Monsoons occur throughout the tropics and sub-tropics but scientists are still uncertain about how climate change will affect them.
A 40-Million-Year-Old Layer of Dust Can Help Predict How Monsoons Will Change
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Nutrients Limit Carbon Uptake to Slow Climate Change
Nitrogen and phosphorus found in soils are limiting the amount of carbon uptake stored in plants and soils, but maps of where this occurs across the globe are lacking.
Heat Trapped in Urban Areas Tricks Trees Into Thinking Spring Has Arrived Earlier
A study of satellite images of dozens of U.S. cities shows trees and vegetation in urban areas turn green earlier but are less sensitive to temperature change than vegetation in surrounding rural regions.
How to Halt the Global Decline of Lands
Land degradation - the reduction in the capacity of the land to support human and other life on earth - is one of the biggest challenges the Earth is facing.
‘Rule Breaking’ Plants May Be the Climate Change Survivors
Plants that break some of the ‘rules’ of ecology by adapting in unconventional ways may have a higher chance of surviving climate change, according to researchers from Trinity and the University of Queensland.
Citizen Scientists May Be an Untapped Resource for Water Quality Improvement
Citizen scientists can play a needed role in keeping an eye on water quality, according a team of researchers.
