Tag: global warming
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NASA Reveals 2020 Tied for the Warmest Year Ever Recorded
According to recent research by NASA, 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year in Earth’s recorded history. Scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York studied the global average surface temperature for last year. They found that the temperature had risen 1.84 degrees Fahrenheit above the baseline 1951-1980 mean. 2020…
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Researchers Reveal How Sea Otter Population Change Impacts the Climate
The size of the world’s sea otter population, changing because of warming oceans, may accelerate climate change, according to scientists. Limestone reefs that have been a part of Alaskan kelp forests for centuries have started to disappear. According to an article shared on September 10, 2o20 in Science Daily, the authors believe that predator loss…
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Researchers Successfully Convert Ammonia into Hydrogen for Clean Energy
Researchers from Northwestern University have developed an eco-friendly method of converting ammonia into hydrogen, a huge step toward eliminating pollution. Their findings have been published in the journal Joule and will help the world transition to a hydrogen-fueled economy eventually. Because ammonia becomes liquified much easier than hydrogen, storing, and transporting, it presents fewer difficulties.…
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Climate Experts Explain Why Recent Hurricanes Were Stronger
Climatologists have found that tropical systems have become much stronger in recent years, thanks to climate change. Not only do hurricanes take more time to weaken after making landfall, but they intensify faster and dump more rain than usual. A study published in the journal Nature on November 11, 2020, revealed that recent hurricanes carry…
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New Study Reveals US Generates Most Plastic Pollution Worldwide
A new report published in the journal Science Advances revealed that the US produces more plastic waste than any other nation. It also ranks as high as third among countries causing coastal plastic pollution when factoring in scrap plastic exports plus illegal dumping and littering. This new research contradicts previous assumptions that the US manages…
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NASA Study Reveals Sea Levels Could Rise 15 Inches by 2100
A study found that if greenhouse gas emissions continue at the current pace, sea levels could rise 15 inches by 2100. More than 60 ocean, ice, and atmosphere scientists worldwide from 36 international institutions contributed to the research. Their new estimates revealed that Greenland and Antarctica’s ice sheets alone could cause this surge in sea…