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Global Warming Leads to Rapid Deoxygenation of Freshwater Lakes

Oxygen levels in the world's temperate freshwater lakes are declining rapidly -- faster than in the oceans -- a trend driven largely by climate change that threatens freshwater biodiversity and drinking water quality.

3 Jun 2021

Warmer Climates Lead to Low-Oxygen "Dead Zones" in the Subarctic North Pacific Ocean

An analysis of sediment cores from the Bering Sea has revealed a recurring relationship between warmer climates and abrupt episodes of low-oxygen "dead zones" in the subarctic North Pacific Ocean over the past 1.2 million years.

3 Jun 2021

Extreme Heat Events More Likely in Tropics with Large, Rapidly Growing Population

Icebergs crumbling into the sea may be what first come to mind when imagining the most dramatic effects of global warming.

3 Jun 2021

Scientists Identify Key Factors That Influence Vital Pattern of Ocean Currents

Researchers have identified the key factors that influence a vital pattern of ocean currents.

2 Jun 2021

Methane Emissions from North American Livestock may be Routinely Undercounted, Finds Study

Methane emissions from North American livestock may be routinely undercounted, a new analysis by researchers at New York University and Johns Hopkins University finds.

2 Jun 2021

Global Water Reservoirs Release Higher Greenhouse Gases than Previously Believed

According to a new study, per-area greenhouse gas emissions from the global water reservoirs are about 29% higher than proposed by earlier studies, but practical measures could be adopted to mitigate that effect. The study has been published in the Global Biogeochemical Cycles journal.

2 Jun 2021

One in Three Heat-Related Deaths Attributable to Human-Induced Global Warming

Between 1991 and 2018, more than a third of all deaths in which heat played a role were attributable to human-induced global warming, according to a new article in Nature Climate Change.

1 Jun 2021

Finding Less Costly Ways to Reach the Paris Agreement

Five researchers shed new light on a key argument to reduce greenhouse gases: they provided the first economic analysis of conversion factors of other GHG like methane into their CO2 equivalent in overshoot scenarios.

31 May 2021

Researchers Reconstruct Demographic Histories to Understand How Kea Populations Respond to Ice Age Climate Change

With global warming decreasing the size of New Zealand's alpine zone, a University of Otago study found out what this means for our altitude-loving kea.

28 May 2021

Corals and Their Symbiotic Algae May Have Capacity to Adjust to Current Ocean Warming

One of the most important and widespread reef-building corals, known as cauliflower coral, exhibits strong partnerships with certain species of symbiotic algae, and these relationships have persisted through periods of intense climate fluctuations over the last 1.5 million years, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State.

27 May 2021