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Adaptive and Translational Approaches Needed to Manage Ecosystems Under Climate Change

In a Perspective, Stephen Jackson argues that a static view of ecosystem processes is no longer sufficient to inform conservation and natural resource management approaches.

3 Sep 2021

Arctic Change Linked to Extreme Winter Weather in the United States

A new study shows that the frequency of polar vortex disruptions that is most favorable for extreme winter weather in the United States is increasing, and that Arctic change is likely contributing to the increasing trend.

3 Sep 2021

Quick Arctic Warming Could have Driven Extreme Winter Weather in the United States

A new study has reported that quick warming in the Arctic is probably a driver of the recent extreme winter weather in the United States. This coincides with the debate around the impact of changes in the Arctic on extreme weather elsewhere.

3 Sep 2021

Climate Change may Alter Future Patterns of Flooding

Climate change will significantly alter future patterns of flooding, according to a new study led in part by the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

2 Sep 2021

Study Quantifies the Significance of Insects in the Decomposition of Wood

The rate of decomposition of deadwood in forests relies on the climate as well as on insects and fungi. An international group of researchers has determined the yearly contribution made by deadwood to the global carbon cycle and assessed the significance of insects in the decomposition of wood for the first time.

2 Sep 2021

Archeological Researchers Highlight Blind Spots in Australia’s Environmental Management Policies

New archaeological research highlights major blind spots in Australia's environmental management policies, placing submerged Indigenous heritage at risk.

1 Sep 2021

Rising Temperature may Result in Extreme Sea Levels Along Coastlines More Frequently

The news has been packed in recent months with severe climate and weather events-record-high temperatures from the Pacific Northwest to Sicily, flooding in Germany and the eastern United States, wildfires from Sacramento to Siberia to Greece.

1 Sep 2021

Study Outlines Strategies to Achieve Overall Resilience in Hood River Watershed

Hood River, long an agricultural center for Oregon, faces an uncertain future of climate impacts, but a new Portland State University study lays out strategies that the watershed can adapt to become more resilient to the inevitable changes.

1 Sep 2021