Kate Ravilious

England

Freelance Science Writer at Freelance

Labour Councillor Fulford & Heslington ward, Exec Member for Transport @CityYork. Science writer. Standing up for facts and evidence #Scicomm.

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Mediterranean megaflood carved out hills in Sicily, study reveals

1 day ago | msn.com | Kate Ravilious

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Mediterranean megaflood carved out hills in Sicily, study reveals

1 day ago | theguardian.com | Kate Ravilious

The event that refilled the Mediterranean basin 5m years ago is thought to have been the largest flood in Earth’s history, with water surging through the present-day strait of Gibraltar 1,000 times faster than the Amazon River, filling the basin in just a couple of years. Now jumbled rock deposits on the top of hills in south-east Sicily provide the first land-based evidence for this flood.
Mixed woodlands can help temper weather extremes, study shows

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Kate Ravilious

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Weatherwatch: Mixed woodlands can help temper weather extremes, study shows

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Kate Ravilious

Woodland with lots of different kinds of trees can do a good job of buffering heatwaves and extreme cold. Now a new study demonstrates that increasing the mix of species can help to mitigate climate extremes. Florian Schnabel, from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research in Leipzig, and colleagues measured forest temperatures over a six-year period at the world’s largest tree diversity experiment in Xingangshan, in subtropical China.
Martian dust may pose health risk to humans exploring red planet, study finds

4 weeks ago | msn.com | Kate Ravilious

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Martian dust may pose health risk to humans exploring red planet, study finds

4 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Kate Ravilious

From a distance Mars looks beautiful, but sending astronauts to explore the planet might be more challenging than first thought, due to the presence of toxic dust. A new study identifies some of the health hazards and discusses the kind of personal protective equipment that astronauts might need. During Apollo missions to the moon, astronauts suffered from exposure to lunar dust. It clung to spacesuits and seeped into the lunar landers, causing coughing, runny eyes and irritated throats.
hurricanes will hit harder over next decade, study finds

1 month ago | msn.com | Kate Ravilious

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Weatherwatch: hurricanes will hit harder over next decade, study finds

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Kate Ravilious

Hurricanes are going to hit harder and stronger over the next decade, a study has found, and adapting to this new normal will require significant investment in infrastructure and emergency planning. Dr Paul-Arthur Monerie, from the University of Reading, and colleagues used new climate-prediction software developed by the Met Office to forecast future hurricane and tropical cyclone activity.
Plants losing appetite for carbon dioxide amid effects of warming climate

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Kate Ravilious

Our planet is losing its appetite for mopping up carbon dioxide. Analysis of atmospheric carbon dioxide measurements show that Earth’s plants and soils reached peak carbon dioxide sequestration in 2008 and absorption has been declining ever since. Passing this tipping point increases the chances of runaway climate breakdown. Plants and trees have had it good for the last century or so. Rising levels of carbon dioxide helped to spur growth and warmer temperatures gave rise to a longer growing season.
volcanic eruptions pose challenge for wind energy, says study

2 months ago | msn.com | Kate Ravilious

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