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USA: Many Dallas-Fort Worth area faults have the potential to host earthquakes, new study finds

New research reveals that the majority of faults underlying the Fort Worth Basin are sensitive to changes in stress that could cause them to slip.
University of Texas
The edge of Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf, soaring over 80 feet above the ocean surface, with small bergy bits at its foot. Photo: Beth Burton/USGS
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Robots roaming in Antarctic waters reveal why Ross ice shelf melts rapidly in summer

Scientists have analysed why the Antarctic Ross Ice Shelf melts during the summer, which offered them information on how the ice sheet works as a whole.
Earth Institute, the
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Climate and mortality rates in Kenya, Mali, and Malawi: What we found

New research sheds light on the impact of climate change on mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, independently and in unison with drivers within and outside the household.
Conversation Media Group, the
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‘Stark warning’: New research identifies deadly hidden weather hazard that has the potential to affect millions of people

New research finds that tropical cyclones followed by deadly heat is an emerging weather threat that could put millions of people at risk as global temperatures rise.
Loughborough University
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USA: $24 billion national flood insurance program debt explained in one chart

Extreme precipitation is increasing with climate change, which creates a flood insurance dilemma for American states and residents living in at-risk areas.
California WaterBlog
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"Hold the door": USF geoscientists discover mechanisms controlling Greenland ice sheet collapse

New research has uncovered a process that can control the “calving” of glaciers – when large chunks of glacier ice collapse into the sea, forming icebergs.
University of South Florida
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Sustainable land management key to reducing Amazon wildfires, study shows

A new study finds that continued deforestation in the Amazon region could expand the areas at risk of wildfires by more than 70% until 2100.
University of Exeter
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Sea level rise: West Antarctic ice collapse may be prevented by snowing ocean water onto it

New research suggests that covering West Antarctica's ice sheet with trillions of tons of snow could prevent global long-term sea level rise.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
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Dangerous heat to soar across entire US "breaking" National Weather Service heat index scale, posing unprecedented health risks

The frequency of "feels like" temperatures that break the heat index scale in the USA will increase more than four-fold by late century.
Union of Concerned Scientists
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Twitter ‘fingerprint’ helps decode how individuals respond to crises

A new tool uses tweets shared during crises to create a "fingerprint" that allows policymakers to better quantify a community's thoughts about an issue.
Purdue University

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