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New Report Examines the Impacts of Climate Change on Nature and People

Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the risks. People and ecosystems least able to cope are being hardest hit, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released today.

1 Mar 2022

Study Details Vulnerability of Outdoor Recreation to Climate Change

Change is difficult, particularly when it includes mega-droughts, soaring summer temperatures, invasive species, and other items from the list of unpleasant results of climate change.

28 Feb 2022

Scientists Identify and Better Understand the Role of Soil Viruses

Soil is the unsung hero of our lives. It provides nourishment to crops to provide us with food, offers drainage for rainwater into aquifers, and is a habitat for a variety of organisms. On the microscopic level, soil thrives with life, harboring microbes, such as fungi and bacteria that work cooperatively with plants.

22 Feb 2022

Soil Microbial DNA Predicts Timing of Ecosystem Recovery

The rehabilitation of ecosystems is a critical component of modern mining operations right across Australia, and represents best practice internationally.

21 Feb 2022

Computational Approach can Guide Sustainable Dam Siting to Protect Ecosystem Services

Rapid hydroelectric dam expansion in the Amazon poses a serious threat to Earth's largest and most biodiverse river basin. There are 158 dams in the Amazon River basin, with another 351 proposed; these projects are typically assessed individually, with little coordinated planning.

18 Feb 2022

Bigger-Brained Birds do not Shrink with Climate Change

Many North American migratory birds are shrinking in size as temperatures have warmed over the past 40 years. But those with very big brains, relative to their body size, did not shrink as much as smaller-brained birds, according to new research from Washington University in St. Louis. The study is the first to identify a direct link between cognition and animal response to human-made climate change.

11 Feb 2022

Meat-Free Pioneer and Market Leader Quorn to Investigate Decarbonised Production Using Green Hydrogen

Protium, the UK-based green hydrogen energy services company, and its consortium partner, Petrofac, will explore the deployment of green hydrogen technology with meat-free pioneer Quorn, the unrivalled market leader in its space.

From Protium 11 Feb 2022

Study Reveals Link Between Warming Waters and Reduced Abundance of Antarctic Silverfish

A long-term study in the Southern Ocean reveals a clear correlation between warming waters, decreased sea ice, and reduced abundance of Antarctic silverfish. These small, abundant fish are important prey for penguins, seals, and other regional marine life, in a role similar to that played by anchovies or sardines in more temperate waters.

9 Feb 2022

Naturally Regrowing Tropical Forests can Recover Surprisingly Fast, Researchers Say

Tropical forests are being cleared for agriculture and other uses at alarming rates.

9 Feb 2022

Study Reveals the Combined Effects of Climate, Overfishing, and Mercury Pollution on Europe’s Fishes

Over one quarter of Europe's 20 most highly-fished marine species will be under extreme pressure by 2100 if nothing is done to simultaneously halt climate change, overfishing, and mercury pollution, according to a new UBC study.

9 Feb 2022