Why Summer Rain Forecasts Keep Failing: New Study Puts Two Major Climate Models to the Test
A comprehensive 32-year evaluation shows that NOAA's SPEAR and NCEP's CFSv2 seasonal models deliver useful spring rainfall skill but share ...
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The Tibetan Plateau’s Water Future Hinges on a Warming Tug-of-War Between Rain and Thirst
A new Climate Dynamics study shows that Tibetan Plateau aridity has been dominated by precipitation trends but that strong warming ...
Rain, Not the River, Drives How Fast Louisiana Marsh Grass Decays
A three-year litter bag experiment in coastal Louisiana shows that rainfall and siphon-driven freshening, rather than temperature or salinity alone, ...
Machine Learning Map of Brazil’s Caatinga Reaches New Accuracy by Reading Terrain and Climate
Researchers combined terrain, climate, and location data with a random forest algorithm on Google Earth Engine to map the Caatinga ...
Pollinator Specialization Peaks Near the Tropics, Not at the Equator, Global Study Finds
A global analysis of more than 3,400 plant–pollinator networks shows that specialization peaks near the tropical–subtropical boundary rather than at ...
Fire Weather Index Projections Reveal Rising Wildfire Danger Across Northern South America
A new study using 19 downscaled CMIP6 climate models projects that fire weather danger in northern South America will intensify ...
Ranking the World’s Climate Models for South America: Four Models Rise Above the Rest
A new evaluation of seventeen CMIP6 climate models identifies CNRM-CM6-1, GFDL-ESM4, MPI-ESM1-2-HR and NorESM2-MM as the most reliable for simulating ...
Atmospheric Rivers Deliver Vital Rain to Arid Iran, 39-Year Study Reveals
A 39-year analysis shows atmospheric rivers bring roughly fifteen moisture transport events to Iran each year, with topography determining where ...
Rainfall and Soil Phosphorus Control Tropical Forest Recovery After Drought
A twenty-year satellite analysis of more than 142,000 drought events reveals that rainfall and soil phosphorus jointly determine whether tropical ...
Drought Is Fading in the Northeastern United States as Rising Rainfall Wins Out
A new Dartmouth study in the Journal of Hydrometeorology finds that increased precipitation has made drought in the northeastern United ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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