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Coronavirus and Wildfires Combine to Pose Potential Threat to Indigenous Lives and Lands
But experts say it’s not too late to reduce the most serious effects of these compound issues.
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A New Primer on Climate Change Science
A new primer lays out the basics of climate science in compact form.
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Potentially Fatal Combinations of Humidity and Heat Are Emerging Across the Globe
A new study has identified thousands of incidents of previously rare or unprecedented extreme heat/humidity combinations in parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, South America and North America, including in the U.S. Gulf Coast region.
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Interactive Map: Daily Maximum Wet-Bulb Temperature
View an interactive world map that shows where extreme, sometimes potentially fatal, mixtures of heat and humidity are emerging across the globe.
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Shrinking Snowcaps Fuel Harmful Algal Blooms in Arabian Sea
Driven by changing climate, a uniquely resilient organism is taking over the Arabian Sea, disrupting food chains, fisheries, oil refineries and water desalination plants.
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How Catastrophic Floods May Have Carved Greenland’s ‘Grand Canyon’
In a new study, researchers propose a mechanism for how mega-canyons under northern Greenland’s ice sheet formed: from a series of catastrophic outburst floods that suddenly and repeatedly drained lakes of meltwater.
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Climate-Driven Megadrought Is Emerging in Western U.S., Says Study
Scientists say a long-feared megadrought, worse than anything in recorded history, seems to be starting up in southwestern North America.
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Ozone Treaty Stopped Jet-Stream Drift in Southern Hemisphere
Researchers long ago predicted that the 1987 Montreal Protocol, banning ozone-depleting gases, would reverse a worrisome trend in Southern Hemisphere winds. A new study shows they were right.
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Video: Launch of NextGen Climate Forecasting System in Colombia
In August of 2019, Colombia’s national meteorological service, IDEAM, launched a state-of-the-art climate forecasting system called NextGen.
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