Cool, moist nights are rarer than they were a few decades ago, and that’s giving wildfires an edge over crews trying to hold fire lines.
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U.S. Businesses May Be Required to Report Emissions, Climate Risk
The proposed rules seek to give investors more complete and standardized climate risk information. The move would bring U.S. policy closer to international standards.
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Just 15.5% of Global Coastline Remains Intact
Combining data from land and sea helps ecologists measure human impact.
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A Global Ocean Biogeochemical Observatory Becomes a Reality
Building on the successful Argo network of seafaring temperature and salinity sensors, work is underway to deploy 1,000 floats equipped to study ocean biogeochemistry in greater detail than ever.
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Once Extreme Ocean Temperatures Are the New Normal
A new analysis finds extreme warming events in the ocean have increased relative to the very far past, with nearly 60% of the ocean experiencing extreme heat in 2019.
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Framework for Fingerprinting Human Influence on Climate
An optimal approach for detection and attribution studies using the CMIP6 Detection and Attribution Model Intercomparison Project (DAMIP).
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Tree Carbon Data That Ring True
An international group of researchers may have found a way to better account for carbon storage in forests.
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Estimating Heat Wave Frequency and Strength: A Chicago Case Study
Numerical modeling shows widespread impacts of the 2012 Chicago heat wave, shedding light on heat wave and urban heat island impacts on the city’s temperature.
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¿Cuánto tiempo permanecen las partículas de carbono negro en la atmósfera?
Investigadores descubren cómo el carbono negro evoluciona de partículas hidrofóbicas a sitios de nucleación de nubes, removiendo eventualmente las partículas que absorben calor del cielo.
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Black Neighborhoods Will Bear Future Flood Burden
Climate change, shifting populations, and infrastructure development in risky areas compound future flood loss risk.