Artificially raising island heights or building completely new higher islands have been proposed as solutions to sea-level rise in the Maldives and other low-lying nations.
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Earth Had Its 7th-Warmest January on Record
Our planet kicked off another year with a warm start: January 2023 ranked as the seventh-warmest January in 174 years.
Simple-to-Use eDNA Test Will Help Track Marine Species
Can a single bottle of ocean water contain enough scraps of genetic material for researchers to identify virtually all of the fish, plankton, molluscs, marine mammals and other organisms from that location?
Upsurge in Rocket Launches Could Impact the Ozone Layer
University of Canterbury (UC) researchers have summarised the threats that future rocket launches would pose to Earth’s protective ozone layer, in a new review article published in the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
Eastern Pacific Coral Reefs Adapting to Warmer Waters, Study Finds
Some corals in the eastern Pacific are adapting to a warmer world by hosting more heat-tolerant algae, according to new research that offers hope for the world’s embattled reefs.
Before Global Warming, Was the Earth Cooling Down or Heating Up?
Accurate climate models play a critical role in climate science and policy, helping to inform policy- and decision-makers throughout the world as they consider ways to slow the deadly effects of a warming planet and to adapt to changes already in progress.