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Small-scale fisheries offer strategies for resilience in the face of climate change

Small-scale fisheries are on the frontlines of climate change. They may offer insights into resilience.
Stanford University
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More extreme short-duration thunderstorms likely due to global warming

Rising temperatures will intensify future rainfall extremes at a much greater rate than average rainfall, with largest increases to short thunderstorms.
Newcastle University
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4 assumptions about gender that distort how we think about climate change (and 3 ways to do better)

In an article published today in Nature Climate Change, we reviewed the literature on climate change and gender in low and middle-income countries from the last six years.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Rating tornado warnings charts a path to improve forecasts

The US experiences more tornadoes than any other country. Tornadoes are often deadly, especially in places where buildings can’t withstand high winds.
University of Washington
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Gulf Stream System at its weakest in over a millennium

Never before in over 1000 years the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), also known as Gulf Stream System, has been as weak as in the last decades.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
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Uncovering patterns in California’s blazing wildfires

A study of trends in wildfire occurrence over the past 30 years shows that climatic and human-related factors can point out regions with high fire probabilities.
Eos - AGU
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Marine heat waves are becoming more common and intense. What can we do to minimize harm?

Improved “weather forecasts” for oceans hold hope for reducing devastation to fisheries and ecosystems around the world.
Ensia
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New research highlights health risks to babies on the front line of climate change

Extreme rainfall is causing harm to babies in some of the most forgotten places on the planet setting in motion a chain of disadvantage down the generations.
Lancaster University
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Scientists begin building highly accurate digital twin of our planet

A digital twin of planet Earth is to simulate the Earth system in future and is intended to support policy-​makers in better preparing for extreme events.
ETH Zurich
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Is the Mediterranean Basin really a hotspot of environmental change?

The Mediterranean basin, which includes the Mediterranean Sea and the countries it borders, is often referred to as a hotspot for climate change and biodiversity.
Conversation Media Group, the

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