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Category: What is going on with the Earth’s climate?

What is going on with the Earth’s climate? How do we study climate? What does the data show?
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How do mountains affect Earth’s climate?

Posted on December 11, 2023December 1, 2023 by Sciworthy

Scientists showed sulfuric acid formed during weathering of rocks causes mountains to consume less greenhouse gasses than they previously…

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    Scientists reevaluate global methane emissions

    Posted on October 16, 2023June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

    Researchers used high-resolution satellite data to show the amount of methane entering the atmosphere currently surpasses the amount removed…

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      Is global warming affecting home runs in baseball?

      Posted on August 28, 2023June 25, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

      Researchers analyzed more than 200,000 balls hit in Major League Baseball games played between 1962 and 2019. They estimated global warming…

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        Tornado winds are strongest closest to the ground

        Posted on May 1, 2023June 25, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

        Researchers from the University of Illinois compiled ground-level tornado wind speeds from more than 70 tornadoes over 30 years. They found…

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          Underground microbes capture greenhouse gases

          Posted on February 20, 2023December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

          Researchers showed microbes living on the walls of underground caves can take up and store carbon dioxide and methane from the atmosphere.

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            Tonga super eruption reached unexpected heights

            Posted on December 12, 2022June 25, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

            On January 15th, 2022, the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai violently erupted, spewing an immense plume of ash and gas into…

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              How do microbes affect clouds in the Arctic?

              Posted on October 10, 2022June 25, 2025 by Hunter Dulay

              Seasonal changes in bacteria living in the air above the Arctic are partly caused by air current changes and may alter cloud formation.…

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                How do climate scientists make regional projections?

                Posted on October 7, 2021June 24, 2025 by Gina Misra

                A small team of researchers have challenged a long-held assumption about how scientists have been applying global climate models to specific…

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                  Can hidden sulfur cycling influence greenhouse gas emissions in wetlands?

                  Posted on March 2, 2021June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

                  Wetlands are the largest source of methane to Earth’s atmosphere. How do microbes, sulfur, and mixing of water sources influence…

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                    Using Reishi mushrooms to filter methane out of the atmosphere

                    Posted on January 11, 2021December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

                    Could dead or living #fungi be used as a biofilter to trap and remove #methane, the potent #greenhousegas, from the atmosphere? Researchers…

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