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.
The Trees of Miami’s Future
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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.
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.
Researchers Find Clues to the Mysterious Heating of the Sun’s Atmosphere
Experimental findings about plasma wave reflection could answer questions about high temperatures.
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.
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.
