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Study Develops Framework for Forecasting Contribution of Snowpack to Flood Risk During Winter Storms

In the Sierra Nevada, midwinter “rain-on-snow” events occur when rain falls onto existing snowpack and have resulted in some of the region’s biggest and most damaging floods.

Floods, New Mystery Disease Impact Starving Marine Turtles

The emergence of a new disease among turtles in Hervey Bay waters is also concerning researchers and rescuers.

Sun Releases Strong Solar Flares

Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy.

Tasmania ‘First to Become Carbon Negative’

The new paper, published in Environmental Research Letters, highlighted how storing carbon in forests could tackle climate change.

How Solving Central Asia's Water-Energy Conflict Can Also Boost Renewable Energy Generation

Researchers from the IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program found that agricultural efforts in downstream countries in Central Asia, traditionally hampered by a lack of water for irrigation during the summer growing season, would be significantly boosted with a “dual water and energy storage scheme”, which also paves the way for high shares of renewable energy generation in the region.