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Study Evaluates Impact of Sea-Level Rise on Small Tropical Islands

The climate change-induced sea-level rise is posing significant challenges to coastal regions and small islands due to flooding waters and the inundation of low-lying land areas.

13 Oct 2021

Scientists Develop New Framework for Predicting the Response of Ecosystems to Marine Heatwaves

Marine heatwaves, driven by climate change, are becoming more frequent and intense worldwide.

11 Oct 2021

New Online Guide for Home Bushfire Resilience

A new online bushfire best practice guide on how to improve the bushfire resilience of Australian homes and gardens will be launched Monday October 11, at 10.30am AEDT.

11 Oct 2021

Climate Change May Lead to Tipping Points, Finds Study

People are well aware of the regular warnings that climate change might result in ‘tipping points’: irreversible situations where savanna can rapidly get transformed into desert, or the warm gulf stream current can just stop flowing.

8 Oct 2021

Study Provides a First Glimpse of an Ancient Coastal Mangrove Ecosystem

Deep in the heart of the Yucatan Peninsula, an ancient mangrove ecosystem flourishes more than 200 kilometers (124 miles) from the nearest ocean.

5 Oct 2021

Mature Oak Trees Responsible for Increasing Rate of Photosynthesis

A new study reveals that mature oak trees will increase their rate of photosynthesis by up to one-third as a response to the increase in CO2 levels anticipated to be the world average by around 2050.

5 Oct 2021

Researchers Win $15M to Investigate How Microbes' Life and Death Predicts Where Carbon Goes

The future of the Earth's climate depends on how much carbon we can keep out of the atmosphere, and how fast we stop more carbon from entering it.

4 Oct 2021

Climate Change Could Affect International Biodiversity Conservation Efforts

University of Montana scientists and colleagues investigate the ways in which climate change could affect the efforts to safeguard biodiversity within the network of protected regions worldwide.

4 Oct 2021

Black Summer Blazes Raise Extinction Risk Forecasts

The number of threatened Australian native bee species is expected to increase by nearly five times after the devastating Black Summer bushfires in 2019-20, according to new research led by Flinders University.

3 Oct 2021

Study Proposes Ways to Determine the Health of Ecosystems

An international research group led by Bev Law, a researcher from Oregon State University, uncovers three variables that determine the health of a terrestrial ecosystem. The variables are the ability of the vegetation to uptake carbon and its efficiency to use carbon and water.

30 Sep 2021