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Dust, iron, life: How atmospheric dust prepped Earth for life
Vast volumes of dust deposits dating from the late Paleozoic, from both land areas and marine reefal deposits, record a remarkably dusty atmosphere. Moreover these dust deposits contain unusual...
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West Antarctic coastal snow accumulation rose 30 percent during 20th century
The research gives scientists new insight into Antarctica's blanket of ice. Understanding how the ice sheet grows and shrinks over time enhances scientists' understanding of the processes that ...
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Marine invasive species benefiting from rising carbon dioxide levels
Slimy, jelly-like creatures are far more tolerant of rising carbon dioxide levels than those with hard structures like corals, since exposed shells and skeletons simply dissolve away as CO2 lev...
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New drought atlas maps 2,000 years of climate in Europe
Together with two previous drought atlases covering North America and Asia, the Old World Drought Atlas significantly adds to the historical picture of long-term climate variability over the No...
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The past shows how abrupt climate shifts affect Earth
The history of climate on Earth is stored in tiny variations in kilometer-thick ice cores, sediments from lakes and oceans, and other natural archives that are layered down over thousands of ye...
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Northern lakes act as carbon dioxide chimneys in a warming world
A new study published in Nature Geoscience shows that lakes in the northern hemisphere will probably release much more carbon dioxide due to global climate changes. The investigation, based on ...
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Largest ensemble simulation of global weather using real-world data
When performing numerical weather predictions, it is important that the simulation itself be accurate, but it is also key for real-world data, based on observations, to be accurately entered in...
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Climate change adaptation in high income countries: Some clear progress
But how do we figure out what works?
　　Because the field is so new (scientists and policy-makers have been testing various initiatives related to climate change adaptation for only about a de...
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Faster way to assess ocean ecosystem health
"Until now, we've had to look at the condition of different species and habitats individually. Having an easy-to-adopt approach that gives us a good idea of what is happening to the ecosystem a...
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Growing Antarctic ice sheet caused ancient Mediterranean to dry up
The event, known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC), saw the Mediterranean become a 1.5km deep basin for around 270,000 years. It also left a kilometers-deep layer of salt due to seawater e...