El Niño and La Niña events can affect the spread of infectious diseases including cholera and dengue fever. The effects of some diseases may persist over several years.
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How Do You Make Earth into an Icehouse?
A new model accurately reconstructs Earth’s past icehouses and indicates there’s no one driver behind them.
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Simulating a Unique Wind System in a Kilometer-Scale Model
A new study shows that a kilometer-scale model can directly simulate aspects of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation.
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¿Cómo podrían las estrategias de intervención climática solar afectar a la agricultura?
Los métodos de geoingeniería, como la inyección de aerosoles estratosféricos, prometen limitar el calentamiento, pero entre los muchos riesgos y preocupaciones potenciales, sus repercusiones en la agricultura permanecen en gran medida inexploradas.
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Particulate Pollution and its Climate Impacts During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The impacts of COVID-19 on short-lived pollutants highlight the predominant influence of the transportation sector and the resulting changes in regional climates and ecosystems.
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太阳辐射干预策略如何影响农业？
地球工程方法，如平流层气溶胶注入，有望抑制气候变暖，但存在许多潜在风险和担忧，其中它们对农业的影响在很大程度上仍未得到探索。
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Boreal Forests May Be on the Move
A new model shows a tendency for tree cover to decline in warmer areas and increase in colder ones.
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Which Greenland Outlet Glaciers have Subglacial Channels?
A new study provides insights into where the channels that drain subglacial water from underneath the Greenland Ice Sheet are most likely located.
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Pluto Captured Charon with a Kiss
A newly understood collision mechanism could explain some peculiarities of Pluto and its moons.