Earth science news

Can Death be Sustainable?

The number of deaths per year brings into question whether current funerary practices are environmentally sustainable.

Global warming + trees = regional cooling?

Global warming may increase production of organic aerosol in trees which may in turn temper the expected rise in temperatures in the U.S. Southeast.

Extinction of the Old, Evolution of the New: What really happened to the dinosaurs?

There is now evidence that the Chicxulub impact occurred 300,000 years before the KT boundary indicated by the iridium.

Climate change won't cause the largest spread of dengue fever - we will.

Computer models suggest that it will not be climate change that will be directly responsible for the spread of dengue fever. Instead, it could be due to poor quality control of increased water storage that will be necessary to deal with climate change.

What I didn't know about the USGS Volcano Hazards Program

The state of volcano monitoring today in the United States from a talk given by YVO Scientist-in-Charge Dr. Jake Lowenstern as part of the Volcanological Society of Sacramento meeting.

Climate change, heat stress, and animal evolution

Extreme heat events are just one more way that the climate change can shape the evolution of animal populations.

The Solar Cycle and Global Warming

The Sun is currently at a 100-year low for sunspots after a decades-long decline.

What it will take to cut global warming in half

Computer models suggest that fossil fuel emissions would have to be cut by 70% to halve the consequences from climate change.

What goes up must come down

Short-term trends do not reflect how climate will change in the long term.

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