing climate—but University of Toronto researchers have found that some of the underlying data underrepresents a key…
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Open-source model more accurately measures greenhouse gas emissions from natural gas
McGill engineering researchers have introduced an open-source model that makes it easier for experts and non-experts alike to evaluate greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. natural gas supply chains and yields more accurate results.
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How hidden factors beneath Istanbul shape earthquake risk
The fault beneath Istanbul doesn’t behave the way scientists once thought.
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Why Greenland's vast natural resources won't necessarily translate into huge profits
The US is saber-rattling over Greenland once again. The vast island’s natural resources are back on the agenda, a year after then-US national security advisor Michael Waltz announced: “This is about critical minerals. This is about natural…
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Perfect storms: Researchers shine light on extreme weather preparedness in Connecticut
Connecticut gets snow in the winter, but that’s about it for bad weather.
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El Niño events projected to cut life expectancy gains and cost trillions by 2100
The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the planet’s greatest driver of year-to-year climate swings, shapes temperature, rainfall, and extreme weather around the world. Its impact ranges from heat waves and floods to air pollution and…
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Sinking boreal trees in the deep Arctic Ocean could remove billions of tons of carbon each year
Global efforts to reduce pollution will not be enough to mitigate the worst effects of climate change, scientists say. We will also need to extract over 10 gigatons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year for the next century. However,…
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