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Just 1 Degree C of Warming Has Altered Nearly Every Aspect of Life on Earth
Posted: November 11, 2016Climate change has already impacted nearly every aspect of life on earth, according to a new study in the journal Science. Warming global temperatures have altered everything from entire ecosystems down to the…
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Researchers Develop Novel Approach for Quantifying Nitrate Discharge from Groundwater to Streams
Posted: November 11, 2016Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new way to determine the rate at which nitrate pollution will make its way from groundwater into streams. The work has…
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New maps reveal safe locations for wastewater injection
Posted: November 11, 2016Stanford geophysicists have compiled the most detailed maps yet of the geologic forces controlling the locations, types and magnitudes of earthquakes in Texas and Oklahoma.These new “stress maps,” published in…
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Thawing ice makes the Alps grow
Posted: November 11, 2016The Alps are steadily “growing” by about one to two millimeters per year. Likewise, the formerly glaciated subcontinents of North America and Scandinavia are also undergoing constant upward movement. This…
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Climate, human influence conspired in Lake Urmia's decline
Posted: November 10, 2016The dramatic decline of Iran’s Lake Urmia—once the second-largest hypersaline lake in the world—has both direct human and climatic causes, according to a new study published in the Journal of…
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Solar Cells Get Boost with Integration of Water-Splitting Catalyst onto Semiconductor
Posted: November 10, 2016Scientists have found a way to engineer the atomic-scale chemical properties of a water-splitting catalyst for integration with a solar cell, and the result is a big boost to the…
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A Major Ocean Current is Widening as Climate Warms
Posted: November 10, 2016A new study by University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science researchers found that the Indian Ocean’s Agulhas Current is getting wider rather than strengthening. The findings, which…
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Rising CO2 Threatens Coral And People Who Use Reefs
Posted: November 9, 2016As atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels rise, very few coral reef ecosystems will be spared the impacts of ocean acidification or sea surface temperature rise, according to a new analysis….
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A new study concludes warm climate is more sensitive to changes in CO2
Posted: November 9, 2016It is well-established in the scientific community that increases in atmospheric CO2 levels result in global warming, but the magnitude of the effect may vary depending on average global temperature. A new…
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Human health risks from hydroelectric projects
Posted: November 9, 2016In a new study, Harvard University researchers find over 90 percent of potential new Canadian hydroelectric projects are likely to increase concentrations of the neurotoxin methylmercury in food webs near…
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