A study led by the University of Barcelona and published in the journal Nature Communications shows that climate change has profoundly altered extreme episodes of melting of the Greenland ice sheet: it has made them more frequent, more extensive and more intense.
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Tiny particles of plastic amassing in the atmosphere may be intensifying warming, according to new study.
Integrated Land Planning Is Necessary to Meet Climate, Food and Biodiversity Goals
While the world is a big place, humans are making greater and greater demands on the same areas of land.
How Oak Trees Outwit Their Predators
When oak trees are heavily damaged by caterpillars, they open buds later the following spring.
Earth’s Crust Is Tearing Apart off the Pacific Northwest—and That’s Not Necessarily Bad News
With unprecedented clarity, scientists have directly observed a subduction zone—the collision point where one tectonic plate dives beneath another—actively breaking apart.
Climate Change a Global Threat to Brain Health – Stroke Experts
The World Stroke Organization is warning that climate change poses an escalating threat to brain health, with extreme heat in particular increasing the risk of having a stroke and of patients dying from stroke.




