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Ocean warming primary cause of Antarctic Peninsula glacier retreat

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Icebergs calved off from the glaciers in Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula. Credit: Alison Cook A new study has found for the first time that ocean...

First signs of healing in the Antarctic ozone layer

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A simulation of the Antarctic ozone hole, made from data taken on October 22, 2015. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (edited by MIT News) Scientists...

Climate study finds human fingerprint in Northern Hemisphere greening

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Earth system models simulate Northern Hemisphere greening. Figure shows the spatial distribution of leaf area index trends (m2/m2/30yr) in the growing season (April-October) during...

Cosmopolitan snow algae accelerate melting of Arctic glaciers

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Red pigmented snow algae darken the surface of snow and ice in the Arctic. Credit: Liane G. Benning/GFZ The role of red pigmented snow algae...

Final Kyoto analysis shows 100% compliance

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All 36 countries that committed to the Kyoto Protocol on climate change complied with their emission targets, according to a scientific study released today....

Future summers could regularly be hotter than the hottest on record

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If greenhouse gas emissions remain unabated. virtually every summer between 2061-2080 could be hotter than any in the historical record. Credit: © Modern Event...

Parts of Philippines may submerge due to global warming

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More than 167,000 hectares of coastland -- about 0.6% of the country's total area -- are projected to go underwater in the Philippines, especially...

Climate change could trigger tropical evacuations, researchers advise

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The map above, contained in the Hsiang-Sobel paper, reflects a logarithm calculating the minimum distance an organism must travel to maintain the average temperature...

Greenland sets melt records in 2015 consistent with ‘Arctic amplification’

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Study recorded record melts in Greenland. Credit: Professor Edward Hanna of the University of Sheffield Following record-high temperatures and melting records that affected northwest Greenland...

Slowing of landslide flows reflects California’s drying climate

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Photo captures one of the California landslide sites studied by the UO's Georgie Bennett and Joshua Roering. The research team they led found that...

Antarctic coastline images reveal 4 decades of ice loss to ocean

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This image shows part of the coastline along the Bellinghausen Sea in West Antarctica, where satellite data has revealed four decades of ice loss...