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Global Ecosystem Respiration Varies in Response to Increasing Temperatures

Land stores vast amounts of carbon, but a new study led by Cranfield University's Dr Alice Johnston suggests that how much of this carbon enters the atmosphere as temperatures rise depends on how far that land sits from the equator.

4 Mar 2021

Slight Increase in Warming Levels Could Significantly Increase Likelihood of Wildfires

Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change agreed to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 2.0 °C and, ideally, to 1.5 °C, over preindustrial levels. However, even before that treaty was signed, scientists had already warned that those "best case" targets were unlikely to be achievable. Consequently, many fire weather studies are built with models that simulate much higher levels of climate warming.

4 Mar 2021

Satellite Shows Atmospheric River Storms as Driver of Increased Snowfall

Researchers used NASA’s ice-measuring laser satellite to determine that atmospheric river storms are a main driver of elevated snowfall levels in West Antarctica during the austral winter in 2019.

3 Mar 2021

New Study to Assess the Impact of Global Warming on Siberia's Thawing Permafrost

Northumbria University is to play a leading role in a major study to assess the long-term impact of global warming on Siberia's thawing permafrost.

2 Mar 2021

Global Warming Could Reduce the Efficiency of Food Chains

Rising temperatures could reduce the efficiency of food chains and threaten the survival of larger animals, new research shows.

2 Mar 2021

Global Catalogue of Ecosystems Launched to Enable Coordinated Conservation Efforts

UNSW and The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have launched the world’s first Global Typology of Ecosystems, the first-ever comprehensive system for classifying and mapping all ecosystems on Earth based on both their functions and composition. The typology allows for more coordinated and effective approaches to conservation management.

2 Mar 2021

Warming of Atlantic Coastal Waters may Enhance the Spread of Invasive Blue Catfish

A study by researchers at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science suggests that continued warming of Atlantic coastal waters may enhance the spread of invasive blue catfish within the Chesapeake Bay and other estuaries along the U.S. East Coast.

1 Mar 2021

New Framework to Mitigate Irreversible Global Damage

Renowned researchers have warned that major ecosystems around Antarctica and Australia are disintegrating, and have recommended a three-step framework to mitigate the permanent global damage.

1 Mar 2021

Climate Change Triggers Abrupt Deviations in Mountain Ecosystems

In the Alps, spring snowmelt is happening earlier in the year because of climate change and consequently activating sudden deviations in mountain ecosystems.

26 Feb 2021

The Melting of Large Icebergs is a Key Stage in the Evolution of Ice Ages

A new study, in which the Andalusian Earth Sciences Institute (IACT) (CSIC-UGR) participated, has described for the first time a key stage in the beginning of the great glaciations and indicates that it can happen to our planet in the future. The findings were recently published in the scientific journal Nature.

26 Feb 2021