//www.koonmotors.com/news/earth_climate/global_warming/ Global Warming Research. Learn about the causes and effects of global warming. Consider possible global warming solutions. Read predictions of rising sea levels, coral reef bleaching and mass extinctions climate change may cause. en-us 星期一,2023年7月3日22:53:46美国东部时间 星期一,2023年7月3日22:53:46美国东部时间 60 //www.koonmotors.com/images/scidaily-logo-rss.png//www.koonmotors.com/news/earth_climate/global_warming/ For more science news, visit ScienceDaily. //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230703133053.htm 厄尔尼诺事件已正式开始。气候phenomenon, which originates in the tropical Pacific and occurs in intervals of a few years will shape weather across the planet for the next year or more and give rise to various climatic extremes. El Niño-like conditions can also occur on longer time scales of decades or centuries. This has been shown to have occurred in the recent past. Mon, 03 Jul 2023 13:30:53 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230703133053.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230703133044.htm Researchers have identified a strategy that can offset the random and unpredictable nature of weather conditions that threaten carbon emission reduction efforts in the shipping sector. Mon, 03 Jul 2023 13:30:44 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230703133044.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628201312.htm Scientists have wondered what happens to the organic and inorganic carbon that Earth's Pacific Plate carries with it as it slides into the planet's interior along the volcano-studded Ring of Fire. A new study suggests a notable amount of such subducted carbon returns to the atmosphere rather than traveling deep into Earth's mantle. 结婚,2023年6月28日20:13:12 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628201312.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628201305.htm A new survey shows that the largely Indigenous population of Greenland is highly aware that the climate is changing, and far more likely than people in other Arctic nations to say they are personally affected. Yet, many do not blame human influences -- especially those living traditional subsistence lifestyles most directly hit by the impacts of rapidly wasting ice and radical changes in weather. 结婚,2023年6月28日20:13:05 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628201305.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628130404.htm A new study finds that as rising global temperatures shift snow to rain, mountains across the Northern Hemisphere will be hotspots for extreme rainfall events that could trigger floods and landslides -- potentially impacting a quarter of the world's population. Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:04:04 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628130404.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628125214.htm An analysis of oxygen levels in Earth's oceans may provide some rare, good news about the health of the seas in a future, globally warmed world. A study analyzing ocean sediment shows that ocean oxygen levels in a key area were higher during the Miocene warm period, some 16 million years ago when the Earth's temperature was hotter than it is today. Wed, 28 Jun 2023 12:52:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628125214.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230627225135.htm A recent study shows that European bird communities have shifted northeastward in the past 30 years. These shifts are faced with obstacles such as mountain ranges and coastlines. Overall, bird communities are moving towards cooler areas but not fast enough to keep up with increasing temperatures. Tue, 27 Jun 2023 22:51:35 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230627225135.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626164317.htm Many of the world's largest aquatic food producers are highly vulnerable to human-induced environmental change, with some of the highest-risk countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa demonstrating the lowest capacity for adaptation, a landmark study has shown. Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:43:17 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626164317.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626164250.htm Taiwan experiences some of the world's fastest rates of mountain building -- they are growing at a faster rate than our fingernails grow in a year. The mountains also see frequent and significant earthquakes, the region experiences about four typhoons per year on average, and in some places, it receives upwards of several meters of rain annually. Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:42:50 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626164250.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626164238.htm Scientists have set out principles for how computational science -- which powers discoveries from unveiling the mysteries of the universe to developing treatments to fight cancer to improving our understanding of the human genome, but can have a substantial carbon footprint -- can be made more environmentally sustainable. Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:42:38 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626164238.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626164236.htm New research reduces uncertainty in future climate change linked to the stratosphere, with important implications for life on Earth. A significant source of uncertainty relates to future changes to water vapor in the stratosphere, an extremely dry region of the atmosphere 15--50 km above the Earth's surface. Future increases in water vapor here risk amplifying climate change and slowing down the recovery of the ozone layer, which protects life on Earth from harmful solar ultraviolet radiation. Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:42:36 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626164236.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626164234.htm Pioneering analysis of deep-sea corals has overturned the idea that ocean currents contributed to increasing global levels of carbon dioxide in the air over the past 11,000 years. Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:42:34 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626164234.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626164226.htm Demand for modern biofuels is expected to grow substantially in order to mitigate climate emissions. However, they are far from being a climate neutral alternative to gasoline and diesel. A new study shows that under current land-use regulations, CO2 emission factors for biofuels might even exceed those for fossil diesel combustion due to large-scale land clearing related to growing biomass. Before bioenergy can effectively contribute to achieving carbon neutrality, international agreements need to ensure the effective protection of forests and other natural lands by introducing carbon pricing, the expert team argues. Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:42:26 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626164226.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230623161147.htm The global economy will grow slower in the 21st century than economists have expected, a finding that has implications for our ability to adapt to climate change in the coming decades, according to new research. Fri, 23 Jun 2023 16:11:47 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230623161147.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230623161129.htm 在过去的二十年里,全球水库become increasingly empty despite an overall increase in total storage capacity due to the construction of new reservoirs. Researchers used a new approach with satellite data to estimate the storage variations of 7,245 global reservoirs from 1999 to 2018. Fri, 23 Jun 2023 16:11:29 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230623161129.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230623105451.htm Researchers have found that the cooling effect that volcanic eruptions have on Earth's surface temperature is likely underestimated by a factor of two, and potentially as much as a factor of four, in standard climate projections. Fri, 23 Jun 2023 10:54:51 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230623105451.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230622120847.htm A new study explored fairness and feasibility in deep mitigation pathways with novel carbon dioxide removal, taking into account institutional capacity to implement mitigation measures. Thu, 22 Jun 2023 12:08:47 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230622120847.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230621164653.htm As scientists try to understand the effect of climate on trees, advances in imaging technology are helping them see both the whole forest and every individual tree. High-resolution images taken by cubesats, small, shoebox-sized devices launched into low Earth orbit, are helping environmental scientists make more precise measurements about trees' response to a warming climate. Wed, 21 Jun 2023 16:46:53 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230621164653.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230621164638.htm A team of glaciologists set out to quantify how much ice melt occurred on Antarctica's ice shelves from 1980 to 2021. The results might seem to be good news for the region, but the researchers say there's no cause for celebration just yet. Wed, 21 Jun 2023 16:46:38 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230621164638.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230621105442.htm Caribbean seagrasses provide about $255 billion in services to society annually, including $88.3 billion in carbon storage, according to a new study. The study has put a dollar value on the many services -- from storm protection to fish habitat to carbon storage -- provided by seagrasses across the Caribbean, which holds up to half the world's seagrass meadows by surface area and contains about one-third of the carbon stored in seagrasses worldwide. Wed, 21 Jun 2023 10:54:42 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230621105442.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230620113749.htm Trajectory of irrigation water use in many regions is unsustainable, but practice is vital in managing climate change and future agricultural development, researchers conclude. Tue, 20 Jun 2023 11:37:49 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230620113749.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230620113741.htm The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), released just prior to an international climate convention in 2015, explicitly stated that human-caused greenhouse gas emissions were the highest in history, with clear and widespread impacts on the climate system. Since then, hundreds of cities across the world have published their own climate action plans (CAPs), detailing how their urban areas will handle climate change. How do the plans stack up against one another and against the recommended guidelines established by the United Nations-Habitat Guiding Principles for City Climate Action Planning? Tue, 20 Jun 2023 11:37:41 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230620113741.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230616161940.htm A scientific team has discovered the earliest-known evidence of freshwater fishing by ancient people in the Americas. The research offers a glimpse at how early humans used a changing landscape and could offer insight for modern people facing similar changes. Fri, 16 Jun 2023 16:19:40 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230616161940.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183221.htm Action to protect the planet against the impact of climate change will fall short unless we reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the global food system, which now makes up a third of human-made GHG emissions, a new study reveals. Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:32:21 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183221.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183153.htm New work deploys a bold new approach for inferring the temperature sensitivity of ecosystem respiration -- which represents one side of the equation balancing carbon dioxide uptake and carbon dioxide output in terrestrial environments. This will improve scientists' models for climate change scenarios. Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:31:53 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183153.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183147.htm By pumping water out of the ground and moving it elsewhere, humans have shifted such a large mass of water that the Earth tilted nearly 80 centimeters (31.5 inches) east between 1993 and 2010 alone, according to a new study. Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:31:47 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183147.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183112.htm Climate change in current times has created problems for humans such as wildfires and reduced growing seasons for staple crops, spilling over into economic effects. Many researchers predict, and have observed in published literature, an increase in interpersonal violence and homicides when temperatures increase. Violence during climatic change has evidence in history, anthropology researchers say. Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:31:12 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183112.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615105329.htm Research team predicts Arctic without ice by the end of 2030s if current increasing rate of greenhouse gas emission continues. Thu, 15 Jun 2023 10:53:29 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615105329.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220617.htm A survey of groundwater samples drawn from aquifers beneath more than 80,000 square miles of Canadian prairie reveals ancient groundwaters harbor not only diverse and active microbial communities, but also unexpectedly large numbers of microbial cells. Strikingly, some of these microbes seem to produce 'dark oxygen' (in the absence of sunlight) in such abundance that the oxygen may nourish not only those microbes, but may leak into the environment and support other oxygen-reliant microbes that can't produce it themselves. Wed, 14 Jun 2023 22:06:17 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220617.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220546.htm 一个创新,footh长达10年的实验ills of California's Sierra Nevada mountains shows carbon stocks buried deep underground are vulnerable to climate change. The findings have implications for mitigating global warming through the natural carbon sinks provided by soil and forests which capture 25% of all carbon emissions. Wed, 14 Jun 2023 22:05:46 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220546.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220531.htm A team of researchers has applied a machine learning model to explore where and to what extent human activities are contributing to the hydrogeochemical changes, such as increases in salinity and alkalinity in U.S. rivers. The group used data from 226 river monitoring sites across the U.S. and built two machine learning models to predict monthly salinity and alkalinity levels at each site. Wed, 14 Jun 2023 22:05:31 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220531.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230609125656.htm Water from the Pacific Ocean flows into the Indian Ocean via the Indonesia Archipelago thanks to a vast network of currents that act as a conveyor belt, transporting warmth and nutrients. Currents can sometimes form circular motions and these are known as eddies. An international group of researchers has modeled the impacts of eddies on the currents that carry water from the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean. Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:56:56 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230609125656.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230608195752.htm MethaneMapper is an artificial intelligence-powered hyperspectral imaging tool that researchers have developed to detect real-time methane emissions and trace them to their sources. The tool works by processing hyperspectral data gathered during overhead, airborne scans of the target area. Thu, 08 Jun 2023 19:57:52 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230608195752.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230608195634.htm Without more legally binding and well-planned net-zero policies, the world is highly likely to miss key climate targets. Thu, 08 Jun 2023 19:56:34 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230608195634.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230608121013.htm Human-induced warming, largely caused by the burning of fossil fuels, reached an average of 1.14°C for the most recent decade (2013 to 2022) above pre-industrial levels. This is up from 1.07°C between 2010 and 2019. Human-induced warming is now increasing at a pace of over 0.2°C per decade. The analysis also found that greenhouse gas emissions were 'at an all-time high', with human activity resulting in the equivalent of 54 (+/-5.3) gigatonnes (or billion metric tonnes) of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere on average every year over the last decade (2012-2021). Given the speed at which the global climate system is changing, the scientists argue that policymakers, climate negotiators and civil society groups need to have access to up-to-date and robust scientific evidence on which to base decisions. Thu, 08 Jun 2023 12:10:13 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230608121013.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230607004112.htm Shallow lakes and ponds emit significant amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, but emissions from these systems vary considerably and are not well understood. Wed, 07 Jun 2023 00:41:12 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230607004112.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230607004104.htm Research suggests warming temperatures will see nearly 80 per cent of coral in reefs diseased in the next 80 years. Wed, 07 Jun 2023 00:41:04 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230607004104.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230605181350.htm Microscopic algae that corals need for survival harbor a common and possibly disease-causing virus in their genetic material. Mon, 05 Jun 2023 18:13:50 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230605181350.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230605181347.htm Do whales increase the removal of carbon from the atmosphere? Despite some hope that this would be the case, a new study has found the amount of potential carbon capture by whales is too little to meaningfully alter the course of climate change. The team found the amount potentially sequestered by the whales was too minimal to make significant impact on the trajectory of climate change. Mon, 05 Jun 2023 18:13:47 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230605181347.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230605181328.htm Extreme weather events have affected moth and butterfly activity more than the average increase in global temperature over the last several decades. Mon, 05 Jun 2023 18:13:28 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230605181328.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230605181258.htm Microbes are by far the most important factor in determining how much carbon is stored in the soil, according to a new study with implications for mitigating climate change and improving soil health for agriculture and food production. Mon, 05 Jun 2023 18:12:58 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230605181258.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230605181230.htm Mycorrhizal fungi are responsible for holding up to 36 per cent of yearly global fossil fuel emissions below ground -- more than China emits each year. Mon, 05 Jun 2023 18:12:30 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230605181230.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230601182918.htm The seafloor is home to around one-third of all the microorganisms on the Earth and is inhabited even at a depth of several kilometers. Only when it becomes too hot does the abundance of microorganisms appear to decline. But how, and from what, do microorganisms in the deep seafloor live? How do their metabolic cycles work and how do the individual members of these buried communities interact? Researchers have now been able to demonstrate in laboratory cultures how small, liquid components of crude oil are broken down through a new mechanism by a group of microorganisms called archaea. Thu, 01 Jun 2023 18:29:18 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230601182918.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230601160229.htm Rising temperatures could push ocean plankton and other single-celled creatures toward a carbon tipping point that fuels more warming. The carbon-eaters could become carbon-emitters. But new research shows it's also possible to detect early distress signals before they get there. Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:02:29 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230601160229.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230601160050.htm A study has found that worldwide protected forests have an additional 9.65 billion metric tons of carbon stored in their above-ground biomass compared to ecologically similar unprotected areas. Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:00:50 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230601160050.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230531150155.htm There are many effects of climate change. Perhaps the most broadly known is global warming, which is caused by heat building up in various parts of the Earth system, such as the atmosphere, the ocean, the cryosphere and the land. 89 percent of this excess heat is stored in the oceans, with the rest in ice and glaciers, the atmosphere and land masses (including inland water bodies). An international research team has now studied the quantity of heat stored on land, showing the distribution of land heat among the continental ground, permafrost soils, and inland water bodies. The calculations show that more than 20 times as much heat has been stored there since the 1960s, with the largest increase being in the ground. Wed, 31 May 2023 15:01:55 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230531150155.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230531145225.htm In the first-ever 'before and after' assessment of the impact of establishing Mexico's Revillagigedo National Park on the fishing industry, a team of US and Mexican researchers found that Mexico's industrial fishing sector did not incur economic losses five years after the park's creation despite a full ban in fishing activity within the MPA. Wed, 31 May 2023 14:52:25 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230531145225.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230531145123.htm The ground beneath Antarctica's most vulnerable glacier has now been mapped, helping scientists to better understand how it is being affected by climate change. Analysis of the geology below the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica shows there is less sedimentary rock than expected -- a finding that could affect how the ice slides and melts in the coming decades. Wed, 31 May 2023 14:51:23 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230531145123.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230530174257.htm Researchers are proposing a novel pathway through which coastal ecosystem restoration can permanently capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Seagrass and mangroves -- known as blue carbon ecosystems -- naturally capture carbon through photosynthesis, which converts carbon dioxide into living tissue. Tue, 30 May 2023 17:42:57 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230530174257.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230526183216.htm Researchers have published new findings on how our warming climate will affect the frequency of flash droughts and the risk to croplands globally. Fri, 26 May 2023 18:32:16 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230526183216.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230525141359.htm New research analyzes more than 25 years of climate and biological data. The findings include shorter hibernation periods in arctic ground squirrels, as well as differences between male and female hibernation periods. Thu, 25 May 2023 14:13:59 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230525141359.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230525141241.htm The Midwestern United States has lost 57.6 billion tons of topsoil due to farming practices over the past 160 years, and the rate of erosion, even following the U.S. Department of Agriculture's guidelines, is still 25 times higher than the rate at which topsoil forms. Yet, we need not despair: researchers recently reported that no-till farming, which is currently practiced on 40 percent of cropland acres in the Midwest, can extend our current level of soil fertility for the next several centuries. This has implications for everything from food security to climate-change mitigation. Thu, 25 May 2023 14:12:41 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230525141241.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230524181937.htm A new study has used global storm-resolving simulations and machine learning to create an algorithm that can deal separately with two different scales of cloud organization: those resolved by a climate model, and those that cannot be resolved as they are too small. This new approach addresses the missing piece of information in traditional climate model parameterizations and provides a way to predict precipitation intensity and variability more precisely. Wed, 24 May 2023 18:19:37 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230524181937.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230523235522.htm Scientists have successfully conducted a simultaneous marine and atmospheric measurements at multiple locations directly beneath a violent, Category 5, which is the strongest class, typhoon in the North-West Pacific, before it reached land. Tue, 23 May 2023 23:55:22 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230523235522.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230523184945.htm A new study concludes that an extinct volcano off the shore of Portugal could store as much as 1.2-8.6 gigatons of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of ~24-125 years of the country's industrial emissions. For context, in 2022 a total of 42.6 megatons (0.0426 gigatons) of carbon dioxide was removed from the atmosphere by international carbon capture and storage efforts, according to the Global CCS Institute. The new study suggests that carbon capture and storage in offshore underwater volcanoes could be a promising new direction for removal and storage of much larger volumes of the greenhouse gas from the atmosphere. Tue, 23 May 2023 18:49:45 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230523184945.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230523123742.htm A new greenhouse gas budget shows coastal ecosystems globally are a net greenhouse gas sink for carbon dioxide (CO2) but emissions of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) counteract some of the CO2 uptake, according to researchers. Tue, 23 May 2023 12:37:42 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230523123742.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230523123739.htm Engineers have calculated the potential cost savings for builders who opt for modular construction techniques to avoid lengthy and expensive holdups caused by poor weather. Tue, 23 May 2023 12:37:39 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230523123739.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230523123657.htm A new review of research suggests that the nature-based technology biochar -- a carbon-rich material -- could be an important tool to use in agriculture to help mitigate climate change. Tue, 23 May 2023 12:36:57 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230523123657.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230522161604.htm New research shows that the 1987 global treaty, designed to protect the ozone layer, has postponed the occurrence of the first ice-free Arctic by as much as 15 years. Mon, 22 May 2023 16:16:04 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230522161604.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230522145851.htm Droughts can be good for trees. Certain trees, that is. Contrary to expectation, sometimes a record-breaking drought can increase tree growth. Why and where this happens is the subject of a new article. Mon, 22 May 2023 14:58:51 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230522145851.htm