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Study Finds More than 60% Decline in Global Forest Area Per Capita

Over the past 60 years, the global forest area has declined by 81.7 million hectares, a loss that contributed to the more than 60% decline in global forest area per capita.

2 Aug 2022

Marine and Terrestrial Extinction Caused By Global Climate Change

A Tohoku University professor emeritus has found proof referring to a significant connection between the magnitude of mass extinctions and global temperature changes throughout geologic time.

25 Jul 2022

Seed Dispersal and Fire Will Slow Arctic Shrub Expansion, Scientists Say

Scientists investigating the growth of arctic vegetation have found that seed dispersal and fire will slow its land expansion in the long term, despite more favorable conditions from a warming planet.

20 Jul 2022

Hydrogen the Only Solution for Some Zero-emission Haulage, Whitepaper Finds

Today, the H2Accelerate collaboration has published a new whitepaper in support of the use of hydrogen in long-haul trucking, based on focus group discussions with truck end-users and logistics providers.

20 Jul 2022

Global Survey Finds More Species on the Brink of Extinction Than Previously Thought

According to a global biodiversity assessment, more species than previously believed are in danger of going extinct.

19 Jul 2022

Scientists Determine if Beneficial Microorganisms from Weeds can Help Corn Become More Drought-Tolerant

Drought can cause issues for grain crops and three Clemson University scientists are working to get to the root of the problem.

18 Jul 2022

Global Warming Makes Pine Trees More Susceptible to Disease

The high heat and low water conditions produced by global warming weaken pine trees' resistance to disease by hindering their ability to mount an effective defense at the same time that pathogenic fungi in their tissues become more aggressive, new research suggests.

15 Jul 2022

California’s Climate-Change Solution Arsenal may be in Jeopardy, Research Reports

The State of California is banking on its forests to help reduce planet-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But that element of the state's climate-change solution arsenal may be in jeopardy, as new research from the University of California, Irvine reports that trees in California's mountain ranges and open spaces are dying from wildfires and other pressures – and fewer new trees are filling the void.

15 Jul 2022

On the ‘Elevator to Extinction’: Arctic-alpine Plants Endangered in Scottish Highlands

Rare arctic-alpine plants are being driven higher up Scotland’s mountains by climate change and will soon become extinct if we don’t intervene, new research from the University of Stirling has found.

14 Jul 2022

New Study Outlines the Hydrological Impact of Lithium Mining

A groundbreaking new study recently published in the journal Earth's Future and led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in collaboration with the University of Alaska Anchorage, is the first to comprehensively account for the hydrological impact of lithium mining.

13 Jul 2022