Less than a month ago, the world was shocked when the temperature in the arctic circle it reached a record 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit. While notable in its own right, it was simply the exclamation point of an astonishing, protracted, and widespread heat event across the entire Siberian Arctic. The extreme …
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Cows are a major source of methane gas emissions, which the researchers said reached a record in 2017. (Carsten Koall / Getty Images) Methane is a more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. It is produced by livestock, natural gas, oil, and other sources. Although carbon dioxide decreased during the …
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The conversationJuly 02, 2020 2:28:09 PM IST Jules Verne sent his fictional submarine, the Nautilus, to the South Pole through an ocean hidden under a thick layer of ice. Written 40 years before any explorer had reached the pole, its story was, however, only half-fiction. In fact, there are hidden …
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The earth heats up relentlessly. Therefore, it is strange that there is a persistent “cold drop” in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The cold drop (also known as a “warming hole”) is like a dazzling pimple, easily evident on recent NASA surface temperature maps. Overall, the ocean’s surface has …
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Photo: Mario Tama (Getty) Hot air does not reach Antarctica. as easily as the rest of the world but a new study It has discovered that not even the South Pole is safe from the influences of human-powered climate change. The study, published Monday in Nature Climate Change, found that, …
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