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Greenland's Changing Landscape Signals Global Threat

A comprehensive examination of historical satellite data reveals that approximately 11,000 square miles or 28,707 square kilometers of Greenland's ice sheet and glaciers have melted over the past 30 years.

14 Feb 2024

Fishing Practices Impact Fishermen’s Adaptation to Climate Change, Study Finds

Timothy Frawley has spent the better of the past two decades working in and around commercial fisheries. Born and raised in Casco Bay, Maine, he grew up packing lobsters and pitching bait on Portland's working waterfront. He has worked in commercial fisheries in California, Alaska and the Mexican state of Baja California Sur.

14 Feb 2024

Ramboll Foundation Award Announces Winner to Bridge Biodiversity and Climate Change Efforts in Brazil

Global engineering, design and sustainability consultancy Ramboll has today announced that biologist and Senior Research Associate Leonardo de Sousa Miranda of Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University has been selected as the winner of the 2023 Ramboll Foundation Award.

13 Feb 2024

A System that is More Effective in Handling Climate Change

University of Cincinnati engineers addressed climate change and developed a more effective method of turning carbon dioxide into useful products.

12 Feb 2024

Companies Need Clearer Path to Tackle Climate Change

Despite efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, companies are not set up for success, due to conflicting national and sectorial targets and differing availability of abatement options, a new study reveals.

8 Feb 2024

Poland to End Coal Dependency in Strategic Energy Policy Shift

In an unprecedented move signaling a major shift in energy strategy, Poland is charting a course toward ending its reliance on coal-powered energy. This decision represents a pivotal change in Poland's climate change approach and opens up new avenues for commercial industries through adopting greener energy sources.

8 Feb 2024

Climate Scientists Propose Sixth Hurricane Classification for Intense Storms

For more than 50 years, the National Hurricane Center has used the Saffir-Simpson Windscale to communicate the risk of property damage; it labels a hurricane on a scale from Category 1 (wind speeds between 74 – 95 mph) to Category 5 (wind speeds of 158 mph or greater).

6 Feb 2024

Daytime Heat Up: New Warming Pattern Could Disrupt Life on Earth

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, have discovered a change in what scientists already knew about global warming dynamics.

5 Feb 2024

Permafrost Constrains and Shapes Arctic Rivers

New research from Dartmouth provides the first evidence that the Arctic's frozen soil is the dominant force shaping Earth's northernmost rivers.

5 Feb 2024

Unpacking the Psychology of Climate Change Denial

Do climate change deniers bend the facts to avoid having to modify their environmentally harmful behavior? Researchers from the University of Bonn and the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) ran an online experiment involving 4,000 US adults, and found no evidence to support this idea.

5 Feb 2024