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- Climate-Driven Megadrought Is Emerging in Western U.S., Says Study https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2020/04/16/climate-driven-megadrought-emerging-western-u-s/ 123 comments
- On a Remote Island, a Lost Part of the World Is Found https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2019/02/12/lost-continent/ 11 comments
- Even a Limited India-Pakistan Nuclear War Would Bring Global Famine, Says Study https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2020/03/16/even-limited-india-pakistan-nuclear-war-would-bring-global-famine/ 94 comments geopolitics
- A new study of an ancient period that is considered the closest natural analog to the era of modern human carbon emissions has found that massive volcanism sent great waves of carbon into the oceans over thousands of years — but that nature did not come close to matching what humans are doing today. https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2020/09/14/ancient-volcanoes-boosted-ocean-carbon-humans-now-far-outpacing/ 7 comments science
- Climate-Driven Megadrought Is Emerging in Western U.S., Says Study. Warming May Be Triggering Era Worse Than Any in Recorded History https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2020/04/16/climate-driven-megadrought-emerging-western-u-s/ 1164 comments science
- American Robins Now Migrate 12 Days Earlier Than in 1994. Robin migration is kicking off earlier by about five days each decade. The study is also the first to reveal the environmental conditions along the migration route that help the birds keep up with the changing seasons. https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2020/04/01/robins-migrate-12-days-earlier/ 57 comments science
- Even a Limited India-Pakistan Nuclear War Would Bring Global Famine, Says Study https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2020/03/16/even-limited-india-pakistan-nuclear-war-would-bring-global-famine/ 10 comments worldnews
- Wine Regions Could Shrink Dramatically With Climate Change Unless Growers Swap Varieties https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2020/01/27/wine-regions-shrink-climate-change/ 4 comments science
- Ozone-depleting substances caused about a third of all global warming from 1955 to 2005, and half of Arctic warming and sea ice loss during the same period, study finds. https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2020/01/20/ozone-depleting-substances-arctic-warming/ 6 comments science
- Air Pollution Cuts Are Saving Lives in New York State. The researchers found that PM2.5 levels dropped by 28 to 37 percent between 2002 and 2012. This drop cut the air pollution mortality burden for residents by 67 percent -- from 8,410 premature deaths in 2002 to 2,750 deaths in 2012. https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2019/08/07/air-pollution-cuts-are-saving-lives-in-new-york-state/ 40 comments science
- What Can We Do About the Growing E-waste Problem? https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2018/08/27/growing-e-waste-problem/ 12 comments technology
- The number of migrants seeking asylum in the European Union will nearly triple by 2100 if carbon emissions continue on their current path (RCP 4.5) http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2017/12/21/hotter-temperatures-will-accelerate-migration-europe-says-study/ 6 comments science
- Climate change will have significant effects on chronically humid areas with extreme "wet bulb" temperature events becoming increasingly common over the next 50 years. This will disproportionately impact regions where people work outside and have little access to air conditioning. http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2017/12/22/humidity-may-prove-breaking-point-for-some-areas-as-temperatures-rise-says-study/ 23 comments science
- New research predicts that migrants applying for asylum in the European Union will nearly triple over the average of the last 15 years by 2100 if carbon emissions continue on their current path. The study appears today in the journal Science. http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2017/12/21/hotter-temperatures-will-accelerate-migration-europe-says-study/ 4 comments science
- Rising temperatures due to global warming will make it harder for many aircraft around the world to take off. During the hottest parts of the day, 10 to 30 percent of fully loaded planes may have to remove some fuel, cargo or passengers, or else wait for cooler hours to fly, the study concludes. http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2017/07/13/surging-heat-may-limit-aircraft-takeoffs-globally/ 17 comments science
- A new study documents evidence of a massive release of carbon from permafrost at the end of the last glacial period. Roughly 70–80% of the carbon that took atmospheric CO2 from 190ppm to 270ppm could have been supplied by the active layer. http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2016/12/02/when-permafrost-melts/ 6 comments science
- Fossil Fuels Do Far More Harm Than Nuclear Power http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/15/fossil-fuels-do-far-more-harm-than-nuclear-power/ 84 comments science
- Dead Plants Strengthen Beliefs in Global Warming http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/27/dead-plants-strengthen-beliefs-in-global-warming/#.t56m3ylfybg.reddit 13 comments science
- Giving the Earth a Cool Shower - Is Massive Irrigation Hiding the Greenhouse Effect Around the World? http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/16/giving-the-earth-a-cool-shower-is-massive-irrigation-hiding-the-greenhouse-effect-around-the-world/ 8 comments science