Climate change is no longer just about melting ice or hotter summers. It is also a financial problem. Droughts, floods, storms and heat waves damage crops, factories and infrastructure. At the same time, the global push to cut greenhouse gas…
Category: Earth
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Africa's climate finance rules are growing, but they're weakly enforced, new research suggests
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Cyclone Senyar: Why hazards continue to turn into disasters in Indonesia
Weeks after Cyclone Senyar made landfall in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, the province of Aceh continues to struggle. The cyclone passed through the Strait of Malacca in late November, bringing heavy rains and causing widespread flooding in parts…
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Rain one minute, heat wave the next: How climate 'whiplash' drives unpredictable fire weather
After a weekend of extreme heat and windy conditions, more than 30 blazes were still burning in Victoria and New South Wales as of Sunday evening, including major fires in the Otways, near the town of Alexandra in central Victoria, and on the…
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River chemistry insights may boost coastal ocean modeling
Rivers deliver freshwater, nutrients, and carbon to Earth’s oceans, influencing the chemistry of coastal seawater worldwide. Notably, a river’s alkalinity and the levels of dissolved inorganic carbon it brings to the sea help to shape regional…
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Clues from the past reveal the West Antarctic Ice Sheet's vulnerability to warming
The Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers, located in the Amundsen Sea sector of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), are among the fastest-melting glaciers on Earth. Together, they are losing ice more rapidly than any other part of Antarctica,…
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Loss functions and constraints improve sea surface height prediction
In order to understand currents, tides and other ocean dynamics, scientists need to accurately capture sea surface height, or a snapshot of the ocean’s surface, including peaks and valleys due to changes in wind, currents and temperature, at any…
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Important new source of oxidation in the atmosphere found
Hydroperoxides are strong oxidants that have a significant influence on chemical processes in the atmosphere. Now, an international research team involving the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) has shown that these substances…
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Ganges Delta under a winter shroud of fog
Winter weather took hold across the Indo-Gangetic Plain in early January 2026, bringing dense fog and cold temperatures to much of the flat, fertile lands that span from Pakistan and northern India to Bangladesh.
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What past global warming reveals about future rainfall
To understand how global warming could influence future climate, scientists look to the Paleogene Period that began 66 million years ago, covering a time when Earth’s atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were two to four times higher than they are…
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Ocean temperatures hit another record high in 2025
A new international analysis published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences on 9 January finds that Earth’s oceans stored more heat in 2025 than in any year since modern measurements began.
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