Several indicators point to the adverse impacts of climate change on the planet’s vegetation, but a little-known positive fact is the existence of climate-change refugia in which trees are far less affected by the gradual rise in temperatures and changing rainfall regimes.
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Stormwater Could Be a Large Source of Microplastics and Rubber Fragments to Waterways
In cities, heavy rains wash away the gunk collecting on sidewalks and roads, picking up all kinds of debris.
No Good Decisions Without Good Data: Climate, Policymaking, and the Critical Role of Science
“If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it”.
Researchers Examine Record-Shattering 2020 Trans-Atlantic Dust Storm
For two weeks in June 2020, a massive dust plume from Saharan Africa crept westward across the Atlantic, blanketing the Caribbean and Gulf Coast states in the U.S.
Corn Ethanol Reduces Carbon Footprint, Greenhouse Gases
Research shows that the use of corn ethanol reduces the carbon footprint and diminishes greenhouse gases.
Warm Ice May Fracture Differently Than Cold Ice
Researchers at Aalto University have found strong evidence that warm ice – that is, ice very close in temperature to zero degrees Celsius – may fracture differently than the kinds of ice typically studied in laboratories or nature.


