The suggested afforestation of large areas of Africa to mitigate climate change will destroy valuable ecological, agricultural, and tourist areas, while doing little to reduce global CO2 levels.
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Climate Warming Promises More Frequent Extreme El Niño Events
El Niño events cause serious shifts in weather patterns across the globe, and an important question that scientists have sought to answer is: how will climate change affect the generation of strong El Niño events?
Antarctic Ice Cliffs May Not Contribute to Sea-Level Rise as Much as Predicted
Study finds even the tallest ice cliffs should support their own weight rather than collapsing catastrophically.
NASA Catches Short-lived Tropical Storm Priscilla’s Landfall in Mexico
Tropical Storm Priscilla was short-lived because it formed on Sunday, Oct. 20 very close to the coast of western Mexico and made landfall that same day.
Emerging Cracks in the Pine Island Glacier
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellites have revealed new cracks, or rifts, in the Pine Island Glacier – one of the primary ice arteries in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
NASA Finds a Transitioning Tropical Storm Neoguri
NASA’s Terra satellite passed over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean on Oct. 21 and captured a visible image of Tropical Storm Neoguri.