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Slight Surface Cooling Hides Rapid Warming of the Deep Antarctic Waters

Scientists from the CNRS, CNES, IRD, Sorbonne Université, l'Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier and their Australian colleagues, with the support of the IPEV, have provided a comprehensive analysis on the evolution of Southern Ocean temperatures over the last 25 years.

22 Jan 2021

Study Highlights the Need to Improve Estimates of Methane Emissions from Abandoned Wells

A recent McGill study published in Environmental Science and Technology finds that annual methane emissions from abandoned oil and gas (AOG) wells in Canada and the US have been greatly underestimated - by as much as 150% in Canada, and by 20% in the US.

22 Jan 2021

Study Shows How Ectotherms Respond to Global Warming

Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile have shown that thermal tolerance differs quantifiably according to body size in ectotherms—animals whose body temperature mainly relies on environmental temperature (the majority of the animals).

18 Jan 2021

Earth’s Plants are Heading towards a Temperature ‘Tipping Point’

A new study has indicated that plants’ ability to absorb atmospheric carbon could be halved within the next two decades if global temperatures continue to rise at the current rate.

15 Jan 2021

Study Reports Highest Ocean Temperatures in 2020

Even with the COVID-19-related small dip in global carbon emissions due to limited travel and other activities, the ocean temperatures continued a trend of breaking records in 2020.

15 Jan 2021

Terrestrial Methane Cycle Perturbations Occurred During Ancient Global Warming Event

Wetlands are the dominant natural source of atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas which is second only to carbon dioxide in its importance to climate change.

15 Jan 2021

Northwestern Pacific Warming Record in August 2020 CAUSEd by Human-Induced Climate Change

August 2020 set new record high sea surface temperatures in the northwestern Pacific Ocean and around the Japan coasts.

15 Jan 2021

New Review Reduces Uncertainty in Forest Carbon Storage Calculations

Investors who bet on tropical forest conservation and reforestation to solve global warming by storing carbon in wood face huge uncertainties because the science behind predicting carbon stocks is still shaky.

15 Jan 2021

The ‘Missing Link’ that Triggered Earth’s Ice Ages

By examining a rock archive dating back 1.6 million years, researchers have found that melting icebergs in the Antarctic could have triggered chain reactions that led to previous ice ages.

14 Jan 2021

Surrey Awarded £1.8m to Lead Study on Effects Tall Buildings have on Urban Environment

The University of Surrey has been awarded £1.8m from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to investigate how increased construction of tall buildings will impact the meteorology, air quality, and climate of towns and cities in the UK.

14 Jan 2021