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WVU Researchers Use a Localized Flooding Event to Seek Community-Driven Solutions

Researchers at West Virginia University have used a localized flooding event to envision how human beings can live with the threat of water invading their living and working spaces.

31 Aug 2021

Global Models Underestimate Future Climate Change Impacts on the World's Marine Ecosystems

Protecting marine ecosystems and fisheries from climate change is a global priority but a new QUT-led, international study finds that our lack of understanding for how marine systems function is muddying the waters.

27 Aug 2021

Climate Terminology Used by Scientists Easily Confounds the Public

A new study finds that U.S. residents struggle to understand terms frequently used by scientists to describe climate change.

27 Aug 2021

New AI Tool can Help Accurately Forecast Arctic Sea Ice Conditions

A new AI tool is set to enable scientists to more accurately forecast Arctic sea ice conditions months into the future.

27 Aug 2021

Novel Global Ocean Surface Climate Likely to Emerge, Says Study

According to recent research, about 35.6% to 95% of the 20th-century ocean surface climates—determined by surface water temperature, pH, and the concentration of the mineral aragonite—might perish by 2100.

27 Aug 2021

Study Shows Temperature Increase will Interrupt El Niño and La Niña Events

In the eastern pacific, the cycling between cold La Niña and warm El Niño phenomena (commonly referred to as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, ENSO) has constantly occurred without any strong interruption for the past 11,000 years.

27 Aug 2021

Volcanic Eruptions may have Stimulated Population Surges of Marine Microorganisms, Analysis Finds

A new analysis of 2.5-billion-year-old rocks from Australia finds that volcanic eruptions may have stimulated population surges of marine microorganisms, creating the first puffs of oxygen into the atmosphere.

26 Aug 2021

Impact of Climate Change on Human Health and Well-Being

Caleb Dresser, MD, MPH, attending physician in Emergency Department, recent graduate of Fellowship in Climate and Human Health at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

26 Aug 2021

Climate Change and Drought Shift the Range of Infectious Plant Disease in Forests

Even pathogens have their limits. When it gets too hot or too dry, some pathogens--like many living things--search for cooler, wetter and more hospitable climes.

26 Aug 2021