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Warfare, Not Climate, Is Driving Resurgent Hunger in Africa, Says Study
A 2009-2018 analysis of 14 countries teases out the factors behind reversals in food security. Conflict, not drought, is behind much of it.
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Some Past Sea Levels May Not Have Been as High as Thought, Says Study of Rising and Sinking Landmasses
A time similar to our own saw catastrophic sea-level rise. But exactly how catastrophic?
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Populations Exposed to Flooding Growing Much Faster Than Thought, Says Study
Human migration and increasing inundations are causing more people to be vulnerable.
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New York City’s Hidden Old-Growth Forests
Scientists are uncovering centuries of climate data and human history from giant old timbers saved from demolished structures.
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More Carbon Emissions Will Kill More People. Here’s How Many.
Current methods to calculate the so-called social cost of carbon largely leave out how many future people our emissions will kill. This study tries to correct that.
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New Study Helps to Explain ‘Silent Earthquakes’ Along New Zealand’s North Island
Underwater mountains may help to dampen movements along faults that otherwise have the potential to generate large earthquakes.
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Scientists Track the Sudden Disappearance of an Antarctic Ice-Shelf Lake
A rarely seen phenomenon may not bode well for the future survival of the ice.
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Food Systems Offer Huge Opportunities to Cut Emissions, Study Finds
Researchers drilling into the many moving parts of food systems say that greenhouse-gas emissions have been systematically underestimated.
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Declining Biodiversity in Wild Amazon Fisheries Threatens Human Diet
New research suggests that declines in wild fish species may compromise nutrition in an already poor region. Substituting cultivated species may not help.
