Speakers called on scientists not to remain silent in the face of what they said are threats to the Earth sciences.
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How Do Trees Respond to Climate Change? Clues from an Arboretum
The rich diversity of trees at arboreta may allow scientists to home in on the specific traits that allow trees to grow faster or slower in response to warming temperatures.
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Monaco Leader Urges Climate Action, Calls on Trump to Help
HSH Prince Albert II cautioned that the world has to come to terms with the fact that we are facing severe challenges if we don’t move toward a low-carbon global economy.
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Easterling to Lead Geosciences at National Science Foundation
The agency's departing head of geosciences will introduce Easterling to the Earth sciences community as his successor tomorrow at the American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting in San Francisco.
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Obama Science Adviser Warns Against Retreats on Climate, Science
Holdren sees pitfalls for U.S. global leadership in withdrawing from climate accord and says that moving Earth observations out of NASA "is a terrible idea."
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Rise in Tornado Numbers per Outbreak May Not Be Tied to Warming
Scientists studying why previous research revealed a steadily increasing number of tornadoes in the United States per outbreak find an unexpected result.
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Climate Efforts Will Continue Despite Rhetoric, Officials Say
Secretary of the Interior says that citizens can help hold the Trump administration accountable for what they want to see happen in terms of action on climate change.
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First of Next Generation of U.S. Weather Satellites Hits the Sky
The novel spacecraft and three sister satellites to follow are expected to vastly improve storm forecasting.
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EPA Head Calls Climate Change Biggest Threat to U.S. Progress
McCarthy says that despite anxiety at the agency about the election results, she is confident in EPA’s work and that efforts to control climate change will continue.