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New Images, Footage Reveal Severe Coral Bleaching on Great Barrier Reef as UNESCO/IUCN Considers Whether to Recommend "in danger" Listing

A widespread and variable coral bleaching event driven by a marine heatwave is underway on the Great Barrier Reef as a UNESCO/IUCN monitoring mission to consider whether to recommend ‘In Danger’ listing for the Reef is in Queensland.

25 Mar 2022

Climate Change-Induced Forest Loss in India Could Become a Bigger Problem than Expected

Forest loss in India could become an even bigger problem than anticipated in the coming years, with new research revealing climate change has caused significant recent losses.

24 Mar 2022

Extreme Heat Affects Forest Bird Nestlings More than Their Urban Counterparts

Forest bird nestlings are significantly smaller and more likely to die as a result of extreme heat compared to their urban counterparts, reports a new study.

24 Mar 2022

Research Reveals the Complexity in How Ocean Life Responds to Climate Change

Suppose that we could watch twenty generations of whales or sharks adapting to climate change measuring how they evolve and how their biology changes as temperatures and carbon dioxide levels rise.

22 Mar 2022

Researchers Show How Urbanization Affects Coral

Coral reefs in the Gulf of Eilat (commonly called the Gulf of Aqaba) are highly resistant to global warming, rising sea temperatures, and bleaching episodes, which are taking a toll on their counterparts throughout the world.

21 Mar 2022

Ecosystem Services are Delivered More Effectively by Native Forests than by Tree Plantations

Critical ecosystem services and biodiversity are generally delivered more effectively by native forests than by tree plantations, according to a new global study assessing the merits of various reforestation approaches.

18 Mar 2022

Europe's Beech Forests are Severely Threatened by Climate Change

Beech forests in Europe are severely threatened by climate change, particularly in southern European countries, but also in central Europe.

17 Mar 2022

Huge Trees Increase Water Source in Forests by Shielding Snowpack

Big trees play an extraordinary role in old-growth forests, providing multiple ecological benefits ranging from fire resistance to the production of strong genetic offspring.

16 Mar 2022

Global Map may Help Improve Modeling of Future Fire-Induced Forest Loss Rates

Researchers have produced the first ever 30 m (30 meter pixel) resolution global map of fire-induced forest loss.

16 Mar 2022

How the Eusocial Nature of Ants Influences Their Response to Climate Change

Climate change impacts all species on the planet in one way another, and now a group of researchers at the University of Liverpool have turned their sights towards a study on how different ant populations are impacted by and respond to a changing climate.

14 Mar 2022