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After the 1953 North Sea Flood in the Netherlands, Australia provided vital support—donating blankets, clothing, and financial aid to help communities rebuild.

Today, as Australia battles its own floods, we are reminded of the power of global solidarity.
Village view of Kruiningen during the North Sea Flood. Photo: 'Boven Water', Van Loo
February 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Severe flooding 🇦🇺

Helicopter footage reveals the scale of devastation in Queensland, Australia, where relentless rainfall has submerged entire communities. Thousands have been forced to evacuate as emergency services work tirelessly to provide support.

Video: Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS)
February 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
rashakamel.bsky.social
"Whether through agricultural practices, deforestation, or urbanization, how modern humans use land has had an unprecedented impact on the planet. But historical information on human land use is lacking, impacting the quality of the climate models used today".
#climatemodels
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February 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
rashakamel.bsky.social
"El Niño and La Niña are climate phenomena that are generally associated with wetter and drier winter conditions in the Southwestern United States, respectively. In 2023, however, a La Niña year proved extremely wet in the Southwest instead of dry".
#climatechange
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Atmospheric rivers explain atypical El Niño and La Niña years
El Niño and La Niña are climate phenomena that are generally associated with wetter and drier winter conditions in the Southwestern United States, respectively. In 2023, however, a La Niña year proved...
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February 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
rashakamel.bsky.social
"New analysis methods, applied to ancient plant DNA, reveal how hard-hit plants were and are by global warming"
#globalwarming #ancientplant #extinction
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Global warming and mass extinctions: What we can learn from plants from the last ice age
Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species – according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out since 1750 – twice the number of animal species lost. But w...
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February 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
rashakamel.bsky.social
"Greenland's ice sheet currently spans over 1.7m square kilometers & is the largest freshwater reservoir in the northern hemisphere. The ice sheet has already lost over a trillion tonnes of its total mass since the 1980s, with melting rates 6 times higher in the last decade"
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Greenland ice sheet could fully melt after reaching specific tipping point, study finds
Greenland's ice sheet currently spans over 1.7 million square kilometers and is the largest freshwater reservoir in the northern hemisphere. The ice sheet has already lost over a trillion tonnes of it...
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February 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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"Conserving and restoring Southeast Asia’s carbon-rich peatlands and mangroves could mitigate more than 50 per cent of the region’s land-use carbon emissions, according to a new international study published in Nature Communications".
#peatlands #carbon #emissions
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Peatlands and mangroves key to reducing carbon emissions in Southeast Asia, finds international study
Conserving and restoring Southeast Asia’s carbon-rich peatlands and mangroves could mitigate more than 50 per cent of the region’s land-use carbon emissions, according to a new internation...
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February 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
rashakamel.bsky.social
"Last year's record-breaking temperatures could be a sign that the world is entering a new era above 1.5C of global warming, scientists say, one never before faced by modern humans".
#globalwarming #parisagreement
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World may have entered era of 1.5C warming, scientists say
Last year's record-breaking temperatures could be a sign that the world is entering a new era above 1.5C of global warming, scientists say, one never before faced by modern humans.
phys.org
February 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
rashakamel.bsky.social
"While the restoration of natural areas is high on political agendas, a comprehensive new study from the University of Copenhagen shows that – after more than two decades – biodiversity growth has stalled in restored Danish wetlands".
#biodiversity #wetlands
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Twenty years on, biodiversity struggles to take root in restored wetlands
While the restoration of natural areas is high on political agendas, a comprehensive new study from the University of Copenhagen shows that – after more than two decades – biodiversity gro...
www.eurekalert.org
February 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
rashakamel.bsky.social
"In 2016, nearly 200 world leaders pledged to do everything possible to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Since then, policymakers across the globe have designed countless laws around the assumption that warming would never cross that threshold".
#globalwarming
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An Arctic meltdown is accelerating global warming: How will we adapt?
In 2016, nearly 200 world leaders pledged to do everything possible to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Since then, policymakers across the globe have designed countless laws around the as...
phys.org
February 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
rashakamel.bsky.social
"Scientists at UC Santa Cruz have completed the first end-to-end genome of the iconic Pacific banana slug, a species synonymous with California's coastal redwood forests and the university's beloved mascot".
#bananaslug #genome #species
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Scientists produce first complete genome of a banana slug
Scientists at UC Santa Cruz have completed the first end-to-end genome of the iconic Pacific banana slug, a species synonymous with California's coastal redwood forests and the university's beloved ma...
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February 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
rashakamel.bsky.social
"Reducing sulfur in the air may inadvertently increase natural emissions of methane from wetlands such as peatlands and swamps, a new study has found".
#emissions #methane #peatlands #wetlands
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Clean air policies unintentionally drive up wetland methane emissions, study finds
Reducing sulfur in the air may inadvertently increase natural emissions of methane from wetlands such as peatlands and swamps, a new study has found.
phys.org
February 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
rashakamel.bsky.social
"The world warmed to yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly United States, a cooling La Niña and predictions of a slightly less hot 2025, according to the European climate service Copernicus".
#globalwarming #lanina #cooling
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The US is freezing and La Nina usually eases warming. Earth just set another heat record anyway
The world warmed to yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly United States, a cooling La Niña and predictions of a slightly less hot 2025, according to the European cli...
phys.org
February 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
rashakamel.bsky.social
"Researchers report evidence that marine nutrient cycles—essential for sustaining ocean ecosystems—are changing in unexpected ways as the planet continues to warm".
#globalwarming #nutrientcycles #ecosystems #marine
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Climate change is overhauling marine nutrient cycles, scientists say
Computer models reveal how human-driven climate change will dramatically overhaul critical nutrient cycles in the ocean. In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of Californi...
phys.org
February 5, 2025 at 10:43 AM
rashakamel.bsky.social
"The Greenland Ice Sheet is cracking open more rapidly as it responds to climate change. The warning comes in a new large-scale study of crevasses on the world's second largest body of ice".
#GreenlandIceSheet #climatechange
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Cracks in Greenland Ice Sheet grow more rapidly in response to climate change, study warns
The Greenland Ice Sheet is cracking open more rapidly as it responds to climate change. The warning comes in a new large-scale study of crevasses on the world's second largest body of ice.
phys.org
February 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
rashakamel.bsky.social
"There is a critical link between reduced river flow into the Mediterranean & the health its marine ecosystems. New research underscores the urgency of integrating water resource management to properly safeguard biodiversity of the seas, ocean & the economies it supports".

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Water scarcity poses risk to Mediterranean marine life and economy
There is a critical link between reduced river flow into the Mediterranean and the health of the Mediterranean marine ecosystems. New research underscores the urgency of integrating water resource man...
phys.org
February 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
rashakamel.bsky.social
"Researchers have developed a method to bypass the need for gathering data for more than 55,000 tree species to better account for how plants influence the flow of water around the planet".
#climatechange #plants #water #biosphere #trees

phys.org/news/2025-02...
A new method to model how plants move water globally
Earth systems models are an important tool for studying complex processes occurring around the planet, such as those in and between the atmosphere and biosphere, and they help researchers and policyma...
phys.org
February 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
rashakamel.bsky.social
"As insect populations decrease worldwide in what some have called an "insect apocalypse," biologists are desperate to determine how the six-legged creatures are responding to a warming world and to predict the long-term winners and losers".
#insects #climatechange #ecology
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February 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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"Constructed wetlands do a good job in their early years of capturing carbon in the environment that contributes to climate change—but that ability does diminish with time as the wetlands mature, a new study suggests".
#wetlands #climatechange
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Constructed wetlands' carbon capture declines with age, study finds
Constructed wetlands do a good job in their early years of capturing carbon in the environment that contributes to climate change—but that ability does diminish with time as the wetlands mature, a new...
phys.org
February 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka scientists have successfully analysed more than 30 years of vital data on the thickness of landfast sea ice in Antarctica’s McMurdo Sound, which will prove useful to measure future impacts of climate change.
#climatechange
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Otago scientists discover Antarctic fast ice secrets
University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka scientists have successfully analysed more than 30 years of vital data on the thickness of landfast sea ice in Antarctica’s McMurdo Sound, which ...
www.eurekalert.org
January 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
rashakamel.bsky.social
"University of Toronto Scarborough researchers have directly linked population decline in polar bears living in Western Hudson Bay to shrinking sea ice caused by climate change".
#climatechange #polarbears #sea #ice
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Polar bears are struggling to get enough to eat as sea ice dwindles due to climate change, study finds
University of Toronto Scarborough researchers have directly linked population decline in polar bears living in Western Hudson Bay to shrinking sea ice caused by climate change.
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January 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
rashakamel.bsky.social
"A new published study by several Audubon scientists shows that improving identification and observation of female birds can help scientists conserve birds and their habitats more broadly".
#bird #habitat #conservation
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January 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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"Researchers from SECORE International, the CARMABI Foundation, and the University of Amsterdam have developed new insights into the optimal conditions for coral breeding, which could significantly enhance larval production and bolster declining coral populations"
#coralreef
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Optimized in vitro fertilization techniques to boost Caribbean coral restoration efforts
A study published in PeerJ unveils refined techniques for in vitro fertilization (IVF) in four key Caribbean coral species, offering a crucial advancement in coral reef restoration efforts.
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January 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
rashakamel.bsky.social
"A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska's tundra is releasing huge quantities of carbon into the ocean, where it can contribute to climate change, according to new research out of The University of Texas at Austin".
#climatechange #ocean #carbon
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Groundwater in the Arctic is delivering more carbon into the ocean than was previously known
A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska's tundra is releasing huge quantities of carbon into the ocean, where it can contribute to climate change, according to new research o...
phys.org
January 31, 2025 at 6:28 AM
rashakamel.bsky.social
"The UK’s peatlands face an uncertain future amid the escalating impacts of climate change.
Peatlands are critical ecosystems for carbon storage & biodiversity, containing more carbon than all the world's forests despite covering just 3% of the global land surface"
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Future of UK peatlands under threat due to climate change
The UK’s peatlands face an uncertain future amid the escalating impacts of climate change. Peatlands are critical ecosystems for carbon storage and biodiversity, containing more carbon than all...
www.eurekalert.org
January 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM