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Study confirms slowing circulation is cooling the North Atlantic
New research confirms that the mysterious "warming hole" in the North Atlantic is caused by a long-term slowdown of the ocean's critical conveyor-belt-like circulation system, a finding with significant implications for global climate.
Earth is trapping much more heat than climate models forecast – and the rate has doubled in 20 years
NASA, CC BY-NC-ND Steven Sherwood, UNSW Sydney; Benoit Meyssignac, Université de Toulouse, and Thorsten Mauritsen, Stockholm University How…
Ancient leaf waxes reveal a wetter African past than dust records suggested
New evidence from ancient leaf waxes reveals that northern African summer rainfall remained stable even as the world plunged into an ice age, challenging a long-held view of the continent's climate history.
Computer model charts Neanderthals’ long-lost migration route to Siberia
Following ancient river valleys, Neanderthals migrated thousands of miles from Europe to Siberia during warm climatic periods, new computer simulations reveal.
Will surging sea levels kill the Great Barrier Reef? Ancient coral fossils may hold the answer
marcobriviophoto.com Jody Webster, University of Sydney; Juan Carlos Braga, Universidad de Granada; Marc Humblet, Nagoya University; Stewart Fallon,…
Earth is heading for 2.7°C warming this century. We may avoid the worst climate scenarios – but the outlook is still dire
Aliraza Khatri’s Photography/Getty Sven Teske, University of Technology Sydney Is climate action a lost cause? The United States…
Why spring 2025 is so dry
Jack Marley, The Conversation April showers bring May flowers according to an old English saying. This phrase, which…
Two key ingredients cause extreme storms with destructive flooding – why these downpours are happening more often
Shuang-Ye Wu, University of Dayton A powerful storm system that stalled over states from Texas to Ohio for…
Reality check: coral restoration won’t save the world’s reefs
A coral ‘rope’ nursery in the Maldives. Luca Saponari/University of Milan, CC BY-ND Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders…
Lake Victoria is turning green – the deadly bacteria behind it
Lauren Hart, University of Michigan; George S Bullerjahn, Bowling Green State University; Gregory J. Dick, University of Michigan,…