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Category: What is going on with the Earth’s climate?

What is going on with the Earth’s climate? How do we study climate? What does the data show?
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How will the melting Greenland Ice Sheet affect ocean currents?

Posted on September 9, 2024June 26, 2025 by Andrea Corpolongo

Researchers found the melting Greenland Ice Sheet is releasing tons of icebergs into the North Atlantic Ocean that could further disrupt…

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    What’s making Earth’s atmosphere drier?

    Posted on June 10, 2024June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

    Scientists investigated humidity patterns in tree rings across Europe to test whether recently drier air is natural or caused by global…

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      Can scientists predict catastrophic floods?

      Posted on May 30, 2024June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

      Researchers showed river structure and moisture conditions can help predict large-scale flood events.

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        How do mountains affect Earth’s climate?

        Posted on December 11, 2023December 1, 2023 by Sciworthy

        Scientists showed sulfuric acid formed during weathering of rocks causes mountains to consume less greenhouse gasses than they previously…

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          Scientists reevaluate global methane emissions

          Posted on October 16, 2023June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

          Researchers used high-resolution satellite data to show the amount of methane entering the atmosphere currently surpasses the amount removed…

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            Is global warming affecting home runs in baseball?

            Posted on August 28, 2023June 25, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

            Researchers analyzed more than 200,000 balls hit in Major League Baseball games played between 1962 and 2019. They estimated global warming…

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              Tornado winds are strongest closest to the ground

              Posted on May 1, 2023June 25, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

              Researchers from the University of Illinois compiled ground-level tornado wind speeds from more than 70 tornadoes over 30 years. They found…

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                Underground microbes capture greenhouse gases

                Posted on February 20, 2023December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

                Researchers showed microbes living on the walls of underground caves can take up and store carbon dioxide and methane from the atmosphere.

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                  Tonga super eruption reached unexpected heights

                  Posted on December 12, 2022June 25, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

                  On January 15th, 2022, the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai violently erupted, spewing an immense plume of ash and gas into…

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                    How do microbes affect clouds in the Arctic?

                    Posted on October 10, 2022June 25, 2025 by Hunter Dulay

                    Seasonal changes in bacteria living in the air above the Arctic are partly caused by air current changes and may alter cloud formation.…

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