Climate advocates and scientists express dismay that none of the moderators of the three debates brought up the issue of climate change.
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Upscaling Peatland Science Through Collaborative Big Data
PeatDataHub launch meeting; Leeds, United Kingdom, 23–24 May 2016
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Scientists, Activists Call for Climate Topic in Wednesday’s Debate
As environmentalists petition for climate questions in the final presidential debate, some scientists are urging—and others taking polls about—climate as a topic for politicians to address.
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Can We Predict the Future of Ocean Carbon Dioxide Uptake?
A new understanding of uncertainties in climate change models allows scientists to decide which source to tackle first in order to better forecast our planet's changing climate.
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Map Reveals Hot Spots for Arctic Greenhouse Gas Emissions
By bringing together data on permafrost stability, soils, and other Arctic conditions, scientists have plotted where permafrost is vulnerable to collapse, which could release long-stored carbon.
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Anderegg Receives 2016 Global Environmental Change Early Career Award
William Anderegg is the first recipient of the Global Environmental Change Early Career Award. He will receive the award at the 2016 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, to be held 12–16 December in San Francisco, Calif. The award recognizes an early-career scientist "for outstanding contributions in research, educational, or societal impacts on the area of global environmental change, especially through interdisciplinary approach."
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Online Tracking of Ships Fights Illegal Fishing Worldwide
The system currently follows and records the movements of more than 35,000 large fishing vessels globally to bring transparency to commercial fishing activities.
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Rosenlof Receives 2016 Yoram J. Kaufman Unselfish Cooperation in Research Award
Karen H. Rosenlof will receive the 2016 Yoram J. Kaufman Unselfish Cooperation in Research Award at the 2016 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, to be held 12–16 December in San Francisco, Calif. The award recognizes "broad influence in atmospheric science through exceptional creativity, inspiration of younger scientists, mentoring, international collaborations, and unselfish cooperation in research."
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Simulating the Climate 145 Million Years Ago
A new model shows that the Intertropical Convergence Zone wasn't always a single band around the equator, which had drastic effects on climate.
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Why 2015 Was a Big Hurricane Year for the Eastern North Pacific
Record-breaking oceanic and atmospheric conditions led to a remarkable season in a key Pacific hurricane development region.