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Acceleration of Ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet Transforms Landscape

Ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet has accelerated significantly over the past two decades, transforming the shape of the ice sheet edge and therefore coastal Greenland, according to scientific research led by Twila Moon, deputy lead scientist of the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

28 Oct 2020

Study Offers Fresh Insight to the Fight to Save Earth’s Embattled Coral Reefs

According to a new study by Oregon State University (OSU), corals that seem healthy are more likely to get sick when they become home to excessive parasitic bacteria.

28 Oct 2020

Study Requests Caution When Implementing Reforestation Plans Across Africa

According to geo-ecologist Julie Aleman, a visiting scientist in the department of geography at the Université de Montréal (UdeM), the state of mature ecosystems must be considered before huge reforestation plans can be implemented in sub-Saharan Africa.

28 Oct 2020

Study Shows the Effects of Ocean Acidification on Marine Ecosystems

The ocean plays a key role in the current climate change, as it absorbs a considerable part of the atmospheric carbon dioxide emitted by mankind.

27 Oct 2020

Global 'BiteMap' Shows How Rising Temperatures can Shape Marine Food Webs

Where are small marine animals most vulnerable to getting eaten? The answer has big consequences for coastal ecosystems, where most of the world's fishing takes place, since predators can radically change underwater communities.

27 Oct 2020

New Project to Examine the Impacts of Plastic Pollution in Southeast Asia's Marine Ecosystems

Researchers have launched an ambitious project to discover the impacts of plastic pollution in the oceans of Southeast Asia - and how the problem might be tackled.

23 Oct 2020

Volvo Trucks Awarded $21.7M From U.S. EPA and South Coast AQMD to Deploy 70 Class 8 VNR Electric Zero-Emission Trucks

Volvo Trucks North America was awarded $21.7 million in grants to deploy 70 VNR Electric trucks in Southern California for regional freight distribution and drayage.

20 Oct 2020

Research Lays the Groundwork for More Accurate Global Measurement of Carbon Storage

Scientists from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and international collaborators demonstrated a new method for mapping the location and size of trees growing outside of forests, discovering billions of trees in arid and semi-arid regions and laying the groundwork for more accurate global measurement of carbon storage on land.

19 Oct 2020

Study Investigates Drivers Responsible for Madagascar Megafaunal Extinction

In the past thousand years, there was complete destruction of the endemic megafauna of Madagascar and the Mascarene islands. An international research team analyzed the probable drivers of this extinction by developing an 8000-year record of the previous climate of the island.

19 Oct 2020