A leading climate scientist has sought to set the record straight over “demonstrably incorrect” claims made in a major U.S. government report that misrepresented his work and downplayed the role of human activity in global warming.
Category: Earth
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DOE climate report 'demonstrably incorrect', say scientists in new analysis
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Wildfires in the Arctic May Be Releasing Far More Carbon Than We Thought
Northern wildfires may be unleashing hidden reservoirs of ancient carbon — and climate models are missing much of it. Wildfires sweeping across the vast boreal forests of Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia, and Russia could be causing more climate…
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Stress-testing the Cascadia Subduction Zone reveals variability that could impact how earthquakes spread
The Cascadia Subduction Zone is unusually quiet for a megathrust fault. Spanning more than 600 miles from Canada to California, the fault marks the convergence of the Juan de Fuca and North American plates. While other subduction zones produce…
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Are climate models detecting monsoon changes a decade too early? 'Super-simulations' say yes
Changes in rainfall within global monsoon regions affect the livelihoods of billions. For years, climate models have suggested that the fingerprint of human-caused climate change on monsoons would become visible by a certain time. But what if…
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Coral proxy data reveals century-long slowdown of South China Sea throughflow under global warming
The South China Sea Throughflow (SCSTF) serves as a critical oceanic conveyor belt for heat and freshwater, mediating water exchanges between the South China Sea (SCS) and the Pacific and Indian oceans while regulating key processes such as heat…
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Drone LiDAR surveys of abandoned roads reveal long-term debris-flow hazards
A research team led by University of Tsukuba has developed a new method to estimate long-term debris supply from steep slopes by measuring debris accumulated on decades-old abandoned roads. Debris supplied by rockfall and related slope processes…
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Atmospheric dust: The overlooked suspect in urban air pollution
Cities are rapidly becoming the defining residential space of human life. Over 55% of the global population lived in urban areas in 2018, a proportion projected to reach nearly 68% by 2050, according to the United Nations (UN).
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Greenland's largest glacier could soon reach a tipping point, scientists say
Greenland’s largest glacier, Jakobshavn Glacier, may be edging closer to a critical threshold as meltwater runoff from the Greenland Ice Sheet accelerates in ways not seen in over a century, according to new research published in Climate of the…
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Improved short-term sea level change predictions achieved with better AI training
Sea level can temporarily change for a variety of reasons—atmospheric pressure shifts and water accumulation from wind and storms, for example—which can cause flooding in coastal communities and affect maritime industry operations. The key to…
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Antarctica’s Cloud Mystery: What’s Really Floating Above the Ice?
A rare deep-field Antarctic flight campaign has uncovered unexpected aerosol concentrations over the continent’s interior. Antarctica is a key driver of Earth’s climate because it reflects a large share of the Sun’s energy back into space….
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