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Climate Change Increases Risk of Successive Natural Hazards in the Himalayas

An international research team has concluded that the Sikkim flood disaster in the Himalayas in October 2023 was caused by some 14.7 million cubic meters of frozen moraine material collapsing into South Lhonak Lake, triggering a 20-meter flood wave.

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Turning Farmland Back to Peatland: Can It Slow CO2 Emissions?

Until recently, Henning Voigt’s 500-hectare farmland along the Peene River, near Germany’s northeastern Baltic Sea coast, was well-drained and used as a cattle pasture.

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Ocean-Surface Warming Four Times Faster Now Than Late-1980s

The rate of ocean warming has more than quadrupled over the past four decades, a new study has shown. 

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Antarctic Ice Sheet Faces “Death by a Thousand Cuts”

A recent study conducted by University of Florida geologists and geographers has shed new light on the effects of climate change on Antarctic ice shelves.

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Mapping Antarctica’s Hidden Ice-Free Lands: A Blueprint for Conservation

UNSW researchers unveil a new map and classification system that will help protect the unique plants and animals of Earth’s most remote and fragile continent.

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Research Contrasts Drought Sensitivity of Eurasian and North American Grasslands

Grasslands in Asia and North America differ in their responses to drought, according to a new paper in the journal Nature led by faculty at Colorado State University.

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Climate Change Reshuffles Species Like a Deck of Cards, New Study Finds

A new study led by an ecology and evolutionary biologist at UC Santa Cruz finds that temperature changes due to climate change have a doubly detrimental impact: Not only do they destabilize animal populations, but the impacts accelerate as temperatures change more rapidly.

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In England, Volunteers Plant Thousands of Trees to Restore Celtic Rainforest

Volunteers have planted more than 2,500 native trees on pasture in southwest England, part of a larger effort to recreate the temperate rainforest that once dominated much of the British Isles.

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Turning Food Waste into a New Bioplastic

Current plastic waste management methods are costly and harmful to the environment — and common biodegradable alternatives, like soggy paper straws, fall short as a replacement.

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Math Modelling Shows How Human Behavior and Climate are Interconnected

Many climate predictions focus on physical models like wind speed, temperatures and geochemistry, but significantly overlook how human behaviour responds to environmental change.

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