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The Earth's rotation is slowly slowing down and this is impacting climate predictions
Posted: December 12, 2015Scientists are studying past changes in sea level in order to make accurate future predictions of this consequence of climate change, and they're looking down to Earth's core to do…
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El Niño forecast to be extremely strong this year
Posted: December 11, 2015The ongoing El Niño weather pattern in the Asia and Pacific is likely to be one of the strongest since 1998 and will continue into early 2016, according to a…
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New study shows climate models over-predict climate change related precipitation increase
Posted: December 10, 2015Lawrence Livermore researchers and collaborators have found that most climate models overestimate the increase in global precipitation due to climate change.Specifically, the team looked at 25 models and found they…
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What is the future of coal power production?
Posted: December 10, 2015Is Paris the beginning of the end for coal? Coal burning is declining fast in both of the world's two largest carbon dioxide emitters, China and the the United States,…
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Posted: December 10, 2015
Clouds can increase warming in the changing Arctic region more than scientists expected, by delivering an unexpected double-whammy to the climate system, according to a new study by researchers at…
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Cloudy with a chance of warming
Posted: December 10, 2015Clouds can increase warming in the changing Arctic region more than scientists expected, by delivering an unexpected double-whammy to the climate system, according to a new study by researchers at…
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Did you know its national pear month?
Posted: December 9, 2015It's National Pear Month and the perfect time to enjoy juicy, sweet pears. If that isn't reason enough to fill your shopping basket, there's another reason to add this fruit…
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Reduced breathing capacity in kids linked to early pesticide exposure
Posted: December 9, 2015Taking a deep breath might be a bit harder for children exposed early in life to a widely used class of pesticides in agriculture, according to a new paper by…
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Greenland glaciers found to be melting on the fast track
Posted: December 8, 2015"Two things are happening," said study co-author William D'Andrea, a paleoclimatologist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. "One is you have a very gradual decrease in the amount of sunlight…
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Equity and Emission Trading in China, a new analysis by MIT
Posted: December 7, 2015As representatives from more than 190 countries convene in France for the second week to address ways to slow global warming, an MIT-led team has published a paper outlining a…
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