Papal encyclical urges strong efforts to protect the environment and the world's poor.
Climate Change
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Improving Predictions of Arctic Sea Ice Extent
Scientists in the Sea Ice Prediction Network share and discuss their user-oriented forecasts of seasonal sea ice in a changing Arctic.
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Connecticut-Sized Dead Zone Expected in Gulf of Mexico
An ensemble of four computer models evaluated river runoff, wind patterns, and other factors affecting the extent of oxygen-poor waters near the Mississippi River's mouth.
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Dispelling Clouds of Uncertainty
How do you build a climate model that accounts for cloud physics and the transitions between cloud regimes? Use MAGIC.
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Initiative to Assist Developing Nations with Climate Resilience
The Climate Services for Resilient Development partnership plans to provide expertise and data to help developing nations be less vulnerable.
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Global Warming "Hiatus" Never Happened, Study Says
After digging into existing measurements of Earth surface temperatures, a team of scientists finds there was no "hiatus" in temperature rise, which was thought to have started in 1998.
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An International Initiative for Science in the Critical Zone
December CZ Science International Workshop; San Francisco, California, 13–14 December 2014
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Climate Ride: Are You Up for the Challenge?
A Q&A with AGU's president-elect, Eric Davidson, about the upcoming 2015 Northeast Climate Ride and his experience riding last year.
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Historic Warm Periods Shed Light on Future Cyclones
Researchers look back in time to help understand our warmer future.
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Communicating Uncertainties in Sea Surface Temperature
Sea Surface Temperature User Workshop on Uncertainties; Exeter, UK, 18–20 November 2014