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TAU Researchers Discover Algae can Yield Mass Quantities of Hydrogen

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered that algae can yield mass quantities of hydrogen, which is considered the world's cleanest energy source.

7 Oct 2016

Environmental Stress Multiplies Effects of Pollutants on Organisms

Each and every organism on Earth is exposed to the influence of various environmental conditions and of other living organisms. These factors can trigger stress and make the living organism more vulnerable to external influences.

22 Sep 2016

Paleomammalogist Hopes to Uncover Fossils of Ancient Climate Change

A record of shifts in the environment and animal diversity and distribution may help scientists predict effects of current climate change

22 Sep 2016

Researchers Explore Climate Change Effects on Species Associations

Climate changes are beginning to reorder species from Argentina's grasslands to the ice-free regions of Greenland.

22 Sep 2016

Stanford Research Shows What Aids or Degrades Coral Reefs

Around the world ocean coral reefs are threatened by climate change, however not all reefs are affected equally. Justin Rogers, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford’s Environmental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, led a study that suggested when oceans begin to get warm, physical forces such as water flow and wave strength impact which reefs flourish and which die.

19 Sep 2016

MIT Team Develops Future-Oriented Computer Models of Ocean’s Colors Based on Phytoplankton Population

Stephanie Dutkiewicz has been curious about the colors of the ocean ever since she set sail from her native South Africa to the Caribbean islands at age 17.

16 Sep 2016

UV-Led Study Shows Impact of 2015/2016 El Niño and Global Warming in Amazonia

A study led by researchers at the Global Change Unit at the Universitat de València (UV) shows the impact the current 2015/2016 El Niño is having in Amazonia. Areas of extreme drought and changes to their typical distribution in the region are among the most evident consequences.

15 Sep 2016

Researchers Use Small Aircrafts to Measure Atmospheric Methane Levels Over Amazon Basin

Research led by the National Centre of Earth Observation is going to new heights in the atmosphere to get a better handle on methane emitted from wetlands in the Amazon.

15 Sep 2016

Increased CO2 Concentrations Alters Brain Chemistry, Causes Neurological Impairments in Some Fish Species

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers from the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University showed that increased carbon dioxide concentrations alters brain chemistry that may lead to neurological impairment in some fish.

14 Sep 2016

New Coral Conservation Initiative to Enable Coral Restoration Throughout the Caribbean and Florida Keys

Mote Marine Laboratory and The Nature Conservancy are partnering on a coral conservation initiative that will enable coral restoration at unprecedented scales throughout the Caribbean and the Florida Keys.

13 Sep 2016