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40°C oceans caused by past rapid greenhouse gas release
A rapid rise in greenhouse gases around 56 million years ago resulted in sea surface temperatures as high as 40°C with significant impacts on marine life, according to new research […]
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Calving glaciers give up their secrets to C3W researchers
Many of the world’s glaciers contribute to sea-level rise through ice breaking off into the ocean in a process called ‘calving’. However, the way ice calves from a glacier, which […]
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Glacial geology illustrates how the climate changes
C3W researcher Dr Ann Rowan of Aberystwyth University has used the debris left behind by past glaciers to reconstruct how the climate changed during the last ice age. Mountain ranges […]
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Work on past climates recognised by The Geological Society
The oldest Geological Society in the world, The Geological Society of London, has recognized the scientific contribution of C3W’s Dr Paul Butler, of Bangor University’s renowned School of Ocean Sciences, with the […]
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Climate change Professor honoured with MBE
Professor Nick Pidgeon makes the Queen’s birthday honours list for services to climate change awareness Professor Nick Pidgeon from the School of Psychology Cardiff University, and Human Dimensions Theme Leader […]
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Communicating climate science report released
Following a lengthy enquiry the UK Parliament’s Science & Technology Committee today released their report on climate science communication. The committee took submissions and representations from organisations, individuals, journalists and scientists, […]
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Wales’ extreme winter weather
A round-up of related news and stories that came out of this winter’s extraordinary weather.
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Tidal feedbacks in warming Antarctica will increase ice loss
A recent paper in the Journal of Geophysical Research demonstrates the potential effects tides can have on ice sheet dynamics in Antarctica. The study by a team consisting of Sebastian Rosier, Mattias Green, […]
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Mind over Matter – Climate Change Denial
Cognitive science and psychology can help to explain why there’s a persistent gap between the established facts of climate science and their wider public acceptance. Stephan Lewandowsky and Lorraine Whitmarsh […]
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Rapid recent retreat of ice in the Russian High Arctic
Glaciers are widely recognised as a major source of sea level rise and can respond very rapidly to climate change. Small glaciers and ice caps are responding more rapidly to […]
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Marine ecosystems respond acutely to climate change
Evidence suggests that marine ecosystems are highly sensitive to abrupt climate change and that the natural process of carbon storage (sequestration) is affected as a result. The research, which involved […]
