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Ice age may help predict oceans' response to global warming: Study
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
A team of scientists led by a Tulane University oceanographer discovered that deposits deep beneath the ocean floor provide a means to estimate ocean oxygen levels and their relationship to carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere during the last ice age, which ended more than 11,000 years a
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Groundwater depletion rates could triple in India due to irrigation, warmi
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Currently, the most overexploited aquifers are in the northwest and south of India, but the study indicates that by 2050 that area may extend to the southwest, the southern peninsula and central India.
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Timing of turkey nesting might not shift with changing climate: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Eastern wild turkeys in five southern U.S. states are unlikely to adjust the date of when they start nesting, even in the event of major future climate change, according to a recent study.
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Archaea become less diverse, more predictable in warming climate: Study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
An international research team led by Jizhong Zhou, PhD, director of the Institute for Environmental Genomics at the University of Oklahoma, conducted a long-term experiment that discovered that climate change reduced diversity and significantly altered the community structure of soil archae
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Humidity might increase heat risk in urban climates: Study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
As temperatures throughout the world hit record highs, cities are experiencing unusual heat stress. Cities are often warmer and drier than surrounding rural terrain. However, in the Global South, there is an extra complicating factor: urban humid heat.
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Brown algae deliver slime to climate: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
When it comes to absorbing carbon dioxide from the air, brown algae are true wonder plants. They even outcompete terrestrial forests in this and thus play a critical role in the atmosphere and our climate. But what happens to the carbon dioxide that the algae absorb?
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Nitrogen emissions from agriculture pose risks to health and climate: Stud
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 21 (ANI): According to a study led by environmental scientists at Rice University's George R. Brown School of Engineering, nitrogen emissions cause a greater share of pollutants. Agricultural pollution comes from the prairie, but its economic impact on humans is a probl
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Researchers find how changing ocean currents are driving extreme winter we
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 23 (ANI): Slower ocean circulation as the result of climate change could intensify extreme cold weather in the US, according to recent research.
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By 2500 earth could be alien to humans, study says
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI): Climate projections should not stop at the year 2100 unless CO2 emissions drop significantly, global warming by 2500 will make the Amazon barren, the American Midwest tropical, and India too hot to live in, according to a team of international scientists.
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New ways to estimate climate change impacts on agriculture: Study
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 22 (ANI): A new study by agricultural economists at the University of Illinois took a closer look at how choice of statistical methodology influences climate study results. They also proposed a more accurate and place-specific approach to data analysis.
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Butterflies, moths have difficulty adjusting to changing climate: Study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], June 13 (ANI): Climate change exerts great pressure for change on species and biodiversity. A recent study conducted by the University of Helsinki and the Finnish Environment Institute indicates that the few moth and butterfly species (Lepidoptera) capable of adjusting
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Study unveils association between gender assumptions and climate adaption
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 7 (ANI): A study led by Dr Jacqueline Lau from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University (Coral CoE at JCU) and WorldFish , suggested that gender -- alongside other identities like race, class, and age -- has a powerful influence on p
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