As extreme cold days wane, the northeastern United States has experienced an increase in mud days.
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No One-Size-Fits-All Way to Combat Urban Heat Island Effect
Tropical and dry cities respond differently to heat mitigation strategies. This difference should be considered when trying to protect residents from increasingly dangerous summer temperatures.
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The Kuroshio Current: Artery of Life
The waters of the Kuroshio Current in the northwestern Pacific Ocean transport heat, salt, and organic and inorganic matter from south to north, shaping the ocean ecosystem.
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Tropical Corals Are Migrating Away from Warming Waters
In the first global assessment of its kind, researchers discovered that coral recruitment is declining globally and throughout the tropics while increasing in the subtropics.
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Past Climate Sensitivity Not Always Key to the Future
New research suggests that changes in continental configuration, solar brightness, and background atmospheric carbon dioxide levels all conspire to drive Earth’s climate sensitivity over geologic time.
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July May Turn Out to Be the Hottest Month in Recorded History
If this year’s record-breaking trend continues, we’re on track for 2015–2019 to be the hottest 5 years on record.
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Updating a Crucial Source of Sea Surface Temperature Data
A new version of a major sea surface temperature data set reduces systematic errors in measurements of one of the most important indicators of the state of Earth’s climate system.
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Forested Streams May Warm More Than Observations Predict
Understanding how temperatures of cold-water streams respond to global warming could help clarify the impacts of climate change on aquatic ecosystems.
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Hotness and Coldness Indexes Based on the Fahrenheit Scale
An undergraduate project redefines the h-index.
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Can Patches of Cold Air Cause Thunderstorms to Cluster?
Small-scale collisions between pools of cold air may play an important role in organizing hurricanes and other crucial atmospheric phenomena, according to newly developed conceptual models.