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Glaciers are Losing Mass Faster and Faster Due to Climate Change

For 20 years, a team from the VUB research group Ice and Climate Research, led by Professor Philippe Huybrechts, has been travelling to the Alps at the end of the summer to measure the mass balance of the Morteratsch and Pers glaciers.

13 Oct 2021

Study Reveals How Thinning Ice Sheet Impacts Greenland’s Groundwater System

For more than a decade, a team of University of Montana researchers and students have studied the dynamics of the Greenland Ice Sheet as it responds to a warming climate

13 Oct 2021

New Methods to Help Coral Reefs Survive Under Climate Change

Coral reefs are the rainforests of the seas, and 30 percent of all marine biodiversity depends on them. In economic terms, they support the livelihoods of around a billion people around the globe.

13 Oct 2021

Climate Science Denial Emerged Simultaneously with Key Scientific Discoveries

Denial of climate science emerged simultaneously with key scientific discoveries about humanity's impact on our planet, according to a new book.

13 Oct 2021

Study Provides a Comprehensive Reference Guide on Land-Based Climate Solutions for Over 200 Countries

At a time when only one country in the world is on track to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with limiting global warming to 1.5 ºC, a new study published in Global Change Biology provides a comprehensive reference guide on the potential and feasibility of land-based climate solutions for over 200 countries.

13 Oct 2021

Scientists Collaborate with Indigenous Communities to Conduct Large-Scale Ecological Analyses of Arctic Caribou

Wild caribou are the single most important land-based species for both human communities and ecosystems in the Arctic.

13 Oct 2021

Researchers Provide New Understanding of the Arctic's Carbon Cycle

In a pair of recently published papers, Michael Rawlins has made significant gains in filling out our understanding of the Arctic's carbon cycle -- or the way that carbon is transferred between the land, ocean and atmosphere.

13 Oct 2021

Study Evaluates Impact of Sea-Level Rise on Small Tropical Islands

The climate change-induced sea-level rise is posing significant challenges to coastal regions and small islands due to flooding waters and the inundation of low-lying land areas.

13 Oct 2021

New Research Alters the Prevailing Understanding of How Marine Life Influences Clouds

Stand on the ocean's shore and take a big whiff of the salt spray and you'll smell the unmistakably pungent scent of the sea. That ripe, almost rotting smell? That's sulfur.

12 Oct 2021