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What Will the Climate Be Like When Earth’s Next Supercontinent Forms?
In roughly 200 million years, the continents will once again unite into a supercontinent. A new study explores how the next Pangea could affect the global climate.
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Greenland Ice Sheet Reached Tipping Point 20 Years Ago, New Study Finds
The massive ice sheet is now locked into a certain amount of decline. But reducing emissions remains critical to preventing catastrophic loss of the entire ice sheet.
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New Project Will Analyze Clouds to Make Future Climate Less Nebulous
Understanding how clouds respond to climate change will be essential for predicting how much hotter the planet could get.
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Evolving Landscape Added Fuel to Gobi Desert’s High-Speed Winds
A new study uncovers a previously undocumented relationship between erosion and wind speed.
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Northern Peatlands Contain Twice as Much Carbon as Previously Thought
New findings double potential emissions from these areas, with big implications for climate modeling.
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Columbia Researchers Provide New Evidence on the Reliability of Climate Modeling
Observational data confirms that Hadley cell circulation is weakening, which has important consequences for future rainfall in the subtropics.
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Machine Learning May Be a Game-Changer for Climate Prediction
A new study uses machine learning to better represent clouds in climate models, which helps to predict the climate’s response to rising levels of greenhouse gases.
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What Are Climate Models and How Accurate Are They?
How past climate data improves our understanding of climate change and helps predict its impacts.
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New Sustainability Science Program Features Course on Climate Science for Decision-Makers
Understanding the range of climate risks requires understanding the way in which climate models are built and the assumptions that underpin them.
