What’s hot in science? Research news for the day of September 13, 2021

Mon, 13 Sep 2021
Rapid Arctic warming likely drives extreme winter weather events in the US

Link implicates Arctic warming and its effects

Amid debate about the influence of changes in the Arctic on extreme weather, a new study reports that rapid warming in the Arctic is a likely driver of recent extreme winter weather in the United …

Mon, 13 Sep 2021
Some coral reefs are keeping pace with ocean warming

Surviving corals from past underwater heatwaves may be more tolerant

Some coral communities are becoming more heat tolerant as ocean temperatures rise, offering hope for corals in a changing climate.

After a series of marine heatwaves hit the Phoenix Islands Protected Area, or PIPA, in the central Pacific Ocean, a …