In 1900, coastal communities could expect certain extreme water level events to occur on average once in a century; in other words there was only a 1% chance to experience such an event in any given year.
College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida
Traditional global climate models were like early digital cameras — they had only about ten thousand pixels to cover the entire planet. At that low resolution, big storm systems looked like blurry blobs.
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Climate change is altering where and when rocks are most likely to fracture across Spain, according to new research that suggests warming temperatures are redistributing a key process responsible for breaking down mountain landscapes.
As the planet continues to warm, marine heat waves are growing longer and deadlier, hurting the seafood supply that billions of people worldwide rely on for their food and livelihoods.
Sedimentary basins – depressions in Earth’s crust caused by tectonic activity – tend to be flat and are favoured places to build cities. But during earthquakes, they can become natural resonance chambers.
A Stanford-led study based on two decades of satellite data finds California could cut deadly pollution from wildfire smoke by 20% in active fire years by expanding use of prescribed fire in conifer forests each year.
