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Supercomputer models cloud microphysics
April 11, 2018
An international group of researchers have for the first time accurately calculated the effects of aerosols on clouds in a climate model.The team lead by researchers from the Advanced Institute...
Race to study mysterious marine ecosystem
March 8, 2018
A team of scientists, led by the British Antarctic Survey is bound for Antarctica to investigate a mysterious marine ecosystem that’s been hidden beneath an Antarctic ice shelf for up...
Small particles lead to big storms
February 19, 2018
Even the tiniest of particles from human emissions can fuel powerful storms and influence weather and crops much more than previously thought, according to new research.The study, published in Science,...
Exploding stars have a link to climate change
January 22, 2018
Cosmic rays from supernovae can influence Earth's cloud cover and thereby climate according to new research from a team from Denmark.The study reveals how atmospheric ions, produced by the energetic...
Giant volcanic eruption drove historic global warming event
December 8, 2017
New research by a group of international scientists suggests that an extreme global warming event 56 million years ago was caused by a huge volcanic eruption
Volcanic eruption linked to El Niño
December 5, 2017
Researchers at Rutgers University have discovered that large volcanic eruptions can prompt El Niño events.
Renewable energy branches out
December 4, 2017
A team from the US have found a way to convert one of the World’s most abundant polymer – lignin –into a renewable biomass source.
Plate tectonics evolution unlocked
September 21, 2017
Researchers from Germany and Switzerland have shown, with the aid of computer simulations, how plate tectonics occurred on Earth. Scientists know that the Earth formed 4.6 billion years ago, but...
Critical component of Earth’s magnetic field revealed
September 12, 2017
Iron’s presence in the Earth’s core cannot alone explain its magnetic field, according to researchers in Switzerland.
Global food project launched
July 11, 2017
A large scale research project into global food system resilience has been launched at the University of York.
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