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Climate is the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region. These are often broken down as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years.
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FEB 25, 2025Earth & The Environment
In 2023, the average surface air temperature of the planet was 1.43ºC above pre-industrial levels, which exceeded expect ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 21, 2025Microbiology
Two new studies have shown how climate change can increase disease. Both of these reports were focused on the increase i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 21, 2025Earth & The Environment
Most people probably think of glaciers as massive blocks of white ice. But many glaciers have dark patches because of th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 13, 2025Earth & The Environment
How can machine learning help determine the best times and ways to use solar energy? This is what a recent study publish ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 05, 2025Earth & The Environment
New research has analyzed melt patterns on the Greenland Ice Sheet. This study determined that cracks are opening up fas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2025Earth & The Environment
What steps can researchers take to reduce the amount of harmful algal blooms (HABs), which pose threats to marine ecosys ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 27, 2025Earth & The Environment
How can microbes in the Amazon help mitigate the global effects of climate change? This is what a recent study published ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 26, 2025Earth & The Environment
Climate change is affecting a seemingly endless number of things, in increasingly drastic ways.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 22, 2025Earth & The Environment
What impact do heatwaves have on coral reefs? This is what a recent study published in Limnology and Oceanography Letter ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 22, 2025Plants & Animals
How are desert lizards impacted by increased temperatures resulting from climate change? This is what a recent study pub ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 22, 2025Earth & The Environment
Research has shown that flooding, caused by events like atmospheric rivers and torrential thunderstorms, is increasing i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 21, 2025Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms, and there are still many that we know nothing about. Scientists have embarked on a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 19, 2025Earth & The Environment
Hydroclimate whiplash is a term to refer to rapid weather shifts between very wet and intensely dry, and this phenomenon ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 13, 2025Earth & The Environment
What impacts did climate change have on ocean temperatures in 2024? This is what a recent study published in Advances in ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 08, 2025Earth & The Environment
For several days, the National Weather Service in Los Angeles was warning of an extremely dangerous wind event that woul ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 08, 2025Earth & The Environment
How can climate change impact apple production in the United States? This is what a recent study published in Environmen ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 08, 2025Earth & The Environment
How did the 2024 climate, and specifically extreme weather, impact the global water cycle? This is what the 2024 Global ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 07, 2025Microbiology
Bacterial cells have lots of interesting abilities. They can pass a kind of memory onto offspring; easily share genes; a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 03, 2025Earth & The Environment
When massive blocks of ice detach from glaciers, it is known as calving. This process is one of the main ways that glaci ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 29, 2024Earth & The Environment
In the 1990s, scientists began to use the term 'atmospheric river' to refer to strips of water vapor in the air that mig ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Some species of the parasite Trypanosoma brucei can a serious and deadly illness caused sleeping sickness. These parasit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2024Earth & The Environment
How can rivers determine the long-term fate of the world’s water supply? This is what a recent study published in ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 17, 2024Earth & The Environment
What is the cost of one additional ton of carbon dioxide emitted, officially called the social cost of carbon (SCC)? Thi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 10, 2024Earth & The Environment
How can tree placement impact urban temperatures? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & En ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 25, 2025
Earth & The Environment
In 2023, the average surface air temperature of the planet was 1.43ºC above pre-industrial levels, which exceeded expect
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2025
Microbiology
Two new studies have shown how climate change can increase disease. Both of these reports were focused on the increase i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Most people probably think of glaciers as massive blocks of white ice. But many glaciers have dark patches because of th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 13, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How can machine learning help determine the best times and ways to use solar energy? This is what a recent study publish
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 05, 2025
Earth & The Environment
New research has analyzed melt patterns on the Greenland Ice Sheet. This study determined that cracks are opening up fas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What steps can researchers take to reduce the amount of harmful algal blooms (HABs), which pose threats to marine ecosys
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 27, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How can microbes in the Amazon help mitigate the global effects of climate change? This is what a recent study published
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 26, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Climate change is affecting a seemingly endless number of things, in increasingly drastic ways.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 22, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What impact do heatwaves have on coral reefs? This is what a recent study published in Limnology and Oceanography Letter
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 22, 2025
Plants & Animals
How are desert lizards impacted by increased temperatures resulting from climate change? This is what a recent study pub
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 22, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Research has shown that flooding, caused by events like atmospheric rivers and torrential thunderstorms, is increasing i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 21, 2025
Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms, and there are still many that we know nothing about. Scientists have embarked on a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 19, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Hydroclimate whiplash is a term to refer to rapid weather shifts between very wet and intensely dry, and this phenomenon
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 13, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What impacts did climate change have on ocean temperatures in 2024? This is what a recent study published in Advances in
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 08, 2025
Earth & The Environment
For several days, the National Weather Service in Los Angeles was warning of an extremely dangerous wind event that woul
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 08, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How can climate change impact apple production in the United States? This is what a recent study published in Environmen
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 08, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How did the 2024 climate, and specifically extreme weather, impact the global water cycle? This is what the 2024 Global
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 07, 2025
Microbiology
Bacterial cells have lots of interesting abilities. They can pass a kind of memory onto offspring; easily share genes; a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 03, 2025
Earth & The Environment
When massive blocks of ice detach from glaciers, it is known as calving. This process is one of the main ways that glaci
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2024
Earth & The Environment
In the 1990s, scientists began to use the term 'atmospheric river' to refer to strips of water vapor in the air that mig
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Some species of the parasite Trypanosoma brucei can a serious and deadly illness caused sleeping sickness. These parasit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How can rivers determine the long-term fate of the world’s water supply? This is what a recent study published in
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 17, 2024
Earth & The Environment
What is the cost of one additional ton of carbon dioxide emitted, officially called the social cost of carbon (SCC)? Thi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 10, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How can tree placement impact urban temperatures? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & En
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc