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Researchers Show Accelerating Carbon Dioxide Release From Rocks in Arctic Canada With Global Warming

Researchers from the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford have shown that weathering of rocks in the Canadian Arctic will accelerate with rising temperatures, triggering a positive feedback loop that will release more and more CO2 to the atmosphere. 

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Adaptability of Trees Persists After Millions of Years of Climate Change

Seven of the most common forest trees in Europe have been shown to be able to shelter their genetic diversity from major shifts in environmental conditions. 

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Tube Sock-Like Skunk Covers More Ground Than Deer, Impacted by Winter Weather, Study Finds

A study in the Cascade Range in Oregon of a tiny, elusive skunk found the animal can cover more ground than deer and is sensitive to climate change, particularly severe winter weather.

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A Roadmap for Innovative and Equity-Informed Climate Action

Over the past year, the Waterloo Climate Institute has collaborated closely with Southwestern Public Health (SWPH), which serves the regions of Oxford County, Elgin County and the City of St. Thomas, to identify critical climate-related health risks in the region.

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The Trees of Miami’s Future

In Miami—a place known for one of the most diverse tree canopies in the world—nearly half of the native trees may struggle to survive in the coming decades, a new University of Miami study indicates.

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La Niña Looking Less Likely as Ocean Waters Stay Balmy

As ocean temperatures remain stubbornly high, forecasters see a diminished chance that the Pacific Ocean will enter its cooler La Niña phase this fall, as was predicted.

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Researchers Find Clues to the Mysterious Heating of the Sun’s Atmosphere

Experimental findings about plasma wave reflection could answer questions about high temperatures.

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In a Warming World, Public Needs to Know More About Protections From Mosquito-Borne Illnesses

The hospitalization last summer of Dr. Anthony Fauci, former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, with West Nile virus – and his account of it this week in the New York Times – have helped raise public awareness of the dangers of mosquito borne-illness, which can range from Zika and malaria to dengue and West Nile virus.

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Catastrophically Warm Predictions Are More Plausible Than We Thought

EPFL researchers developed a rating system to evaluate the plausibility of climate model simulations in the IPCC’s latest report, and show that models that lead to potentially catastrophic warming are to be taken seriously.

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UCR Scientists Cut Harmful Pollution From Hydrogen Engines

Hydrogen-burning internal combustion engines offer great promise in the fight against climate change because they are powerful without emitting any earth-warming carbon.

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