#Soil carbon research reduces uncertainty in predicting climate change impacts

“#Soil carbon research reduces uncertainty in predicting climate change impacts” Argonne scientists were awarded $8 million from ARPA-E to partner with startup companies and help develop new types of advanced reactors with digital twin technology. From left to right: Emily Shemon, Rui Hu, and Temitope Taiwo Credit: Argonne National Laboratory DOE and USDA researchers use…

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#Texas will face driest conditions of the last 1,000 years

“#Texas will face driest conditions of the last 1,000 years” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Texas’ future climate will feature drier summers and decreasing water supplies for much of the state for the remainder of the 21st century—likely resulting in the driest conditions the state has endured in the last 1,000 years, according to a team…

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#Model suggests it could take decades for planet to start cooling after emissions are reduced

“#Model suggests it could take decades for planet to start cooling after emissions are reduced” Emergence of a temperature signal when going from one RCP emissions pathway to another. Thick lines show calculations from MAGICC6. Thin lines show evolutions of interannual variability of global mean surface temperature, extracted from the CESM1 LENS. Triangles above the…

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#Most lakes continuously release nitrogen into the atmosphere

“#Most lakes continuously release nitrogen into the atmosphere” Lake Itasca in Clearwater County, Minnesota. Credit: Jim Cotner In a process that may help lakes maintain healthy levels of nutrients, new research from the University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences shows that a majority of the lakes examined are continuously shedding nitrogen into the atmosphere….

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#Tree rings show unprecedented rise in extreme weather in South America

“#Tree rings show unprecedented rise in extreme weather in South America” Araucaria araucana trees in northern Patagonia, Argentina, some of which were used in the study. Some trees can live 1,000 years. Credit: Ricardo Villalba, Argentine Institute of Snow, Glacier and Environmental Sciences, at the National Research Council for Science and Technology Scientists have filled…

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#First direct evidence of ocean mixing across the Gulf Stream

“#First direct evidence of ocean mixing across the Gulf Stream” The “Triaxus” towing platform breaks through the choppy surface of the ocean during a storm. By towing such a platform with monitoring instruments through the water, changing its depth in a ‘yo-yo’ pattern as it traveled, scientists created high-resolution snapshots of how a dye released…

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#UK ‘increasingly likely’ to see +40C temperatures: study

“#UK ‘increasingly likely’ to see 40C temperatures: study” In 2018 the UK summer temperature was a joint record high Temperatures in Britain could exceed 40 degrees Celsius every three or four years by 2100 if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, research published Tuesday has found, as climate change increases the likelihood of scorching heat waves….

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