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Climate change causes tree 'migration'

featured Climate change causes tree 'migration'

Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta) via Shutterstock Global warming is causing a strange phenomenon in tree species. The warming is causing certain species of trees to die out in regions that...

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Who cares about the Late Cretaceous Epoch

Who cares about the Late Cretaceous Epoch

Triceratops dinosaurs illustration via Shutterstock In a recent conversation, one of my friends - let's call him X - argued that we waste too much money in pointless scientific studies....

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New Horizon for Polar Satellites

New Horizon for Polar Satellites

Here is NPP almost ready for the launch; Credit: NOAA/NESDIS/NASA NASA's new, polar-orbit, weather satellite, the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) satellite was launched this morning from Vandenberg Air Force Base,...

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Berkeley Warm-Up

Berkeley Warm-Up

Dramatic global warming concept illustration via Shutterstock The University of California, Berkeley, has been known for many things, but they could almost be exceeding themselves yet again. While global warming...

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Severe drought permanently alters ecosystems

Severe drought permanently alters ecosystems

Desert in Arizona via Shutterstock Severe, repetitive cycles of drought have the potential to cause "catastrophic regime change" in ecosystems, making it unlikely that many species will manage to recover....

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Climate information unlocked from the Antarctic ice

Climate information unlocked from the Antarctic ice

Twin Otter aircraft delivering field camp equipment (Credit: © Neil Ross / University of Edinburgh) A hidden cache of invaluable information found deep below an Antarctic glacier sounds like a...

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Lake Agassiz disgorges its secrets

Lake Agassiz disgorges its secrets

Image: Lake Agassiz Map adapted from John Tester's Minnesota's Natural Heritage. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 1995, Credit: © Minnesota State University, Mankato In ancient times a lake the size...

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Plants absorb, release carbon faster than thought

Plants absorb, release carbon faster than thought

Plant leaf via Shutterstock The ability to make accurate predictions about climate change has always posed a formidable challenge. Projections are based on models, which in turn require the input...

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Arctic ice nears record lows

Arctic ice nears record lows

NASA satellite data reveals how this year's minimum sea ice extent, reached on Sept. 9 as depicted here, declined to a level far smaller than the 30-year average (in yellow)...

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