New study reveals record 3.8 trillion tons of ice lost in Greenland
Researchers participating in the Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise, a global collaboration between scientific institutions aimed at studying ice sheet levels, found that the Greenland ice sheet has lost 3.8 trillion tons of ice since 1992, at a rapidly accelerating pace. Consequently, sea levels have risen by 10.6 mm, and researchers state the world is heading for the extreme end of the climate change scenario.
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Global CO2 emissions from the power sector experience the largest drop since 1990
Global Carbon Dioxide emissions from the power sector dropped by 2% last year, making it the largest drop since 1990. This dip occurred due to the reduction in coal usage in Europe and the United States. Although coal usage in China rose by a large amount as the country became responsible for half the world's coal-fired power generation.
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Summers in Australia are now twice as long, scientists suspect climate change
According to a new report, summers in Australia are now twice as long as they used to be in the 50s and 60s. The summer has been extended by 31 days in most of the country's capital cities and many suspect climate change is the cause of this drastic change.
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Scientists baffled by new climate model predictions
Scientists have been inputting global data into large simulations of the Earth's climate for some time and up until this point they had all agreed on how much pollution it would take to raise the planet's temperature by 3 degrees. Recently however different models have begun predicting a five-degree increase for the same amount of pollution. Meaning it will take much less pollution to destroy the planet than previously thought.
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World's oldest crater discovered in Australia
The Yarrabubba crater in western Australia has officially earned the designation of world's oldest crater at 2.2 billion years old, surpassing the previous record by more than 200 million years. The 70-kilometer wide crater is thought to have been caused by a meteorite impact, with researchers stating the crater will help studies of ancient glacial periods and ice sheet melting.
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