China, in Pointed Message to U.S., Tightens Its Climate Targets – The New York Times
President Xi Jinping of China pledged on Tuesday that his country would adopt much stronger climate targets and achieve what he called “carbon neutrality before 2060.” If realized, the pledges would be crucial in the global fight against climate change….
A Chinese perspective on autumn
In Chinese thought, autumn is with the direction west, considered to be the direction of dreams and visions.
Bird beak revealed by laser imaging informs early beak function and development
Confuciusornis was a crow-like fossil bird that lived in the Cretaceous ~120 million years ago. It was one of the first birds to evolve a beak. Early beak evolution remains understudied. Using an imaging technique called Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence, researchers address this by revealing just how different the beak and jaw of Confuciusornis were compared to birds we see today.
Bird beak revealed by laser imaging informs early beak function and development
Confuciusornis was a crow-like fossil bird that lived in the Cretaceous ~120 million years ago. It was one of the first birds to evolve a beak. Early beak evolution remains understudied. Using an imaging technique called Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence, researchers address this by revealing just how different the beak and jaw of Confuciusornis were compared to birds we see today.
Southern hemisphere could see up to 30% less rain at end of the century
(Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) Analysis published in Scientific Reports is based on climate models for the mid-Pliocene period, which occurred 3 million years ago and shared characteristics with present-day warming.
The tipping points at the heart of the climate crisis
The warning signs are flashing red. The California wildfires were surely made worse by the impacts of global heating. A study published in July warned that the Arctic is undergoing “an abrupt climate change event” that will probably lead to…
Sally’s stall tied to global warming, but effects linked to normal weather patterns – NOLA.com
Catastrophic Hurricane Sally’s stall-and-crawl onto the Gulf Coast at the Alabama-Florida border, which pummeled vacation villages with Category 2 winds and dumped rainfall along the coast and inland in amounts measured in feet, is part of a pattern of slow-moving…
Hurricane Sally’s stall tied to global warming, but effects linked to normal weather patterns – NOLA.com
Catastrophic Hurricane Sally’s stall-and-crawl onto the Gulf Coast at the Alabama-Florida border, which pummeled vacation villages with Category 2 winds and dumped rainfall along the coast and inland in amounts measured in feet, is part of a pattern of slow-moving…
Ancient human footprints in Saudi Arabia give glimpse of Arabian ecology 120000 years ago
Using high resolution paleoecological information obtained from fossilized footprints, a new study presents ~120 thousand-year-old human and animal footprints from an ancient lake bed in northern Arabia. These findings represent the earliest evidence for humans in this part of the world and show that human and animal movements and landscape use were closely linked.
Ancient human footprints in Saudi Arabia give glimpse of Arabian ecology 120000 years ago
Using high resolution paleoecological information obtained from fossilized footprints, a new study presents ~120 thousand-year-old human and animal footprints from an ancient lake bed in northern Arabia. These findings represent the earliest evidence for humans in this part of the world and show that human and animal movements and landscape use were closely linked.
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