Physiological limitations on regulating internal chemistry restricts corals’ ability to deal with ocean acidification and warming, thereby reducing resilience to continued environmental change.
Climate Change
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Weighing the Benefits of Urban Greening
City communities may need to consider whether water absorption or cooling benefits are more important when designing urban greening.
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Pequeños cambios climáticos podrían verse magnificados por procesos naturales
Un nuevo estudio utiliza técnicas de modelado para descubrir cómo pequeños incidentes de calentamiento pueden convertirse en eventos hipertermales que duran miles de años.
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Climate Report Rebukes Overshoot Plans with “Irreversible Consequences”
Many pathways to stopping climate change involve overshooting 1.5°C temporarily. The latest synthesis of 34,000 references says that’s a bad idea.
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How Do Marine Gases Affect Cloud Formation?
By using novel aircraft measurements over the eastern North Atlantic Ocean, researchers shed light on the relationship between common marine biogenic gases and the microphysical properties of clouds.
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African World Heritage Sites Jeopardized by Rising Seas
Worsening flooding and erosion threaten places of “outstanding universal value” along the continent’s coastlines.
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Oxygen Levels Measured in a Lung of the Deep Ocean
The Labrador Sea “inhales” oxygen and supplies it to deep-sea life across the world. But its breath could be threatened by climate change.
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Probing the Mysteries of Deep, Dense Antarctic Seawater
Twelve freely drifting Deep Argo floats reveal year-round dynamics of bottom water flow in the Australian-Antarctic Basin.
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Forest Fires Could Boost Western U.S. Water Supplies
Streamflow in the West has been below average since the early 2000s, but a new analysis shows that streams aren’t as dry as expected.
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Inventorying Earth’s Land and Ocean Greenhouse Gases
A new special collection in AGU journals will present findings from the Second REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes (RECCAP2) study with a decade of data on greenhouse gas growth.