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Study Reveals Inability of Various Species to Adapt to Climate Change

According to an international team of researchers, including a biologist from Iowa State University, climate change is surpassing the potential of birds and other species to adjust to their changing environment.

5 Aug 2019

Climate Change Impacts Marine Organisms by Altering Their Sensory Pathways

Research related to the effect of global change on marine organisms has traditionally concentrated on physiological effects.

30 Jul 2019

London’s Air Quality Goes Online

Detailed information on London’s air pollution will today start to be published on breathelondon.org, the website for a new collaborative project to paint a clearer picture of the city’s air quality.

26 Jul 2019

Industrialised Fishing Overlaps Threaten Shark Hotspots Worldwide

An international team of over 150 scientists from 26 countries have collated movement data from nearly 2,000 sharks tracked with satellite transmitter tags.

26 Jul 2019

Newly Developed Method Recovers Nitrogen from Wastewater

A new technique for recovering nitrogen from wastewater has been devised by two EPFL Master’s in Environmental Engineering students.

18 Jul 2019

Federal Government Body Sounds Climate Alarm Over Reef

A key Federal Government body has identified climate change as the greatest threat to the Great Barrier Reef and is calling for greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced as urgently as possible.

18 Jul 2019

World's Erosion Experts Gather at Gateway to GBR

Leading Australian and international gully erosion experts will meet in Townsville next week and view first-hand the severe impact this type of land degradation is having on the Great Barrier Reef.

18 Jul 2019

Rotterdam: Solutions for Extreme Rainfall and Drought – The City as a Sponge

By making the city act as a sponge, the effects of climate change may be mitigated more successfully. As of the beginning of this month, Rotterdam has a Sponge Garden, intended to investigate how this can look in practice.

17 Jul 2019

Not All Changes Proposed for Climate Mitigation are for the Better

Changes in lifestyle can minimize greenhouse gas emissions and help safeguard nature. Although some actions hold huge promise, some are not as effective as thought and may even need more land and water, such as turning to renewable energy.

1 Jul 2019