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May 3, 2024
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May 3, 2024 — Heavy pooling meltwater can fracture ice, potentially leading to ice shelf ...
May 2, 2024 — Climate change and human activities like deforestation are causing more fires in central and west Africa's wet, tropical forests, according to the first-ever comprehensive survey there. The fires have long been ...
May 3, 2024 — New research suggests that countries' current plans to remove CO2 from the atmosphere will not be enough to comply with the 1.5 C warming limit set out under the Paris ...
May 3, 2024 — Climate change will cause an increase in extreme winter storms combining strong winds and heavy rainfall over the UK and Ireland, new research has ...
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May 2, 2024 — The alarming rates of biodiversity loss worldwide have made clear that the classical way of governing biodiversity recovery based on protected areas ...
May 2, 2024 — Some of the ocean's tiniest organisms get swept into underwater currents that act as a conduit that shuttles them from the sunny surface to deeper, ...
May 2, 2024 — The global demand for palm oil -- the most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet, in everything from instant noodles to lipstick -- is driving worldwide tropical deforestation. While many ...
May 2, 2024 — New catalyst is made from an inexpensive, abundant metal and table sugar. Catalyst converts carbon dioxide (CO2) into carbon monoxide, a building block for producing a variety of useful chemicals ...
May 1, 2024 — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is underestimating methane emissions from landfills, urban areas and U.S. states, according to a new study. The researchers combined 2019 satellite ...
May 1, 2024 — Researchers have discovered the missing piece of the puzzle behind a rare opening in the sea ice around Antarctica, which was nearly twice the size of Wales and occurred during the winters of 2016 ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — Researchers have unveiled evidence for ancient human resilience to climate change in the Eastern ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — The link between massive flood basalt volcanism and the end-Triassic (201 million years ago) mass-extinction is commonly accepted. However, exactly how volcanism led to the collapse of ecosystems and ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — Researchers have developed a chemical process using plasma that could create sustainable jet fuel from methane gas emitted from landfills, ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — A new study that looked at nearly 40 million flights in 2019 calculated the greenhouse gas emissions from air travel for essentially every country on the planet. At 911 million tons, the total ...
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Apr. 30, 2024 — Electric bicycle rebates have exploded in popularity in North America as transportation planners try to get people out of their cars and into healthier, more climate-friendly alternatives. However, ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — Scientists have applied a data-driven approach to understanding firefly population dynamics on a continental scale. Key findings from this new study indicate that fireflies, part of the beetle order, ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — Europe's forests have already been severely affected by climate change. Thousands of hectares of trees have already died due to drought and bark beetles. Scientists have now investigated which ...
Apr. 26, 2024 — Fungal disease Fusarium head blight (FHB) is on the rise due to increasingly humid conditions induced by climate change during the wheat growing season, but a fundamental discovery could help reduce ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Global biodiversity has declined between 2% and 11% during the 20th century due to land-use change alone, according to a large multi-model study. Projections show climate change could become the main ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Companies' emissions reduction targets should not be the sole measure of corporate climate ambition, according to a new perspective ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Due to the changing climate, young herring arrive in the Wadden Sea earlier and earlier in ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Extracting natural gas from shale formations can provide an abundant, lower-carbon footprint fossil fuel, but also creates concerns over increased methane emissions. Researchers have now developed a ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Dust can have a huge impact on local air quality, food security, energy supply and public health. Previous studies have found that dust levels are decreasing across India, particularly northern ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — In the boreal forest of Western Canada, researchers have considered that both changing climate and increased habitat alteration have enabled deer to push farther ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Hydrologists predict human-induced underground fluid fluxes to rise with climate change mitigation strategies like carbon ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Scientists are using artificial intelligence software to analyze plant root systems, laying out a protocol that can be applied to gather data on crop and model plant phenotypes (physical ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Many American companies are relying on carbon offsets to reduce their carbon footprint, especially those who have pledged to achieve 'net-zero emissions.' Sequestering carbon in forests is ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — A groundbreaking study combined novel experimental data within an innovative modeling framework to examine how temperature might affect transmission risk of malaria in different environments in ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Researchers found that forests with higher trait diversity not only adapt better to climate change but may also thrive. The study unveiled how tree functional trait diversity plays a pivotal role in ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Countries with limited potential for renewables could save up to 20 percent of costs for green steel and up to 40 percent for green chemicals from green hydrogen if they relocated their ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — As wildfires in Siberia become more common, global climate modeling estimates significant impacts on climate, air quality, health, and economies in East Asia and across the northern ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — A new study has recovered a 3.7-billion-year-old record of Earth's magnetic field, and found that it appears remarkably similar to the field surrounding Earth ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Researchers have created a coastal evolution model to analyze how coastal management activities on barrier islands, meant to adapt to sea-level rise, can disrupt natural processes that are keeping ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Scientists demonstrated the first-ever remote observations of the fine-scale structure at the base of clouds. The results show that the air-cloud interface is a transition zone where aerosol ...
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Monday, April 29, 2024
- Fading Lights: Multiple Threats to North America's Firefly Populations
- How Can Forests Be Reforested in a Climate-Friendly Way?
Friday, April 26, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
- Climate Change Could Become the Main Driver of Biodiversity Decline by Mid-Century
- Voluntary Corporate Emissions Targets Not Enough to Create Real Climate Action
- Herring Arrives Earlier in the Wadden Sea Due to Climate Change
- Estimating Emissions Potential of Decommissioned Gas Wells from Shale Samples
- Warming Arctic Reduces Dust Levels in Parts of the Planet
- Deer Are Expanding North, and That's Not Good for Caribou
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- Human Activities Have an Intense Impact on Earth's Deep Subsurface Fluid Flow
- Artificial Intelligence Helps Scientists Engineer Plants to Fight Climate Change
- Hurricanes Jeopardize Carbon-Storing New England Forests
- Can Climate Change Accelerate Transmission of Malaria? Pioneering Research Sheds Light on Impacts of Temperature
- Diversity and Productivity Go Branch-in-Branch
- Securing Competitiveness of Energy-Intensive Industries Through Relocation: The Pulling Power of Renewables
- Modeling Broader Effects of Wildfires in Siberia
- Researchers Find Oldest Undisputed Evidence of Earth's Magnetic Field
- Shoreline Model Predicts Long-Term Future of Storm Protection and Sea-Level Rise
- High-Resolution Lidar Sees Birth Zone of Cloud Droplets
- A Chemical Mystery Solved -- The Reaction Explaining Large Carbon Sinks
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- Asian Monsoon Lofts Ozone-Depleting Substances to Stratosphere
- Warming Climate Is Putting More Metals Into Colorado's Mountain Streams
- Marginalized Communities Developed 'disaster Subculture' When Living Through Extreme Climate Events
- Tropical Fish Are Invading Australian Ocean Water
- No Bull: How Creating Less-Gassy Cows Could Help Fight Climate Change
Monday, April 22, 2024
- World's Oases Threatened by Desertification, Even as Humans Expand Them
- Feedback Loop That Is Melting Ice Shelves in West Antarctica Revealed
- AI Weather Forecasts Captured Ciaran's Destructive Path
Friday, April 19, 2024
- The Italian Central Apennines as a Source of CO2
- Weather Prediction Models Can Also Forecast Satellite Displacements
- Climate Change Will Increase Value of Residential Rooftop Solar Panels Across US, Study Shows
- Warming of Antarctic Deep-Sea Waters Contribute to Sea Level Rise in North Atlantic, Study Finds
Thursday, April 18, 2024
- One Third of China's Urban Population at Risk of City Sinking, New Satellite Data Shows
- Data-Driven Music: Converting Climate Measurements Into Music
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- Ice Age Climate Analysis Reduces Worst-Case Warming Expected from Rising CO2
- 38 Trillion Dollars in Damages Each Year: World Economy Already Committed to Income Reduction of 19 % Due to Climate Change
- Understanding Climate Warming Impacts on Carbon Release from the Tundra
- Substantial Global Cost of Climate Inaction
- How Soil Microbes Survive in Harsh Desert Environments
- Unique Field Study Shows How Climate Change Affects Fire-Impacted Forests
- Paradox of Extreme Cold Events in a Warming World
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Coral Reef Microbes Point to New Way to Assess Ecosystem Health
- Scientists Develop Framework to Measure Plastic Emissions and Bolster U.N. Efforts to Reduce Pollution
- Researchers Shine Light on Rapid Changes in Arctic and Boreal Ecosystems
- CO2 Worsens Wildfires by Helping Plants Grow
- Huge Database Gives Insight Into Salmon Patterns at Sea
- Study Reveals How Humanity Could Unite to Address Global Challenges
- Fires Pose Growing Worldwide Threat to Wildland-Urban Interface
- Yellowstone Lake Ice Cover Unchanged Despite Warming Climate
- Florida Wildlife Corridor Eases Worst Impacts of Climate Change
- Most Countries Struggle to Meet Climate Pledges from 2009
- Researchers Can Help Shipowners Achieve Ambitious Climate Targets
Monday, April 15, 2024
- Global North Energy Outsourcing Demands More Attention
- Hidden Threat: Global Underground Infrastructure Vulnerable to Sea-Level Rise
- GeoAI Technologies for Sustainable Urban Development
- Switch to Green Wastewater Infrastructure Could Reduce Emissions and Provide Huge Savings According to New Research
- New Radar Analysis Method Can Improve Winter River Safety
Friday, April 12, 2024
- Oceanographers Uncover the Vital Role of Mixing Down of Oxygen in Sustaining Deep Sea Health
- Africa's Iconic Flamingos Threatened by Rising Lake Levels
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Ocean Currents Threaten to Collapse Antarctic Ice Shelves
- Cloud Engineering Could Be More Effective 'painkiller' For Global Warming Than Previously Thought
- Food Security in Developed Countries Shows Resilience to Climate Change
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- Ants in Colorado Are on the Move Due to Climate Change
- More Than Half a Million Global Stroke Deaths May Be Tied to Climate Change
- New Report 'braids' Indigenous and Western Knowledge for Forest Adaptation Strategies Against Climate Change
- Cold-Affinity Algae Species Are Gradually Being Replaced by Warm-Affinity Ones Off the Coast of Biscay
- New Approach Needed to Save Australia's Non-Perennial Rivers
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- Scientist Helps Link Climate Change to Madagascar's Megadrought
- Tiny Plastic Particles Are Found Everywhere
- Impact of Climate Change on Marine Life Much Bigger Than Previously Known
- A Smarter City Skyline for Flood Safety
- A Natural Touch for Coastal Defense
Monday, April 8, 2024
- Atmospheric and Economic Drivers of Global Air Pollution
- How Climate Change Will Impact Food Production and Financial Institutions
- Deep Parts of Great Barrier Reef 'insulated' From Global Warming -- For Now
- Using Pulp and Paper Waste to Scrub Carbon from Emissions
- Climate Change Threatens Antarctic Meteorites
- Boreal Forest and Tundra Regions Worst Hit Over Next 500 Years of Climate Change, Study Shows
Friday, April 5, 2024
- Ocean Waves Propel PFAS Back to Land
- Dinosaur Study Challenges Bergmann's Rule
- Common Loons Threatened by Declining Water Clarity
- eDNA Methods Give a Real-Time Look at Coral Reef Health
- Heat Stress from Ocean Warming Harms Octopus Vision
Thursday, April 4, 2024
- Researchers Envision Sci-Fi Worlds Involving Changes to Atmospheric Water Cycle
- Shy Sea Anemones Are More Likely to Survive Heatwaves
- Adult Fish Struggle to Bounce Back in Marine Protected Areas
- With the Planet Facing a 'polycrisis', Biodiversity Researchers Uncover Major Knowledge Gaps
- Fans Are Not a Magic Bullet for Beating the Heat!
- Climate Change Impacts Terrorist Activity
- Fish Species That Move Rapidly Toward the Poles Due to Global Warming Decline in Abundance, Study Finds
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
- Out of the Park: New Research Tallies Total Carbon Impact of Tourism at Yellowstone
- Experiencing Extreme Weather Predicts Support for Policies to Mitigate Effects of Climate Change
- California Leads U.S. Emissions of Little-Known Greenhouse Gas
- Discovery Could End Global Amphibian Pandemic
- Are Universities Connected to Local Sustainability? A New Study Suggests Yes...and No.