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Baltic Herring Collapsed Long Before Industrialization Due to Overfishing and Climate Change

More than a third of the world's commercial fish stocks are considered overexploited or threatened by overfishing.

2 Dec 2021

Study Sheds Light on the Link Between Biological Evolution of Phytoplankton and Climate Change

Using artificial intelligence techniques, an international team that included Rutgers-New Brunswick researchers have traced the evolution of coccolithophores, an ocean-dwelling phytoplankton group, over 2.8 million years.

2 Dec 2021

Climate Change Beliefs Have Increased Among Florida Republicans, Analysis Reveals

Belief in climate change among Florida Republicans has climbed to nearly 9 out of 10 adults, apparently trending upwards, according to a new analysis of five sequenced surveys since 2019 conducted by researchers at Florida Atlantic University.

2 Dec 2021

New Antarctic Drilling Project Focuses on the Ice Sheet’s Sensitivity to Global Warming

An international team of researchers including faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York will drill into the ocean floor to discover the West Antarctic Ice Sheet's sensitivity to global warming.

1 Dec 2021

Study Offers Palaeoclimate-Based Support for Better Projecting Future Climate Responses

A recent study by an international research group led by Prof. AO Hong from the Institute of Earth Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed Asian climate variability and dynamics across the early-to-middle Pliocene Warm Period, thus providing clues for future climate change.

1 Dec 2021

Experts to Convene at UCLA to Discuss the Public Health Impact of Climate Change

In the aftermath of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) this month, experts from the public and private sectors will meet Tuesday, Nov. 30, at UCLA to discuss the expected impact of climate change on the health of Californians.

1 Dec 2021

HPS Receives the "Berlin Brandenburg Innovation Award" for the World's First Year-Round Electricity Storage System for Homes

HPS Home Power Solutions GmbH, provider of picea, the world’s first year-round electricity storage system for homes based on green hydrogen, today announced that it has been selected from 168 entries to receive the “Berlin Brandenburg Innovation Award”.

From Home Power Solutions (HPS) 1 Dec 2021

Tropical Cyclones’ Destructive Power Could Have Doubled Due to Climate change

In a new paper published in Frontiers in Earth Science, researchers investigated how tropical cyclones' destructive power has changed over the eastern and southeastern regions of Asia between 1979 (hereafter) and 2016.

30 Nov 2021

World's Eight Most Extreme Wildfire Weather Years on Record Occurred in the Last Decade

The world's eight most extreme wildfire weather years have occurred in the last decade, according to a new study that suggests extreme fire weather is being driven by a decrease in atmospheric humidity coupled with rising temperatures.

30 Nov 2021

Arctic Rivers are Discharging Much More Water than Previously Thought, Satellite Data Reveals

A civil and environmental engineering researcher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has, for the first time, assimilated satellite information into on-site river measurements and hydrologic models to calculate the past 35 years of river discharge in the entire pan-Arctic region.

30 Nov 2021