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Research Illuminates How Warmer Temperatures, Artificial Light Alter the Timing of Urban Tree Leafing

For illuminating how warmer temperatures and artificial light in cities alter the timing of urban tree leafing, Lin Meng is the grand prize winner of the 2021 Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists.

26 Nov 2021

Arctic Ocean has Been Warming for Much Longer than Records Suggest

The Arctic Ocean has been getting warmer since the beginning of the 20th century – decades earlier than records suggest – due to warmer water flowing into the delicate polar ecosystem from the Atlantic Ocean.

25 Nov 2021

Study Attributes Tree Mortality to the Direct Effect of Warming on Bark Beetles

In California's Sierra Nevada, western pine beetle infestations amped up by global warming were found to kill 30% more ponderosa pine trees than the beetles do under drought alone.

24 Nov 2021

Cost-Effective Approach to Turn Global Warming Liability into a Food Security Solution

Like a mirage on the horizon, an innovative process for converting a potent greenhouse gas into a food security solution has been stalled by economic uncertainty.

23 Nov 2021

Carbon Storage Declines Strongly with Rising Temperatures

Global warming will cause the world's soil to release carbon, new research shows.

19 Nov 2021

Antarctic Ice Sheet Changed Alarmingly Quickly in the Past - and may be Happening Again Now

Patterns of rapid ice loss in the past could predict style of future Antarctic ice sheet retreat.

19 Nov 2021

Wetlands can be Restored for Coastal Protection Using Machine Learning

By feeding large experimental data sets to a machine learning model, wetland establishment for flood defense can be enabled by manipulating the local conditions, thus overruling intense global change stressors.

17 Nov 2021

Frequency of Extreme Hot Weather and Rainfall Increases with Global Warming

The frequency of extreme hot weather and record temperatures and rainfall has increased around the world as a result of global warming

17 Nov 2021

World-First Facility Converting Waste Carbon Dioxide into Materials

Barton Blakeley Technologies (BBT) has developed the first carbon conversion system, converting CO2 emissions into hydrophobic silica.

From Barton Blakeley Technologies 17 Nov 2021

Climate Change Causes Amazon Rainforest Birds to Alter Their Bodies

According to a new study by Louisiana State University (LSU) researchers, the most untouched areas of the Amazon rainforest devoid of direct human contact are being influenced by human-contributed climate change.

15 Nov 2021