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Scientists discover that salty sea spray affects clouds

All over the planet, every day, oceans send plumes of sea spray into the atmosphere. Beyond the poetry of crashing ocean waves, this salt- and carbon-rich…

Evergreens at risk

A research paper published today in Nature Climate Change predicts widespread death of needleleaf evergreen trees (NET) within the Southwest United States by…

Are Southeast Asian peatland rivers really a hotspot of CO2 emissions?

Tropical peat swamps are among the most important terrestrial carbon storage ecosystems on earth. A large part of these ecosystems are found in Indonesia and…

Age of blueschist is not an indicator of the date of emergence of plate tectonics

One of the big mysteries in the history of the Earth is the emergence of plate tectonics. When exactly did the processes of plate tectonics begin that today…

Some gas produced by hydraulic fracturing comes from surprise source

Some of the natural gas harvested by hydraulic fracturing operations may be of biological origin–made by microorganisms inadvertently injected into shale by…

Cold, hot or dry: Persistent weather extremes associated with decreased storm activity

“Less or less severe storms in the mid-latitudes, this at first sight seems to be good news – but unfortunately it isn’t,” says lead-author Jascha Lehmann….

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