Scientists create a more realistic representation of plant nitrogen uptake and usage to improve global climate simulations.
Climate Change
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Are U.S. States Prepared to Manage Water in a Changing Climate?
An empirical study of water allocation and planning in five states concludes that they lack a statewide strategy to manage the impacts of climate change on water resources.
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Faith and Science Working Together on Climate Change
When science can show that the poorest among us are suffering first and worst from human-induced climate change, religions can motivate people of faith to care and to act.
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Villages Must Recalibrate Time to Survive in the Pamir Mountains
Scientists plan projects this year to help a rugged, troubled region of central Asia retune traditional timekeeping methods based on environmental cues in the face of climate change.
Posted inScience Updates
Paleofires and Models Illuminate Future Fire Scenarios
Advances in Interdisciplinary Paleofire Research: Data and Model Comparisons for the Past Millennium; Harvard Forest, Petersham, Massachusetts, 27 September to 2 October 2015
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Icy Clouds May Counter Climate Warming Less Than Expected
A new analysis of cloud composition and behavior suggests that scientists have overestimated the ability of a type of mixed-phase ice-and-water cloud to mitigate climate change effects.
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Expanding Use of Plant Trait Observations in Earth System Models
Workshop on Trait Methods for Representing Ecosystem Change; Rockville, Maryland, 18–19 November 2015
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Researchers Attribute Human Influence on Climate Back to 1930s
A new study finds that humans likely have triggered the last 16 record-breaking hot years on Earth, up to 2014.
Posted inScience Updates
Salinity Monitoring Gives Insight into the Global Water Cycle
Salinity and Water Cycle over the Oceans: Recent Progress and Future Challenges; Hamburg, Germany, 12–15 October 2015
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Insights on Climate Systems from Interglacials
Interglacials provide insights into the impacts of warmer than present conditions in certain regions of Earth.