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Thawing permafrost in Siberia releases methane and threatens global warming, say scientists

Methane gases released into the air from Siberian limestone after last year’s heatwave has a much stronger effect on global warming than carbon dioxide, say scientists.

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    Poles are pioneers of polar research, expert writes in Norwegian weekly

    Poles are pioneers of polar research, carrying out important investigations into climate change, says a leading environmental scientist.

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    Heat Wave! Global warming will increase coastal ‘overtopping’, scientists warn

    With the threat of coastal flooding increasing as sea levels get higher, the best solution may be into raise coastlines, say scientists.

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    Underwater methane hydrates are a threat to the climate, says leading geologist

    Although methane hydrates on the bottom of the oceans are a possible alternative to conventional hydrocarbon sources, they are also a potential threat to the climate, says scientists.

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    Researchers warn of increasing shortage of oxygen in inland waters

    Development of agriculture and climate change causes a decrease in oxygen levels in inland waters which harms ecosystems and reduces the quality of drinking water, new research has found.

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    Scientists identify three tropical phenomena behind heavy rain in Indonesia

    How to deal with devastating tropical rainfall in Indonesia may have been solved after researchers found that it is the result of three different weather phenomena.

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    Cucumbers, pumpkins and zucchini can clean soil, say scientists

    Plants such as cucumber, pumpkin, zucchini, melon and watermelon have beneficial properties for cleaning agricultural soils without harming the environment biologists from the University of Lodz have found.

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    Geological boundary found in Scotland to receive ‘Golden Spike’

    The geological boundary between two stages of the Jurassic period has been discovered in Scotland by an international team of researchers led by scientists from the University of Warsaw.

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    2020 was ‘extremely warm’, says new weather report

    Two heat waves in January and February last year have led scientists to classifying 2020’s weather as ‘extremely warm’.

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    Caves are great repositories of data about the past, says speleologist

    Animal remains are well preserved in caves, making it possible to study fossil DNA, and cave formations tell us how the climate was changing in the past, says speleologist Dr. Michał Gradziński from the Jagiellonian University.

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Shaking nanotubes

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