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Understanding the pending AMOC problem

Atlantic Ocean is headed for a tipping point − once melting glaciers shut down the Gulf Stream, we would see extreme climate change within...
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Glacial lake flood hits Juneau, Alaska, reflecting a growing global risk as mountain glaciers melt

Alton C. Byers, University of Colorado Boulder and Suzanne OConnell, Wesleyan University Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall...
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Temperature records are being broken around the world

Extreme heat is breaking global records: Why this isn’t ‘just summer,’ and what climate change has to do with it Mathew Barlow, UMass Lowell and Jeffrey...
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Heat dome, a term you will be hearing more often in the coming years

What is a heat dome? A meteorologist explains the weather phenomenon baking the northeast quarter of the US William Gallus, Iowa State UniversityHeat domes, like the...
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Humans are depleting groundwater worldwide, but there are ways to replenish it

Scott Jasechko, University of California, Santa Barbara; Debra Perrone, University of California, Santa Barbara, and Richard Taylor, UCL If you stand at practically any point...
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The Atlantic is at risk of circulation collapse – it would mean even greater...

Robert Marsh, University of Southampton Amid news of lethal heatwaves across the Northern Hemisphere comes the daunting prospect of a climate disaster on an altogether...
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Glyphosate found in pregnant women living near farms

Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup, is showing up in pregnant women living near farm fields – that raises health concerns Cynthia Curl, Boise...
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Lizards, fish and other species are evolving with climate change, but not fast enough

Michael P. Moore, University of Colorado Denver and James Stroud, Georgia Institute of Technology Climate change is threatening the survival of plants and animals around...
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Warming climate threatens river animals and plants

As climate change warms rivers, they are running out of breath – and so could the plants and animals they harbor Li Li (李黎), Penn State As...
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Corals are starting to bleach as global ocean temperatures hit record highs

Ian Enochs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The water off South Florida is over 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) in mid-July, and scientists are already...

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