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Why the Mediterranean Is a Climate Change Hotspot

Although global climate models vary in many ways, they agree on this: The Mediterranean region will be significantly drier in coming decades, potentially seeing 40 percent less precipitation during the winter rainy season.

Arctic Ocean Acidification Worse Than Previously Expected

The Arctic Ocean will take up more CO2 over the 21st century than predicted by most climate models.

Antarctic Sea Ice Loss Explained in New Study

Scientists have discovered that summer sea ice in the Weddell Sea area of Antarctica has decreased by one million square kilometres – an area twice the size of Spain – in the last five years, with implications for the marine ecosystem.

Refining Projections of Antarctic Ice Loss and Global Sea Level Rise

Antarctica is rapidly shedding ice, a loss that contributes to rising seas.

How Global Regulators Are Selling Out the World’s Largest Tuna

In 2010, after years of global headlines highlighting the runaway harvest of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean, the international regulatory agency managing this endangered fish capitulated.

Climate Models Underestimate CO2 Emissions from Permafrost by 14 Percent, Study Finds

Climate change models have underestimated the amount of carbon dioxide that will be emitted from thawing permafrost by as much as 14 percent, according to a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

Coal-Burning in Siberia Led to Climate Change 250 Million Years Ago

A team of researchers led by Arizona State University School of Earth and Space Exploration Professor Lindy Elkins-Tanton has provided the first ever direct evidence that extensive coal burning in Siberia is a cause of the Permo-Triassic Extinction, the Earth’s most severe extinction event.

Over a Dozen New Papers Describe Discoveries at MBARI’s Long-Term Deep-Sea Research Site Off California

For 30 years, MBARI ecologist Ken Smith and his colleagues have studied deep-sea communities at a research site called Station M, located 4,000 meters (2.5 miles) below the ocean’s surface and 290 kilometers (180 miles) off the coast of Central California.

What Has Caused More Extreme Summer Heat Events over Northeast Asia?

Widespread hot extremes are seen across the world in recent years, causing heat-related mortality and harmed crops and livestock.

Where Have the Swans Gone?

Nearly 13 kilometres per year: that is the rate at which the wintering area of Bewick's swans has shifted east over the past 50 years.

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