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Deoxygenation Due to Climate Change Could Pose Major Threat to Marine Life

A reduction in the amount of oxygen dissolved in the oceans due to climate change is already discernible in some parts of the world and should be evident across large regions of the oceans between 2030 and 2040, according to a new study led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).

28 Apr 2016

MIT Scientist Explores Impacts of Atmosphere’s Composition on Climate

Winds that blow across the Sahara desert in North Africa pick up particles of soil and sand, and typically carry them westward. Many of these grains travel across the Atlantic, leading to poor-visibility days in the southern U.S. and Caribbean, transporting nutrients to far-flung ecosystems in South America, and impacting hurricane formation in the Atlantic.

28 Apr 2016

Subtle Changes in Forest Structure Due to Differing Management Practices Can Influence Forest Temperature Regimes

The soaring canopy and dense understory of an old-growth forest could provide a buffer for plants and animals in a warming world, according to a study from Oregon State University published today in Science Advances.

25 Apr 2016

New Study Enlightens Impacts of Shoreline Armoring on Salish Sea Ecosystem

Bulkheads and seawalls along the shores of Puget Sound help ease erosion and stabilize bluffs to protect waterfront properties.

20 Apr 2016

Dr Kate Hendry Joins EU-Funded Project to Study Deep-Sea Sponge Ecosystems of North Atlantic

Dr Kate Hendry, Royal Society Research Fellow in the School of Earth Sciences, has joined an EU-funded project to examine the ecology and diversity of deep-sea sponge ecosystems in the North Atlantic.

20 Apr 2016

Ocean Biodiversity More Resilient to Climate Change than Expected

The billions of single-celled marine organisms known as phytoplankton can drift from one region of the world's oceans to almost any other place on the globe in less than a decade, Princeton University researchers have found.

20 Apr 2016

More CO2 in Air Could Mitigate Projected Damage to Crops Caused by Climate Change

Many scientists fear that global warming will hit staple food crops hard, with heat stress, extreme weather events and water shortages. On the other hand, higher levels of carbon dioxide--the main cause of ongoing warming--is known to boost many plants' productivity, and reduce their use of water.

19 Apr 2016