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Just Keep Swimming … Silky Sharks are Setting Records

Tracking silky sharks has revealed them to be swift swimmers. But they’re also one of the most heavily fished sharks globally. Will expanded marine protection in the Tropical Eastern Pacific go far enough to protect these long-distance swimmers?

26 May 2022

Global Warming Cannot be Prevented by Just Cutting CO2, Study Says

A new study has shown that cutting down emissions of carbon dioxide by itself is not sufficient to avoid catastrophic global warming.

25 May 2022

Curbing Non-Carbon Pollutants to Decelerate Climate Change

Cutting emissions of carbon dioxide, by itself, cannot prevent catastrophic global warming.

24 May 2022

Increasing Temperatures Negatively Impact Human Sleep Around the World

Most research looking at the impact of climate change on human life has focused on how extreme weather events affect economic and societal health outcomes on a broad scale.

23 May 2022

Deep Ocean Holds Much of the Excess Heat, Research Suggests

Much of the "excess heat" stored in the subtropical North Atlantic is in the deep ocean (below 700m), new research suggests.

18 May 2022

Europe Sets a New Benchmark for Droughts

The drought that took place from 2018 to 2020 was the days, months, and years that many people will have in their minds. An international research group headed by researchers from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) has been successful in classifying the historical dimensions of this event.

17 May 2022

New Study Discovers That Sea Ice Can Control Stability of Antarctic Ice Sheet

Regardless of the fast melting of ice in several parts of Antarctica, which was witnessed in the late 20th century, scientists have discovered that the floating ice shelves that skirt the eastern Antarctic Peninsula have experienced sustained advance throughout the past two decades.

16 May 2022

A New Study Examines the Impact of Extreme Heat Waves on Health of Outdoor Workers

Working outdoors during phases of extreme heat can result in heat stress, discomfort, or heat illnesses—all growing issues for people who reside and work in Southwestern U.S. cities like Las Vegas, where temperatures in summer are gradually increasing each year.

12 May 2022

Planetary Warming Leads to Seasonal Shifts in Phytoplankton Blooms

According to a new study, global warming poses a direct effect on the ocean’s net primary production (NPP) at the base of the food web and also on the seasonal timing of plankton blooms.

11 May 2022

Experts Reconstruct the Miocene Climate Evolution of Southwest Australia

In light of global warming with increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and melting polar ice, reconstruction of paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic history during past periods when the Earth’s climate system altered significantly is vital for comprehending climate mechanism and thus enhancing predictions of the future.

10 May 2022