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Temperate Rainforests Should Be Increased to Combat Climate Change and Meet UK’s Net-Zero Targets

Globally, woodland expansion is seen as one of the most effective solutions in the combat against climate change.

1 Feb 2022

Novel Scheme Based on Machine Learning Helps Reduce Energy Consumption in Base Stations

A new scheme has been developed by scientists with the help of machine learning to optimize both energy consumption and traffic prediction accuracy of cellular networks.

1 Feb 2022

Researchers Identify Two Prevailing Climate Change Coping Profiles

When it comes to coping with climate change, there may be two types of people: those who take action to try to improve the environment and those who don't bother because they don't believe their actions will make a difference.

1 Feb 2022

Study Reveals the Impact of Climate Change on Glaciers in the Northern Hemisphere

In their article "Retreat of Northern Hemisphere marine-terminating glaciers, 2000-2020" published in Geophysical Research Letters, they analyzed all 1704 glaciers that touched the ocean in the year 2000 and documented their frontal position in 2000, 2010, and in 2020.

1 Feb 2022

Climate Change Could Increase the Financial Toll of Flooding, Research Says

Climate change could result in the financial toll of flooding rising by more than a quarter in the United States by 2050 – and disadvantaged communities will bear the biggest brunt, according to new research.

1 Feb 2022

Boreal Forest Management Plays Role in Mitigating Climate Change

The carbon stock in managed boreal forest landscapes is increasing, while it is relatively unchanged in less intensively utilized forests where carbon losses due to forest fires have instead been significant during 1990-2017, according to a new report by the International Boreal Forest Research Association (IBFRA).

1 Feb 2022

Hopeful Future for Endangered Whales Thanks to Funding Boost

Thanks to new funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US), the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (US), and the Marine Biological Association (UK) will be working together with NOAA to better understand the health of an area of ocean known as the Mid-Atlantic Bight and how it has changed over time, influencing policy and conservation efforts of these endangered whales.

1 Feb 2022