Articles Tagged “winter”
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Warming Climate Chills Sonoran Desert’s Spring Flowers
Global warming is giving a boost to Sonoran Desert plants that have an edge during cold weather, according to new research. Although the overall numbers of winter annuals have declined since 1982, species that germinate…
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Ancient Supervolcano’s Eruption Caused Decade Of Severe Winters
Previous studies have suggested that Indonesia’s Toba supervolcano, when it erupted about 74,000 years ago, triggered a 1,000-year episode of ice sheet advance, and also may have produced a short-lived “volcanic winter,” which drastically reduced…
