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Humans more responsible for groundwater depletion than climate change: ICRISAT

Hyderabad: Humans are more responsible for groundwater depletion than climate change, a study by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) found on Saturday. According to the ICRISAT report, cultivation of water-intensive crops in Himayat Sagar watersheds decreases rainfall due to overuse of groundwater. “We have observed that nearly 50% of the […]

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Julia Hartley-Brewer says climate change is ‘complete nonsense’ on Question Time

THE BBC has been criticized for its platform climate change skepticism about Question Time. Thursday night’s show, which took place in London’s affluent Dulwich, featured TalkTV presenter Julia Hartley-Brewer as a guest on the panel. Hartley Brewer previously criticized the BBC for reporting on climate changeinsisting that it is not “news”. Asked about the actions […]

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JBA Risk Management launches new tools on global climate change

JBA Risk Management has launched a set of global climate change tools enabling the (re)insurance market, risk managers and lenders to understand future flood risks in any country in the world. The tool suite consists of new customizable climate change flood models providing high-resolution, probabilistic modeling of flood losses for every country in the world, […]

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Climate models without water vapor lightness are likely to be uncertain in cloud simulations

Clouds are notoriously difficult to pin down, especially in climatology. A study from the University of California, Davis, and published in the journal nature geoscience shows that air temperature and cloud cover are strongly influenced by the water vapor buoyancy effect, an effect currently overlooked in some major global climate models. Global climate models are […]

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Lightness of water vapor adds weight to global climate models

Clouds are notoriously difficult to pin down, especially in climatology. A study from the University of California at Davis and published in the journal Nature Geoscience shows that air temperature and cloud cover are strongly influenced by the buoyancy effect of water vapor, an effect currently overlooked in some models leading global climates. Global climate […]

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Climate change: Damage from increasingly intense storms shows why it is imperative to reduce carbon emissions – Professor Len Shaffrey

Hurricane Florence is gaining momentum in the Atlantic Ocean in 2018, in a photo taken from the International Space Station by astronaut Ricky Arnold (Photo: Nasa via Getty Images) Storms are one of the most powerful manifestations of extreme weather, with associated high winds and heavy rain causing loss of life, disruption and damage to […]

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Let’s change food production methods to cope with climate variability

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned in August this year that the Horn of Africa was experiencing one of the worst hunger crises in 70 years, with more than 37 million people suffering from acute hunger. and around seven million malnourished children under five in the region. To avoid the worst, experts recommend an approach […]

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Little Rock mayoral candidates talk about climate change

Three of Little Rock’s mayoral candidates attended an environment-focused forum on Wednesday night at the Hibernia Irish Tavern on Rodney Parham Road. Presented by the Sierra Club, Mayor Frank Scott Jr., Greg Henderson and Glen Schwarz talked about recycling, renewable energy and bike paths. Mayoral candidate Steve Lander did not attend the discussion. On Tuesday […]

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Andrew Kirton: It takes political courage to tackle climate change

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern with, left to right, James Shaw, Damien O’Connor and Kieran McAnulty at Kaiwaiwai Dairies Ltd near Featherston. Photo/Mark Mitchell OPINION This week’s farm program pricing announcement is the most significant change to agriculture in 40 years. It is difficult to accuse the Ardern administration of lacking political courage. Compared to the […]

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The impact of sanctions on Zimbabwe’s fight against climate change

The Chronicle Michael Magoronga, Midlands Correspondent The country is reeling from the effects of climate change, with the majority of the population staring hunger in the face after the rains unexpectedly disappeared during the 2021/22 summer agricultural season. World leaders have come up with ideas to tackle the negative effects of climate change which have […]

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Climate models accurately simulate the Pacific No

Climate models are powerful tools that scientists use to study how the climate system works today and how it will evolve under different scenarios of global warming. When models are updated with new scientific information, they should be evaluated to see how well they represent different climate characteristics, including weather patterns found in particular geographic […]

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Climate models accurately simulate Pacific Northwest weather conditions

Climate models are powerful tools that scientists use to study how the climate system works today and how it will evolve under different scenarios of global warming. When models are updated with new scientific information, they should be evaluated to see how well they represent different climate characteristics, including weather patterns found in particular geographic […]

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Climate models accurately simulate Pacific Northwest weather conditions

Climate models are powerful tools that scientists use to study how the climate system works today and how it will evolve under different scenarios of global warming. When models are updated with new scientific information, they should be evaluated to see how well they represent different climate characteristics, including weather patterns found in particular geographic […]

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Guest post: Testing how the latest climate models simulate global soil carbon

The world’s soils are the largest active carbon reservoir on Earth’s land surface – recording at least three more time than in forests and plants. According to the last Global carbon budget, the emission of an additional 120 billion tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere should be enough to push global warming beyond the 1.5°C […]

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Is the Atlantic hurricane season getting worse (and is climate change to blame)?

With Cuba and Florida reeling after Hurricane Ian, which made landfall in September 2022 and was one of the region’s strongest and most destructive storms in decades, it’s tempting to blame the carnage of another deadly hurricane season on climate change. . But is climate change the culprit? Recent studies have linked climate change to […]

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Guest post: Testing how the latest climate models simulate global soil carbon

The world’s soils are the largest active carbon reservoir on Earth’s land surface – recording at least three more time than in forests and plants. According to the last Global carbon budget, the emission of an additional 120 billion tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere should be enough to push global warming beyond the 1.5°C […]

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Ancient valleys can show how ice caps will respond to climate change: NPR

An aerial view of icebergs and the ice cap near Pituffik, Greenland. Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images An aerial view of icebergs and the ice cap near Pituffik, Greenland. Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images During Earth’s ice ages, much of North America and northern Europe was […]

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German researchers improve climate models with machine learning

October 5, 2022 — Computers are already using artificial intelligence to improve the resolution of blurry images, to create images that mimic the style of particular painters from photographs, and to render realistic portraits of people who don’t actually exist. The underlying method is based on so-called GANs (Generative Adversarial Networks). A team led by […]

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German researchers improve climate models with machine learning

October 5, 2022 — Computers are already using artificial intelligence to improve the resolution of blurry images, to create images that mimic the style of particular painters from photographs, and to render realistic portraits of people who don’t actually exist. The underlying method is based on so-called GANs (Generative Adversarial Networks). A team led by […]

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Mali experiences significant climate insecurity and variability – Report

Mali has, over the past decade, experienced violent conflict, rainfall variability and an increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, according to a new Adelphi report. The report, titled “Weathering Risk Climate, Peace and Security Assessment,” delved into the climate crisis in the country and the violent conflicts that have occurred in places like […]

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Mali experiences significant climate insecurity and variability – Report

Mali has, over the past decade, experienced violent conflict, rainfall variability and an increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, according to a new Adelphi report. The report, titled “Weathering Risk Climate, Peace and Security Assessment,” delved into the climate crisis in the country and the violent conflicts that have occurred in places like […]

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Return of La Niña shock suggests important details missing in climate models: ScienceAlert

As the world prepares for a third consecutive year of exceptional La Niña conditions, a new study reveals how our climate models could have missed this disaster “triple dip” effect. This is the first time in a century that La Niña has lasted this long, and its wrath is felt in southern Africa and South […]

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Return of La Niña shock suggests important details missing in climate models: ScienceAlert

As the world prepares for a third consecutive year of exceptional La Niña conditions, a new study reveals how our climate models could have missed this disaster “triple dip” effect. This is the first time in a century that La Niña has lasted this long, and its wrath is felt in southern Africa and South […]

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Education and climate change

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which had already massively disrupted the ability of systems and students to catch up on lost learning, the recent floods have thrown Pakistan’s fragile education system into new limbo. Early estimates speak of partial or complete damage to nearly 20,000 schools, disrupting education for more than 3 million […]

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A range of agronomic factors can offset the effects of climatic variability on rainfed maize production in Kenya

FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020. FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca9692en (2020). FAOSTAT, F. FAOSTAT Statistical Database. FAO (2022). Chapman, S. et al. Impact of climate change on crop suitability in sub-Saharan Africa in regional climate models parameterized and allowing convection. About. […]

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A range of agronomic factors can offset the effects of climatic variability on rainfed maize production in Kenya

FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020. FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca9692en (2020). FAOSTAT, F. FAOSTAT Statistical Database. FAO (2022). Chapman, S. et al. Impact of climate change on crop suitability in sub-Saharan Africa in regional climate models parameterized and allowing convection. About. […]

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Hurricane Ian flooded Florida and climate change only made it worse

Barbara Liz-Ortiz did everything she could to bring down her young daughter’s fever, giving her fluids and even a cold shower. The only thing she didn’t have was medicine, and she couldn’t leave her house to get it. Like thousands of Floridians who withstood Hurricane Ian, Liz-Ortiz was trapped at home – not by devastating […]