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Study suggests great earthquakes as cause of Arctic warming

A researcher from MIPT suggests that Artic's rapid warming could have been triggered by a series of great earthquakes.
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Africa Studio/Shutterstock
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Secure food supply chain

UD’s Kyle Davis investigates how to make the global food supply more resilient
University of Delaware
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Climate change: threshold for dangerous warming will likely be crossed between 2027-2042

Scientists introduce a new way to predict global warming, reducing uncertainties considerably.
McGill University
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‘We didn’t have money or enough food’: how COVID-19 affected Papua New Guinean fishing families

In March 2020, Papua New Guinea went into a state of emergency to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Conversation Media Group, the
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A wide green perspective on dikes

The author shares into this storyline the results and lessons from modelling the salt marsh and borrow pit helping a hand against the sea-level rise.
All-Risk: NCR Knowledge Base
The empty Cantaneira reservoir during the 2014 drought in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Nelson Antoine/Shutterstock
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Coastal Brazil is likely to face more heat waves and droughts

In 2014, São Paulo experienced its greatest water crisis ever. New research indicates that it is likely to happen again and be even more severe.
Eos - AGU
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How climate change intertwines with inequity to erode nutrition

Equity is a fundamental component of climate change and nutrition research, says new paper co-authored by CCAFS scientists.
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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Tracking the tinderbox: Stanford scientists map wildfire fuel moisture across western U.S.

Researchers have developed a deep-learning model that maps fuel moisture levels in fine detail across 12 western states, opening a door for better fire predictions.
Stanford News Service
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Can volcano forecasting make visiting Whakaari safe again?

Last year’s explosive eruption at the New Zealand volcano tragically took tourists by surprise.
Eos - AGU
A Filippino man repairs a roof destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan, 2013. Richard Whitcombe/Shutterstock
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When cyclones and conflicts collide

New research might identify communities vulnerable to political violence in the aftermath of disasters in the Philippines.
Eos - AGU

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