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KAUST study reveals climate change impact on the Red Sea
The Red Sea has experienced a sharp warming in its waters since the mid-1990s faster than the global averages, according to a recent study published in Geophysical Research Letters. The waters of the Red Sea have warmed sharply by 0.7°C since 1994, according to a recent study of satellite-derived sea surface temperatures (SST) and ground-based [...]
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Map documents the stresses that the World’s Coral Reefs face
An international team of marine scientists has produced a comprehensive map that documents the world’s coral reefs and categorizes the stress factors that threaten the survival of many of their ecosystems, from increased temperatures to overfishing and ultraviolet radiation. Using satellite data and mathematical analysis of coral physiology, the researchers ranked coral resources on a [...]
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It’s Hot but Not as Hot as It’s Going to Be
Holy crap it’s hot. People, animals, and crops are dying. But not only is it hot, it’s hotter than it used to be. And it’s our fault. Welcome to the future of climate change. Let’s keep this simple: we know the Earth is warming up — the data are unambiguous. “The indicators show unequivocally that [...]
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Empty Pedalos on the Dried Zayandeh River, Isfahan
Drought Dries Up a City’s River, and Sears Its Soul The people of Isfahan are inconsolable. They talk as if a lover has left them, but it is worse. Lovers can be replaced. Their river cannot. The drought that has devastated southeastern Iran and Afghanistan has wreaked its own peculiar havoc on Isfahan, in north-central [...]
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Extreme weather link ‘can no longer be ignored’
Scientists to end 20-year reluctance with study into global warming and exceptional weather events. Scientists are to end their 20-year reluctance to link climate change with extreme weather – the heavy storms, floods and droughts which often fill news bulletins – as part of a radical departure from a previous equivocal position that many now [...]
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