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Odds of 'strong' El Niño now over 95%, with ocean temperatures to 'substantially exceed' last big warming event
By Sascha Pare published
Sizzling ocean temperatures in the east-central tropical Pacific throughout July indicate there is a good chance El Niño conditions will remain strong for the next six months.
Bison are being introduced to the Russian Arctic to replace extinct woolly mammoths. But why?
By Sascha Pare published
Large herbivores could transform the local ecosystem by grazing and recycling nutrients, but the climate was probably more important in shaping the vast, frigid grasslands of the Pleistocene.
'The stage was now set for the birth and growth of desert dunes': How the Sahara turned from a vast forest to the arid landscape we see today
By Martin Williams published
"A very remarkable series of events took place during the late Miocene between 5.96 and 5.33 million years ago."
15 unexpected effects of climate change
By Carissa Wong published
From shrinking goats to a dimmer Earth, here are some of the lesser-known impacts of rising global temperatures.
Did scientists really create a room temperature superconductor? Not so fast, experts say.
By Ben Turner published
The research, which has not been peer-reviewed, has sparked viral attempts at imitation around the world.
19 'mass extinctions' had CO2 levels we're now veering toward, study warns
By Sascha Pare published
The research looked at peaks in biodiversity loss and their relationship with atmospheric CO2, finding 50 events over the last 534 million years that can be considered mass extinctions.
Will the US run out of water?
By Aimee Gabay published
"The issue is not about running out of water, it's about having water in the right place," Lis Mullin Bernhardt, from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), told Live Science.
Yellowstone's geysers at risk of extinction from climate change, tree skeletons reveal
By Sascha Pare published
In a warmer and drier climate, the groundwater that fuels Yellowstone's tallest active geyser could dwindle, resulting in less frequent eruptions and even extinction.
Gulf Stream current could collapse in 2025, plunging Earth into climate chaos: 'We were actually bewildered'
By Ben Turner published
Researchers have predicted the collapse of the AMOC could happen any time between 2025 and 2095 — far sooner than previous predictions, although not all scientists are convinced.
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