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Restoring Coral Reefs for Storm Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation

The report given by a multi-agency working group aids communities looking for financial support for projects to decrease flood risks by restoring coral reefs for storm hazard mitigation and climate adaptation

14 Dec 2022

Safeguarding the World’s Mountain Ecosystems

According to a University of York scientist, immediate action is desperately required to protect the world’s useful mountain ecosystems.

13 Dec 2022

Effects of Desalination Technologies and Climate Change on Water

A research group from (New York University) NYU Abu Dhabi’s Arabian Center for Climate and Environmental ScienceS (ACCESS) and Water Research Center have gained better insights into how high use of desalination technologies jointly with projected climate change will cause an impact on the Gulf-wide salinity in the years to come.

12 Dec 2022

Visual Tracking of Large Numbers of Coral Larvae

According to research reported on December 6th, 2022, in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Christopher Doropoulos and George Roff from CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, Australia, a new, low-cost staining method permits visual tracking of coral larvae as they disperse and settle in coral reefs.

7 Dec 2022

Relationship Between Climate Change and Growth of European Beech in Northern Germany

More and more trees are suffering the consequences of decades of man-made climate change. The growth of the European beech has so far suffered decline mainly in southern Europe.

6 Dec 2022

Higher Ecosystem Resilience Related to Mortality Risk in Western U.S. Forests

A forest's resilience, or ability to absorb environmental disturbances, has long been thought to be a boost for its odds of survival against the looming threat of climate change.

6 Dec 2022

Study Helps Understand How Warming Alters Respiration Rates in a Marsh

Salt marshes are a well-known carbon sink and can aid in carbon sequestration efforts. But they are also dynamic ecosystems that change with the seasons and tides.

5 Dec 2022

Methane Production Increases at a Faster Rate in Response to Ecosystem Warming

Scientists working at the ongoing Department of Energy's (DOE) Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Changing Environments (SPRUCE) experiment use the site's northern Minnesota bog as a laboratory.

5 Dec 2022

Interplay of Microbes and the Host’s Dormancy Response in Marine Organisms

Various species hunker down as winter approaches for some much-needed rest, including bears, squirrels, and parasitic wasps.

2 Dec 2022

Ocean Fertilization for Carbon Storage

As per an international research team headed by Michael Hochella of the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the immediate necessity to eliminate surplus carbon dioxide from the Earth’s environment could consist of enrolling a few of the smallest inhabitants of the planet.

1 Dec 2022