Researchers creating virtual maps of coral reefs to precisely model how structure altered by environmental change. Scientists are using 3D printing technology to create prosthetic coral that could be used to help the Great Barrier Reef recover from bleaching and storms. Researchers at the University of Sydney are creating virtual 3D maps of coral reefs to precisely […]
Apr 3 2017 | Posted in
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Thinning sea ice – a result of global warming – is causing microscopic plant life to extensively bloom at the North Pole, potentially disrupting the marine food chain, according to scientists who claim to have solved the Arctic's green ice mystery. In 2011, researchers observed something that should be impossible – a massive bloom of […]
Apr 2 2017 | Posted in
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Big tornadoes are synonymous with the southern states of the US. Tornado Alley is a broad region stretching from Texas, in the south, to Minnesota, in the north. It includes Kansas, which will forever be associated with the tornado that whisked Dorothy and her dog, Toto, to the Land of Oz. Yet there is another […]
Apr 2 2017 | Posted in
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Mass migration of species to cooler climes has profound implications for society, pushing disease-carrying insects, crop pests and crucial pollinators into new areas, says international team of scientists. Global warming is reshuffling the ranges of animals and plants around the world with profound consequences for humanity, according to a major new analysis. Rising temperatures on […]
Apr 1 2017 | Posted in
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A 30-metre layer of salt discovered beneath Dead Sea reveals drought worse than any in human history – and it could happen again. Far below the Dead Sea, between Israel, Jordan and Palestinian territories, researchers have found evidence of a drought that has no precedent in human experience. From depths of 300 metres below the landlocked basin, […]
Mar 30 2017 | Posted in
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Global warming makes temperature patterns that cause heatwaves, droughts and floods across Europe, north America and Asia more likely, scientists find The fingerprint of human-caused climate change has been found on heatwaves, droughts and floods across the world, according to scientists. The discovery indicates that the impacts of global warming are already being felt by […]
Mar 28 2017 | Posted in
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The lights are being switched off around the world at 8:30 pm on Saturday evening, to mark the 10th annual Earth Hour, and to draw attention to climate change. The initiative began in Australia in 2007 as a grass roots gesture by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Australia against man-made carbon dioxide emissions linked to […]
There is nowhere else on the planet right now where the dichotomy between two potential futures – one where we address the climate change crisis, one where we ignore this momentous threat and continue with business as usual – is playing out in such a dramatic and explosive way as Australia. In the US, Donald […]
Mar 27 2017 | Posted in
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Research programme will send aerosol injections into the earth’s upper atmosphere to study the risks and benefits of a future solar tech-fix for climate change. US scientists are set to send aerosol injections 20km up into the earth’s stratosphere in the world’s biggest solar geoengineering programme to date, to study the potential of a future […]
Mar 25 2017 | Posted in
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Extent of ice over North pole has fallen to a new wintertime low, for the third year in a row, as climate change drives freakish weather. The extent of Arctic ice has fallen to a new wintertime low, as climate change drives freakishly high temperatures in the polar regions. The ice cap grows during the winter months […]
Mar 23 2017 | Posted in
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