Climate

Mongolia - a laboratory for climate change

Image: A stone monument on the Mongolian steppe celebrating deer, dated from the Mid-Bronze Age Mongolia, the little-known land sandwiched between China to the south and Siberia to the North...

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Global climate affects stability of modern societies

For the first time scientists have linked the stability of modern societies to the global climate. Tropical civil conflicts doubled during the hot and dry El Nino cycles between 1950...

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New age for ice spotters as satellites map Antarctic

High above the earth, satellites are now mapping ice flows in the Antarctic, providing vital information on the progress of climate change for the first time. NASA funded the researchers,...

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Managed forests can soak up more carbon

Forests make great habitats supporting a diverse range of wildlife, fauna and flora, but that's only one part of the role they play in helping the environment. They also act...

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