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Amazon rainforest trees are resisting climate change by getting fatter from CO2 in the atmosphereTree trunks in the Amazon are getting 3.3% thicker every decade as the plants absorb extra carbon dioxide, suggesting they are more resilient to global warming than previously thought.
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'New' island emerges from melting ice in AlaskaNASA's Earth Observatory has announced that Alaska has a "brand new island" after a retreating glacier lost contact with the Prow Knob mountain landmass in Alsek Lake.
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Action on climate change faces new threat: The doomers who think it's too late to act"Doom-mongering convinces many would-be climate advocates that climate action is a hopeless cause. But the blistering attacks against mainstream climate science and scientists advance an agenda of division, dividing the rank-and-file climate activists and leading voices from the scientific community."
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'Serious adverse and unintended consequences': Polar geoengineering isn't the answer to climate changeOpinion The plans could also unintentionally harm fragile polar ecosystems.
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Key Atlantic current could start collapsing as early as 2055, new study findsThe Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation brings heat to the Northern Hemisphere and regulates the climate globally, but research suggests it could weaken significantly in the coming decades.
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'Like a creeping mold that's spreading across the landscape': Separate dry areas around the world are merging into 'mega-drying' regions at an alarming rate, study findsUnchecked groundwater extraction and climate change have dried continents significantly over the past 22 years, with 101 countries now losing fresh water to the ocean, research reveals.
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Glaciers across North America and Europe have lost an 'unprecedented' amount of ice in the past 4 yearsGlaciers in Washington, Montana, British Columbia, Alberta and the Swiss Alps have set grim records over the past four years, with both the annual amount of ice lost and the four-year average reaching all-time highs.
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Earth appears to be developing new never-before-seen human-made seasons, study findsSeasons are more than just divisions of time — they are our connection with nature.
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Kabul could become the first modern capital to run out of water — here's whyAfghanistan's capital city of Kabul has an existential water problem and other cities may also be vulnerable.
