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Extreme Heat Wave Worsens Coral Disease Outbreak in Florida

Florida's coral reefs are struggling. Like, really struggling.

7 Aug 2023

Evaluating the Impact of Sea Ice Retreat on the Arctic Ecosystem

The research vessel Polarstern is scheduled to depart from Troms, Norway, on Thursday, August 3rd, 2023, for the North Pole.

3 Aug 2023

Do Ancient Pathogens From Melting Permafrost Pose a Risk?

Climate change may expedite the release of “time-traveling” pathogens trapped in melting permafrost and ice for millennia. Their emergence raises the stakes for the global environment and even humanity.

31 Jul 2023

New Analysis Outlines Steps to Make Forests More Effective Natural Climate Solutions

To limit the frequency and severity of droughts, wildfires, flooding, and other adverse consequences of climate change, nearly 200 countries committed to the Paris Agreement's long-term goal of keeping global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius.

28 Jul 2023

Climate Variability Disrupts Arctic Spring Timing

About 15 years ago, researchers reported that the timing of spring in high-Arctic Greenland had advanced at some of the fastest rates of change ever seen anywhere in the world.

27 Jul 2023

Inverse Approach to Food Web Modeling Offers New Insights into Ecosystem Stability

In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, authors Gabriel Gellner and Kevin McCann from the University of Guelph and SFI External Professor Alan Hastings (UC Davis) invert a classical approach to modeling food webs.

27 Jul 2023

New Way to Measure Earth’s Response to Climate Change

A Chapman University researcher and his coworkers have discovered how the Earth reacts as it warms due to climate change.

25 Jul 2023

Greening in the South American Andes may Have Dramatic Impact on Environment and Ecosystems

Analysing satellite data spanning the past 20 years, the research team based at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge examined how vegetation has been changing along the Pacific coast of Peru and northern Chile. This area is known for its unique and delicate arid and semi-arid environments.

24 Jul 2023

What Factors Influence Arsenic Mobilization and Release?

A study was conducted by investigators from the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences to evaluate the effects of environmental factors and microbial communities on arsenic (As) mobilization.

24 Jul 2023