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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

Study of Airborne Microorganisms Reveals the Impact of Global Warming on Ecosystems

In a landmark study of airborne microorganisms from ground level up to 3,500 metres, scientists from the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have found that bacteria and fungi populate the planet's lower atmosphere in very specific ways and if changed, may negatively impact human health and food supply.

8 Feb 2022

The Secret Lives of Bats Reveal Botanical Mysteries

Many island bats are at risk of extinction, yet bats are proving essential in the survival of one of the world’s most unusual plant species.

4 Feb 2022

Understanding How Ghost Forests Produce Methane

Recent research indicates that ghost forests produce an abundance of methane. While the methane is initially produced in the soil, the trees act like vents that allow the methane to rise and escape into the atmosphere.

3 Feb 2022

Global Warming will be Catastrophic for all Coral Reefs, Study Finds

A newly performed alarming study has shown that global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels will be catastrophic for nearly all coral reefs. This includes those which are once thought of as refuges.

3 Feb 2022

Study Reveals Warm Ocean Temperatures Driven by Climate Change is the New Normal

Exceedingly warm ocean temperatures pushed by climate change are considered to be the new normal. This was revealed by the New Monterey Bay Aquarium-led study.

2 Feb 2022

Lack of Oxygen Due to Climate Change may Impact Marine Ecosystems Worldwide

By 2080, around 70% of the world's oceans could be suffocating from a lack of oxygen as a result of climate change, potentially impacting marine ecosystems worldwide, according to a new study. The new models find mid-ocean depths that support many fisheries worldwide are already losing oxygen at unnatural rates and passed a critical threshold of oxygen loss in 2021.

2 Feb 2022