BOULDER, Colorado, Jan. 7 (TNSres) -- The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences issued the following news on Jan. 6, 2025: * * * Ancient gases trapped in Antarctic ice reveal past patterns in wildfire activity are linked to changing temperatures, rainfall * * * During the last glacial period, when large swaths of the North American continent were covered in ice, rapid, repeating shifts in temperature and tropical rainfall continually altered environments around the wor  more

BOULDER, Colorado, Jan. 7 (TNSres) -- The National Center for Atmospheric Research issued the following news release: The sweeping land use changes and irrigation of the U.S. Corn Belt, along with the influence of the area's shallow groundwater, have significantly altered precipitation patterns in that vital agricultural region, new research shows. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, focuses on "precipitation recycling" -- a process in which the moistur  more