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Study Finds Plant Climate Sensitivity Varies by Region

A study analyzing the effects of climate change on vascular plants in the United States finds that the fate of individual plant species tends to be a regional phenomenon.

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How Nature Lovers Can Aid Ecology With an Assist From AI

Tools like Claude and ChatGPT can help researchers monitor ecosystems by finding and extracting data from observations made in nature by everyday people.

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How Climate Change, New Technology Are Shaping the Future of Extremes in Peak Power Demands

New research led by the University of Michigan provides utilities and policymakers with forecasts that can help them better prepare for future extremes in peak energy demand in the United States.

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How Do Giant Caldera Volcanoes Fill Up?

The magma reservoir of the largest volcano eruption of the Holocene is refilling. 

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Just 3% of the World’s Glaciers Account for Over Half of Glacier Ice Loss

Glaciers ending in lakes, oceans or ice shelves make up 3.2% of the world’s glaciers, but lost 134bn tonnes of ice each year between 2000 and 2019, accounting for more than half of all glacier ice loss, a new study shows.

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New Forecasting Research Could Help Millions Living in Earthquake-prone Regions

A decade-long study of earthquake activity in California has provided the strongest evidence to date that forecasting models can reliably describe patterns of earthquake activity over the following day.

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Greenland’s Camp Century Was Ice-Free When Summers Were a Few Degrees Warmer

UB-led study of ancient sediment offers new insights into ice sheet retreat at the former Cold War outpost.

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Turning Waste Into Fuel Could Help Cut Cement’s Carbon Footprint

Waste that would otherwise end up in landfill could help low-carbon cement production by reducing the industry’s reliance on fossil fuels, according to Australian researchers.

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Where Three Climate Zones Meet

The research was led by Enikő Magyari, a researcher at the Department of Environmental and Landscape Geography, ELTE Faculty of Science, and head of the DOMINO-CLIMATE Élvonal project.

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Creation of Cloud-Forming Aerosols Varies Across the Arctic

Based on aerosol–cloud interaction, the Arctic region is composed of three distinct ‘regimes’, as demonstrated in a study published in the Nature Geoscience journal.

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