Precipitation in northwest China increasing eightfold since 2000
Northwest China sees eightfold increase in precipitation since 2000, with faster warming and melting glaciers.
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Climate Change
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Study links heat waves to major fossil fuel companies.
A new study links heat waves to major fossil fuel companies, showing their significant role in climate change.
Insects declining rapidly even in untouched ecosystems.
Insects are declining at an alarming rate, even in untouched ecosystems, a new study finds.
Seaweed fuels methane production on sandy shores
Seaweed on sandy shores fuels oxygen-tolerant microbes that produce methane, challenging assumptions about coastal ecosystems' climate role.
Wildfire smoke far deadlier than thought.
Wildfire smoke's death toll underestimated by 93%, study finds.
Most flood losses in the US go uninsured
70% of annual flood losses in the USA, totaling $17B, are uninsured, with low-income communities bearing the brunt.