//www.koonmotors.com/news/earth_climate/climate/ Climate change and climate prediction. Read science articles on regional climates and global climate shifts. Updated daily. en-us Wed, 18 Oct 2023 22:54:04 EDT Wed, 18 Oct 2023 22:54:04 EDT 60 //www.koonmotors.com/images/scidaily-logo-rss.png//www.koonmotors.com/news/earth_climate/climate/ For more science news, visit ScienceDaily. //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231018161917.htm A new study reveals how reduced water flows and rising atmospheric temperatures are set to heat our rivers -- creating major challenges for aquatic life, ecosystems, and society. Wed, 18 Oct 2023 16:19:17 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231018161917.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231018161902.htm Research testing new technology to more effectively locate polar bear dens across the Arctic is showing promising results. Researchers hope that improving detection tools to locate dens -- which are nearly invisible and buried under snow -- will help efforts to protect mother polar bears and their cubs. Wed, 18 Oct 2023 16:19:02 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231018161902.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231018115610.htm Colder is not always better for energy-hungry data centers, especially when it comes to their power bills. A new analysis says that keeping the centers at 41°C, or around 105°F, could save up to 56% in cooling costs worldwide. The study proposes new temperature guidelines that may help develop and manage more efficient data centers and IT servers in the future. Wed, 18 Oct 2023 11:56:10 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231018115610.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231017143623.htm Whaling in the 20th century destroyed 99% of the Eastern North Pacific fin whale breeding population. Because there is enough genetic diversity, current conservation measures should help the population rebound without becoming inbred. The future of fin whales in the Gulf of California depends on the recovery of the Eastern North Pacific population. Tue, 17 Oct 2023 14:36:23 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231017143623.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231017123445.htm A team has studied the mountainous star coral, Orbicella faveolata, to determine whether coral populations that have survived higher temperatures can pass their heat tolerance on to their offspring. To the scientists' surprise, the results showed the opposite: The offspring from a population that is less heat-tolerant performed better when exposed to high temperatures than their counterparts from a heat-tolerant population. The findings counter the commonly held notion among scientists that if coral parents can handle the heat, so should their offspring. Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:34:45 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231017123445.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231017123443.htm Now is the time to identify the conditions that cause plants to die. Doing so will allow us to better protect plants by choosing conservation targets more strategically, botanists argue. Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:34:43 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231017123443.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231017123428.htm Scientists measured microplastic concentrations in the highly productive Barents Sea and suggest that ocean circulation, ice melt, tourism, inadequate waste management, shipping and fishing are all likely contributors. Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:34:28 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231017123428.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231017123420.htm Researchers took a closer look at what would happen to agriculture if there was an extra cost, or so-called social cost, added to fossil fuels, which are essential for making fertilizer used in farming. They found that while CO2 emissions would decline by as much as 50%, the cost of fertilizer would rise leading to a significant benefit on water quality by lessening fertilizer runoff contributing to the Gulf of Mexico's dead zone. Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:34:20 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231017123420.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231017123342.htm Climate change and the rapid increase in frequency of extreme weather events around the globe reinforces the reality that these events are interconnected. Researchers now describe a climate network analysis method to explore the intensity, distribution, and evolution of this interlinked climate behavior, or teleconnections. The analysis combines the directions and distribution patterns of teleconnections to evaluate their intensity and to identify sensitive regions using global daily surface air temperature data. The method relies on advanced data processing and mathematical algorithms to find meaningful insights. Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:33:42 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231017123342.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231017123340.htm Animal sounds are a very good indicator of biodiversity in tropical reforestation areas. Researchers demonstrate this by using sound recordings and AI models. Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:33:40 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231017123340.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231016222114.htm 湖水温度上升威胁到survival of marimo, unique algal balls found only in cold lakes. Researchers clarified that the warmer it gets, the more the inward decomposition outpaces the outward growth of these life forms, making them increasingly fragile. Mon, 16 Oct 2023 22:21:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231016222114.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231016163131.htm Using tools hitched to the nose cone of their research planes and sampling more than 11 miles above the planet's surface, researchers have discovered significant amounts of metals in aerosols in the atmosphere, likely from increasingly frequent launches and returns of spacecraft and satellites. That mass of metal is changing atmospheric chemistry in ways that may impact Earth's atmosphere and ozone layer. Mon, 16 Oct 2023 16:31:31 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231016163131.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231016163103.htm Surface ice in Greenland has been melting at an increasing rate in recent decades, while the trend in Antarctica has moved in the opposite direction, according to researchers. Mon, 16 Oct 2023 16:31:03 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231016163103.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231016122845.htm Populations of charismatic animals have recovered since hunting ban but now struggle to find enough food. Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:28:45 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231016122845.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231016122820.htm The growing global population needs sufficient food. Its production causes overfertilization and increased nitrogen concentration in agriculture, which negatively affects the population, climate, and ecosystems. According to new models, however, today's crop production might be maintained with a far smaller global fertilizer consumption, if nitrogen fertilizer would be used more homogeneously across global croplands. Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:28:20 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231016122820.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231016122805.htm A new study that examines both the physical and socioeconomic effects of sea-level rise on Florida's Miami-Dade County area finds that in coming decades, four out of five residents may face disruption or displacement, whether they live in flood zones or not. As inundation spreads, the effects will be felt predominantly by lower-income people as habitable areas shrink and housing prices rise, says the study. Only a small number of affluent residents will be able relocate from low-lying or waterfront properties, while many others without sufficient means may be trapped there, it says. Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:28:05 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231016122805.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231016122800.htm When Hurricane Ian struck southwest Florida in September 2022, it unleashed a variety of Vibrio bacteria that can cause illness and death in humans, according to a new study. Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:28:00 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231016122800.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231016122749.htm One of the building blocks of ocean life can adapt to cope with the effects of climate change, according to new research. The discovery holds promises for biotechnology developments that could counter the negative effects of changing environmental conditions, such as ocean warming and even the reduction in the productivity of crops. Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:27:49 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231016122749.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231016122746.htm Despite steps toward decreasing deforestation, uncontrolled wildfires are threatening environmental gains in Brazilian Amazonia, one of the world's most critical carbon sinks and a region of high biological and cultural diversity. Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:27:46 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231016122746.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231013150755.htm Scientists recently presented a report on the status of global water resources. According to this report, large parts of the world experienced drier conditions in 2022 than those recorded on average for the equivalent periods over the last 30 years. Fri, 13 Oct 2023 15:07:55 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231013150755.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231013150740.htm Phytoplankton, tiny photosynthetic organisms in the ocean, play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle and influence Earth's climate. A new study reveals how variations in the physiology of phytoplankton, particularly regarding nutrient uptake, can impact the chemical composition of the ocean and even the atmosphere. This suggests that changes in marine phytoplankton physiology can affect global climate. Fri, 13 Oct 2023 15:07:40 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231013150740.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231013114900.htm A new study has investigated how future changes in weather patterns could affect the tropical Pacific Ocean and its ecosystems. The research, based on complex computer models, has shown that these changes will have far-reaching consequences for ocean circulation. The authors stress the need to take this more into account in future climate models. Fri, 13 Oct 2023 11:49:00 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231013114900.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231012161733.htm 71 of the 162 ice shelves that surround Antarctica have reduced in volume over 25 years from 1997 to 2021, with a net release of 7.5 trillion tons of meltwater into the oceans, say scientists. They found that almost all the ice shelves on the western side of Antarctica experienced ice loss. In contrast, most of the ice shelves on the eastern side stayed the same or increased in volume. Over the 25 years, the scientists calculated almost 67 trillion tonnes of ice was exported to the ocean, which was offset by 59 trillion tons of ice being added to the ice shelves, giving a net loss of 7.5 trillion tons. Thu, 12 Oct 2023 16:17:33 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231012161733.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231012161713.htm Dynamic and changing Arctic Ocean conditions have likely caused three major mortality events in the eastern North Pacific gray whale population since the 1980s. Thu, 12 Oct 2023 16:17:13 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231012161713.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231012161707.htm Tropical crops such as coffee, cocoa, watermelon and mango may be at risk due to the loss of insect pollinators, finds a new study. Thu, 12 Oct 2023 16:17:07 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231012161707.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231012111737.htm As the climate warms, there is major concern that Earth's ocean will lose oxygen. A study has revealed that locked in ancient deep-sea sediments is evidence for oxygen loss in the world's ocean during past glacial periods, indicating that widespread oxygen loss with current climate change may not be permanent. Thu, 12 Oct 2023 11:17:37 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231012111737.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231012111720.htm Researchers have compared long-term data on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation from two different latitudes and discovered a statistical correlation. Their aim was to investigate how the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation has developed over a period of 25 years, based on moored observation stations. These data will help to refine climate models in the future. Thu, 12 Oct 2023 11:17:20 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231012111720.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231012111710.htm Food shortages caused by extreme weather could lead to civil unrest in the UK, according to a new study which has surveyed some of the country’s leading food experts. Thu, 12 Oct 2023 11:17:10 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231012111710.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231011202424.htm The massive 2015 flooding of the Sagavanirktok River in northern Alaska had immediate impacts, including closure of the Dalton Highway for several days, but it also contributed to longer-term ground subsidence in the permafrost-rich region. Wed, 11 Oct 2023 20:24:24 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231011202424.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231011182256.htm A new study examines the good and bad uses of biomass and the best pathways to meet California’s goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 85% of 1990 levels by 2045. Wed, 11 Oct 2023 18:22:56 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231011182256.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231011182135.htm Wine quality is notorious for varying from year to year, but what makes for a 'good year?' Researchers show that weather plays an important role in determining wine quality. By analyzing 50 years’ worth of wine critic scores from the Bordeaux wine region in relation to that year’s weather, the researchers showed that higher quality wine is made in years with warmer temperatures, higher winter rainfall, and earlier, shorter growing seasons—conditions that climate change is predicted to make more frequent. Wed, 11 Oct 2023 18:21:35 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231011182135.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231011181532.htm Research finds that experiencing days in which the temperature exceeds previous highs for that time of year affects people’s perception of weather trends. Wed, 11 Oct 2023 18:15:32 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231011181532.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231010133558.htm With global warming apparently here to stay, a team of paleoclimatologists are studying an ancient source to determine future rainfall and drought patterns: fossilized plants that lived on Earth millions of years ago. Tue, 10 Oct 2023 13:35:58 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231010133558.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231010105314.htm Due to the changing climate, the underwater world is getting ever noisier. Tue, 10 Oct 2023 10:53:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231010105314.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231009191703.htm An international team of scientists have discovered a huge spike in radiocarbon levels 14,300 years ago by analyzing ancient tree-rings found in the French Alps. The radiocarbon spike was caused by a massive solar storm, the biggest ever identified. A similar solar storm today would be catastrophic for modern technological society – potentially wiping out telecommunications and satellite systems, causing massive electricity grid blackouts, and costing us billions. The academics are warning of the importance of understanding such storms to protect our global communications and energy infrastructure for the future. Mon, 09 Oct 2023 19:17:03 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231009191703.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231009191657.htm Geologists have reconstructed a massive and previously unknown tectonic plate that was once one-quarter the size of the Pacific Ocean. The team had predicted its existence over 10 years ago based on fragments of old tectonic plates found deep in the Earth’s mantle. To the lead researchers surprise, she found that oceanic remnants on northern Borneo must have belonged to the long-suspected plate, which scientists have named Pontus. She has now reconstructed the entire plate in its full glory. Mon, 09 Oct 2023 19:16:57 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231009191657.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231009191640.htm The Gulf Stream is intrinsic to the global climate system, bringing warm waters from the Caribbean up the East Coast of the United States. As it flows along the coast and then across the Atlantic Ocean, this powerful ocean current influences weather patterns and storms, and it carries heat from the tropics to higher latitudes as part of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. A new study now documents that over the past 20 years, the Gulf Stream has warmed faster than the global ocean as a whole and has shifted towards the coast. The study relies on over 25,000 temperature and salinity profiles collected between 2001 and 2023. Mon, 09 Oct 2023 19:16:40 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231009191640.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231009191623.htm If global temperatures increase by 1 degree Celsius (C) or more than current levels, each year billions of people will be exposed to heat and humidity so extreme they will be unable to naturally cool themselves, according to interdisciplinary research. Results indicated that warming of the planet beyond 1.5 C above preindustrial levels will be increasingly devastating for human health across the planet. Mon, 09 Oct 2023 19:16:23 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231009191623.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231006104533.htm Ocean currents determine the structure of the deep-sea ocean floor and the transport of sediments, organic carbon, nutrients and pollutants. In flume-tank experiments, researchers have simulated how currents shape the seafloor and control sediment deposition. This will help in reconstructions of past marine conditions. Fri, 06 Oct 2023 10:45:33 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231006104533.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231006000813.htm New research has revealed that since the 1980s, Category 4 and 5 hurricanes (maximum wind speed greater than 131 miles per hour) have been arriving three to four days earlier with each passing decade of climate change. Fri, 06 Oct 2023 00:08:13 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231006000813.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231005161736.htm New research shows that plants such as oak and poplar trees will emit more of a compound called isoprene as global temperatures climb. Isoprene from plants represents the highest flux of hydrocarbons to the atmosphere after methane. Although isoprene isn’t inherently bad — it actually helps plants better tolerate insect pests and high temperatures — it can worsen air pollution by reacting with nitrogen oxides from automobiles and coal-fired power plants. The new publication can help us better understand, predict and potentially mitigate the effects of increased isoprene emission as the planet warms. Thu, 05 Oct 2023 16:17:36 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231005161736.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231005110715.htm A technology being studied to curb climate change – one that could be put in place in one or two decades if work on the technology began now – would affect food productivity in parts of planet Earth in dramatically different ways, benefiting some areas, and adversely affecting others, according to new projections. Thu, 05 Oct 2023 11:07:15 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231005110715.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231004201937.htm Some of the thinnest materials known to humankind -- MXene and MBene compounds -- may provide solutions to scientists in their quest to curb the effects of global warming. These substances are only a few atoms thick, making them two-dimensional. Because of their large surface area, the materials have the potential to absorb carbon dioxide molecules from the atmosphere, which could help reduce the harmful effects of climate change by safely sequestering carbon dioxide, according to a review study. Wed, 04 Oct 2023 20:19:37 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231004201937.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231004150603.htm Simultaneous outbreaks of large wildfires will become more frequent in the Western United States this century as the climate warms, putting major strains on efforts to fight fires, according to new research. The most severe wildfire seasons will become at least twice as frequent. Wed, 04 Oct 2023 15:06:03 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231004150603.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231004150554.htm 冬天是coming-eventually。虽然地球我s warming, a new study suggests that the atmosphere is being pushed around in ways that cause long bouts of extreme winter cold or wet in some regions. The study’s authors say they have identified giant meanders in the global jet stream that bring polar air southward, locking in frigid or wet conditions concurrently over much of North America and Europe, often for weeks at a time. Such weather waves, they say, have doubled in frequency since the 1960s. In just the last few years, they have killed hundreds of people and paralyzed energy and transport systems. Wed, 04 Oct 2023 15:05:54 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231004150554.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231004132437.htm New research has overturned the traditional view that natural rock weathering acts as a carbon sink that removes CO2 from the atmosphere. Instead, this can also act as a large CO2 source, rivaling that of volcanoes. Wed, 04 Oct 2023 13:24:37 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231004132437.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231004132429.htm To bridge the knowledge gap between volcanologists and atmospheric scientists working on climate change and observing global systems, researchers have characterized volcanic ash samples from many explosive eruptions of a broad compositional range. Wed, 04 Oct 2023 13:24:29 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231004132429.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231004132422.htm A recent study has found that bird communities inside and outside protected areas are beginning to resemble each other as a result of climate change. In both areas, southern species increase in abundance, while northern species decrease. Wed, 04 Oct 2023 13:24:22 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231004132422.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231004105142.htm Hot weather reduces workers’ productivity – even if their workplace is air conditioned. Wed, 04 Oct 2023 10:51:42 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231004105142.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231003173442.htm The increasingly urgent climate crisis has led to a boom in commercial tree plantations in an attempt to offset excess carbon emissions. However, authors argue that these carbon-offset plantations might come with costs for biodiversity and other ecosystem functions. Instead, the authors say we should prioritize conserving and restoring intact ecosystems. Tue, 03 Oct 2023 17:34:42 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231003173442.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231003173431.htm Even as the world slowly begins to decarbonize industrial processes, achieving lower concentrations of atmospheric carbon requires technologies that remove existing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere — rather than just prevent the creation of it. Tue, 03 Oct 2023 17:34:31 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231003173431.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231003104756.htm 气候变化意味着美国西部将有17% fewer safe days to light prescribed fires for wildfire management, according to new research. Winter, however, will see a net 4% increase in the number of favorable days. Implementing controlled burns in the West will require changes to policy and the availability of firefighters. Tue, 03 Oct 2023 10:47:56 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231003104756.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231002170836.htm A team explores relationship between warming post-Ice Age temperatures and intensifying summer monsoon rains on groundwater reserves. Mon, 02 Oct 2023 17:08:36 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231002170836.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231002124215.htm Along the Asian coast lines there are many areas where rural communities experience alarming rates of sea level rises due to land subsidence up to 10 cm per year. This causes tremendous challenges on how to live there and protect these coasts. Scientists have now investigated the potential and limitation of mangrove restoration as a cost-effective and sustainable solution for coastal protection in rapidly subsiding areas. Mon, 02 Oct 2023 12:42:15 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231002124215.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231002124210.htm It’s long been understood that human settlement contributes to conditions that make Pacific Islands more susceptible to wildfires, such as the devastating Aug. 8 event that destroyed the Maui community of Lahaina. But a new study from fire scientist shows that climate is an undervalued part of the equation. Mon, 02 Oct 2023 12:42:10 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231002124210.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231002124106.htm Increased government investment in climate change mitigation is prompting agricultural sectors to find reliable methods for measuring their contribution to climate change. With that in mind, scientists have proposed a supercomputing solution to help measure individual farm field-level greenhouse gas emissions. Mon, 02 Oct 2023 12:41:06 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/10/231002124106.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230929171001.htm In a new study, researchers examined the waxy coatings of leaves preserved as organic molecules within sediment from the early-to-middle Holocene, a period of intense warming that occurred due to slow changes in Earth's orbit 11,700 to 4,200 years ago. They found that warming potentially could lead to a previously under-appreciated flux in methane emissions from lakes. Fri, 29 Sep 2023 17:10:01 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230929171001.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230928152149.htm An international team of scientists has presented research findings that reveal a crucial role of biological particles, including pollen, spores, and bacteria, in the formation of ice within Arctic clouds. These findings have far-reaching implications for climate science and our understanding of the rapidly changing Arctic climate. Thu, 28 Sep 2023 15:21:49 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230928152149.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230928151950.htm Paleontologists discover possible DNA remains in fossil turtle that lived 6 million years ago in Panama, where continents collide. Thu, 28 Sep 2023 15:19:50 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230928151950.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230927155426.htm Plastic waste that accumulates on land eventually ends up in the ocean as microplastics. However, it is now speculated that microplastics are also present in the atmosphere, contained in clouds. In a new study, researchers analyzed cloud water samples from high-altitude mountains in Japan to ascertain the amount of microplastics in them. They also shed light on how these airborne particles influence cloud formation and their negative impact on the climate. Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:54:26 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230927155426.htm