TROPICAL PEATLANDS PROBLEM
During the 20th century there’s been an unprecedented, dramatic increase in wildfires in tropical peatlands. They store vast quantities of[…]
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During the 20th century there’s been an unprecedented, dramatic increase in wildfires in tropical peatlands. They store vast quantities of[…]
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As all organisms warm, performance slowly increases until they reach an optimum (where performance is greatest), but then with further[…]
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Aviation is responsible for roughly 2.5 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. Aircraft also release nitrogen oxides, aerosols, and contrails—emissions[…]
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Global warming has accelerated since 2015. Over the past ten years, the estimated warming rate has been around 0.35°C per[…]
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Rising sea levels are a major threat to coastal communities worldwide and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates[…]
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Melt water from an Antarctic ice shelf supplies far less iron to surrounding waters than once thought. It was thought[…]
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Due to the rains and floods that have repeatedly inundated the Southeast, mold is growing harder to avoid and harder[…]
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For decades the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel reports have indicated the planet’s changing climate including observations from the National Oceanic and[…]
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With global warming, many expected ecosystems to change faster and faster. Instead, species turnover has slowed by about one-third since[…]
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Over the past 30 years, the planet has lost about 50% of its coral. Heat stress, bleaching and mortality for[…]
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