Deforestation is causing reduced rainfall across large parts of the tropics, according to new research. Although it has been long suspected, until now, scientists have not been able to identify a clear link between the loss of tree cover and a decline in rainfall.
According to a new study, dangerous climate feedback loops are increasing global warming and risk causing a permanent shift away from the Earth’s current climate.
Climate change affects the global atmospheric circulation, which in turn alters precipitation and evaporation in large parts of the world and, as a result, the amount of river water that can be used locally. Previously, projections of climate impact on stream flow have usually been calculated on the basis of physical models.
Reactions between rocks, rain and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have helped to stabilize the climate throughout Earth’s history, but they won’t help prevent our carbon emissions from causing severe warming, a new study shows. However the results could help us find better ways to trap CO2 and slow climate change.
A severe drought that has lasted on Earth for over two decades is now thought to have affected gravity waves where our planet’s atmosphere meets outer space.
Some say delegates at the COP27 summit missed a key opportunity to recognize the connection between the twin nature and climate crises.
The Earth’s climate has experienced some big changes. A new study shows that the planet has a “stabilizing feedback” mechanism that acts over hundreds of thousands of years to keep global temperatures within a steady habitable range.
According to a study by the World Meteorological Organization, atmospheric levels of all three greenhouse gases have hit record highs.
A new study has produced globally complete maps of the carbon-driven warming that occurred in the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), 56 million years ago. Changes in rainfall patterns and amplification of warming at the poles were remarkably consistent with modern trends.
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC), an ocean current system that carries warm water from the tropics into the North Atlantic and transports cold water from the northern to the southern hemisphere, is an important mechanism for the regulation of Earth’s climate.
