New research shows that trees from Siberian larch (pictured) and other species show that heatwaves and soil drying are gaining momentum. Image: Ken shows, Unsplash A review of weather patterns in Inner East Asia over the past 200 years suggests that the region is currently caught in a dangerous cycle …
Read More »SpaceX launches NASA-European satellite to monitor rising sea levels
The first two satellites in a multi-billion-dollar NASA-European project to accurately measure rising sea levels, a major result of global warming, orbited the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from California on Saturday. By the time it takes for a cloud-infiltrating radar beam to bounce off the ocean 830 miles below, the …
Read More »This new super-white paint can cool buildings
Summer! It’s a great time but a warm time! Indeed, most people will argue that you cannot survive the summer without some good air conditioning. But what if your buildings or cars never get hot? Engineers at Purdue University have created a white paint that can keep all surfaces cool …
Read More »Greenland ice sheet is expected to lose ice at the fastest rate since the end of the last ice age
This Greenland Ice Sheet According to a recently published study, it is on track to melt four times faster than at any stage in the last 12,000 years. New research highlights how extreme estimated damage can be in this century – and rejects the idea that current melting is part …
Read More »Meter per degree of warming to lift Antarctica sea, study finds
Scientists have warned that in an additional three degrees the static continent lift appears 6.5 meters above the ocean. Paris: As the Earth’s average surface temperature rises, another degree Celsius will rise 2.5 meters above sea level from Antarctica alone, and a three-degree increase in the frozen continent will see …
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