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New Research Resolves Discrepancy Between Terrestrial and Marine Data in Antarctica

New research led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst definitively resolves a long-standing discrepancy in the geologic record that pitted studies of marine ice-sheet behavior against those that reconstructed past conditions on land.

15 Feb 2022

Paris Climate Agreement Goal to Limit Global Warming Remains Within Reach

The Paris Climate Agreement goal to limit global warming this century to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius) over pre-industrial temperatures is still within reach, while apocalyptic, worst-case scenarios are no longer plausible, suggests a new CU Boulder analysis.

14 Feb 2022

Worsening Climate Crisis Drives Relocation of Some South Africans

Using a modified network modeling approach, the team looked specifically at water availability, temperature extremes, and migrants' socioeconomic statuses during two migration periods in South Africa.

14 Feb 2022

Costs and Benefits of Agricultural Adaptation Strategies in Near East and North Africa Region

The Near East and North Africa region is one of the world's regions with the lowest availability of per capita natural resources and one of the most vulnerable to climate change.

14 Feb 2022

African Heritage Sites Exposed to Extreme Sea Levels and Erosion

Heritage of Outstanding and Universal Value located along the African coast is at risk from climate change.

11 Feb 2022

Poorer People Face Higher Exposure to Heat Waves, Study Shows

People with lower incomes are exposed to heat waves for longer periods of time compared to their higher income counterparts due to a combination of location and access to heat adaptations like air conditioning. This inequality is expected to rise as temperatures increase, according to new research.

11 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

Study Reveals the Influence of Climate, Demography on Dietary Changes in Central Andes

What a person eats influences a person's health, longevity and experience in the world. Identifying the factors that determine people's diets is important to answer the bigger questions, such as how changing climates will influence unequal access to preferred foods.

10 Feb 2022

Methane’s Importance Underestimated for Achieving Paris Agreement Climate Goals

Like boxers whose punching power declines over their careers, greenhouse gasses lose their warming impact at different rates. So, to compare gasses' climate changing potential to the most common greenhouse gas – carbon dioxide – international negotiators often use a metric that measures their influence on global warming over a 100-year timeframe.

10 Feb 2022

Compound Droughts Could Exacerbate Food Insecurity

Droughts occurring at the same time across different regions of the planet could place an unprecedented strain on the global agricultural system and threaten the water security of millions of people, according to a new study in Nature Climate Change.

10 Feb 2022