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Study reveals how trees influence cloud formation
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Researchers at PSI have identified sesquiterpenes - gaseous hydrocarbons generated by plants - as a crucial contributor in cloud formation as part of the multinational CLOUD project at the nuclear research facility CERN. This discovery could help to reduce uncertainty in climate models and p
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Before global warming, was Earth cooling down or heating up? Find out
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Accurate climate models serve a key role in climate science and policy, helping to inform policy- and decision-makers around the world as they contemplate strategies to halt the devastating effects of global warming and adapt to existing changes. A review article published today in Nature ad
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Cumulus clouds contribute to climate warming: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers analyzed the observational data that cumulus clouds near the Atlantic island of Barbados contributed to climate warming.
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Indian subcontinent to face more very wet monsoon seasons as climate warms
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): The latest generation of climate models projects an increase in severity and frequency of very wet Indian summer monsoon seasons, a new study by scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impacts Research shows.
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Research shows climatic impact of black carbon aerosols is underestimated
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], October 11 (ANI): New Research has shown that the full magnitude of the impact of smoke from seasonal fires in Central Africa and in particular, the potential climate warming from the absorption by the black carbon component of the aerosol, is underestimated by some climate mode
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Climate change is making Indian monsoon season chaotic
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): A recent analysis by a team of German researchers that compared more than 30 state-of-the-art climate models from all around the world found that if global warming continues unchecked, summer monsoon rainfall in India will become stronger and more erratic i
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Scientists find clues on how soils may respond to climate change
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 25, (ANI): According to an international team of scientists, rock core samples from a period of warming millions of years ago indicate soils contributed to a rapid rise in atmospheric greenhouse gas and suggest modern climate models may overestimate Earth's abilit
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Critical components missing from current climate change models, says globa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 10 (ANI): An international team of distinguished scientists, including five members of national academies have argued that there are crucial components missing from current climate models that inform about environmental, climatic and economic policies.
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