Earth’s seasonal clock is out-of-whack. Summers in Europe are coming ten days ahead of schedule, and could be up to 20 days early by century’s end if the current pace of carbon emissions continues, according to a new study by French scientists published Monday. And it’s not just Europe. Trees leafing out sooner, birds shifting migrations and butterflies arriving […]
Apr 6 2016 | Posted in
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International Dark Sky Week: Where have all the stars gone? The glow of uncontrolled lights that surrounds cities has cut off most humans from the beauty of the night sky. From the heart of an average city, perhaps only a dozen stars are visible on a clear night. But under truly dark skies, the human […]
Apr 5 2016 | Posted in
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Warmer air, less frigid water and gravity may combine to make parts of Antarctica's western ice sheet melt far faster than scientists had thought, raising sea levels much more than expected by the end of the century, a new study says. New physics-based computer simulations forecast dramatic increases in melting in the vulnerable western edge […]
Apr 4 2016 | Posted in
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Forests that harbour tigers are being lost but are still large enough to take double the world’s tiger population in the next six years, according to a study using new satellite mapping technology. But the internationally agreed goal can only be achieved if no further habitat across Asia is lost and if the “corridors” that […]
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