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CLIMATE CHANGE IS OVERHAULING MARINE NUTRIENT CYCLES, UC IRVINE SCIENTISTS SAY
The research is the first field-based confirmation of such climate impacts
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Jul 1, 2019
UCI, UC Merced: California forest die-off caused by depletion of deep-soil water
Irvine, Calif. – A catastrophic forest die-off in California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range in 2015-2016 was caused by the inability of trees to reach diminishing supplies of subsurface water following years of severe drought and abnormally warm temperatures. That’s the conclusion by researchers from the University of California, Irvine and UC Merced outlined in a study published today in Nature Geoscience.
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Jul 1, 2019
‘Committed’ CO2 emissions jeopardize international climate goals, UCI-led study finds
Irvine, Calif., July 1, 2019 – The nations that have signed agreements to stabilize the global mean temperature by 2050 will fail to meet their goals unless existing fossil fuel-burning infrastructure around the world is retired early, according to a study – published today in Nature – by researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions.
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