An undergraduate project redefines the h-index.
Climate Change
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Tracking Earth’s Shape Reveals Greater Polar Ice Loss
Researchers offer a solution to better track mass changes in ocean water and polar ice.
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Transcending Science: Can Artists Help Scientists Save the World?
The artistic process begins with human engagement. Perhaps the revolution we need to address climate change begins by making it an integral part of the scientific method.
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Climate Solutions Caucus Provides Bipartisan Forum
The House caucus offers an opportunity for Republicans and Democrats to seek common ground on climate change solutions.
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Contrails’ Climate Impact Could Triple by 2050
Contrail cirrus clouds have warmed the atmosphere more than all the carbon dioxide from planes since the dawn of aviation and will do so even more in the future.
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Latest Climate Model Points to Hotter Earth
The model’s dire forecast matches those of other leading models.
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Surveys Say Climate Change Is a Top Election Issue for Democrats
As Democratic candidates debate in Miami, Fla., new surveys indicate that climate change and clean energy are among the top priorities for Democratic voters in 2020.
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Senator Urges Ending Dark Money’s Stifling of Climate Action
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says that dark money funding from the fossil fuel industry and others “has polluted our politics.” Dark money and climate denial “are two sides of the same coin,” he says.
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Spy Satellite Reveals Accelerated Pace of Himalayan Glacier Melt
Images taken covertly in the 1970s have taken on a new purpose in a recent glaciology study.
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The Tides They Are a-Changing
The twice-daily ebb and flow of the sea have the power to change the planet. Weak tides could have allowed Earth to freeze over, and strong tides may have given vertebrates a leg up on land.