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Opinion: Warming up to Trump, finally

2017-12-07 20:16:35| Beef

If this week is any indication, Trump may be back on the path he promised us during the campaign.

Reindeer grazing protects tundra plant diversity in a warming climate

2017-09-04 06:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] Climate warming reduces the number of plant species in the tundra, but plant-eating animals, such as reindeer and voles, can turn this negative effect into something positive. The results of a study coordinated from UmeÃ¥ University in Sweden are now published in Nature Communications. “By eating tall and wide-leaved plants, reindeer can increase light availability and thus allow more plant species to co-exist and benefit from warmer conditions,&quo…

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Human-caused warming likely led to recent streak of record-breaking temperatures

2017-08-10 06:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] WASHINGTON D.C. - It is “extremely unlikely” 2014, 2015 and 2016 would have been the warmest consecutive years on record without the influence of human-caused climate change, according to the authors of a new study. Temperature records were first broken in 2014, when that year became the hottest year since global temperature records began in 1880. These temperatures were then surpassed in 2015 and 2016, making last year the hottest year ever recorded. In 2016, the…

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Oceans are warming rapidly, study says

2017-06-29 06:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] IMAGE: This image shows the ocean warming rate (Ocean Heat Content 0-2000m trend) from 1960 to 2016 in unit of W/m2, calculated by IAP Gridded Data. Credit: CHENG Lijing More than 90% of the earth's energy imbalance (EEI) in the climate system is seq…

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