Biomarker analyses from an offshore sediment core suggest that increased fire occurrence around 55,000 years ago coincided with increased fuel loads and human settlement in this region.
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Youth Gather to Demand Action on Climate Change
The US Youth Climate Strike holds events around the country to call for passage of the Green New Deal.
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Youth Call for Action with Climate Strikes
Climate scientists show their support for protests in the United States and around the world on 15 March.
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Tracking Regional Climate Change from Pole to Pole
8th Third Pole Environment Workshop; Gothenburg, Sweden, 24–26 September 2018
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Cherry Blossoms’ Peak Bloom Is an Indicator of Climate Change
Projected peak bloom days are around the historic average this year, but experts say climate change is altering the long-term blooming schedule.
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Oceanic “Pump” Sends Small Carbon Particles to Twilight Zone
Underwater gliders provide unprecedented, daily data that reveal new insights into how carbon gets from the atmosphere to the deep ocean.
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Former Officials Slam Planned White House Climate Change Panel
Fifty-eight former national security leaders say the plan would undermine military and intelligence assessments about threats from climate change.
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A Digital Mayfly Swarm Is Emerging
Low-cost, open-source data collectors and a suite of collaborative online tools are making big leaps in the field of watershed monitoring.
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Congress Considers Carbon Capture Options
Democrats and Republicans explore areas of potential agreement in combating climate change.
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Improving Estimates of Long-Term Climate Sensitivity
New modeling casts doubt on the suitability of running experiments with fixed sea surface temperatures to understand the effects of cloud aggregation on Earth’s climate.