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People’s Experiences with Climate Extremes Increase Environmental Concerns, Promote Green Voting

What role do experiences with climate change and extreme events play in shaping environmental attitudes and to what extent can they explain the recent rise in environmental concerns and willingness to vote for Green parties across Europe? IIASA researchers set out to investigate these and related issues in a new study just published in Nature Climate Change.

8 Feb 2022

Changing Precipitation Patterns Alter the Population Dynamics of Tropical Butterfly Species

When we think of climate change, we often imagine how a warmer world will impact species, but a new study highlights the importance of changes in precipitation. The finding suggests that paying attention to the environmental triggers within each species' lifecycle will help us better understand how they will be affected by climate change.

8 Feb 2022

Six New Initiatives to Mitigate Climate Change

Modern agriculture has to produce more food than ever to feed our growing plant, which requires the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides to meet demand. These widespread practices are expensive for farmers while also contributing to climate change through emitting greenhouse gasses.

8 Feb 2022

Detailed Insight into Climate Processes in the Central Arctic

Hundreds of international researchers are currently analyzing observations from the one-year MOSAiC expedition, during which hundreds of environmental parameters were recorded with unprecedented accuracy and frequency over a full annual cycle in the Central Arctic Ocean.

8 Feb 2022

U.S. Likely to Face Substantial Increase in Air Conditioning Demand Due to Warming Climate

Climate change will drive an increase in summer air conditioning use in the United States that is likely to cause prolonged blackouts during peak summer heat if states do not expand capacity or improve efficiency, according to a new study of household-level demand.

7 Feb 2022

Study Assesses How Climate Change Could Impact the Frequency of Extreme Rainfall-Surge Events

Extreme flooding events spawned by hurricanes are likely to become far more frequent along the Eastern and Southern U.S. coastlines because of a combination of sea level rise and storm intensification.

4 Feb 2022

Reduction in Emissions Could Preserve Snow Cover and Below Freezing Temperatures

Winters are warming faster than summers in North America, impacting everything from ecosystems to the economy. Global climate models indicate that this trend will continue in future winters but there is a level of uncertainty around the magnitude of warming.

4 Feb 2022

Mount Everest’s Highest Glacier Affected by Human-Induced Climate Change

Melting and sublimation on Mount Everest's highest glacier due to human-induced climate change have reached the point that several decades of accumulation are being lost annually now that ice has been exposed, according to a University of Maine-led international research team that analyzed data from the world's highest ice core and highest automatic weather stations.

4 Feb 2022

Major Blyth Projects Break Ground in Boost to UK Offshore Wind

Photograph: Robotics technology such as BladeBUG’s maintenance and repair robot have previously been tested at ORE Catapult’s National Renewable Energy Centre.

4 Feb 2022