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Researchers Predict the Development of Cod Stocks a Decade in Advance

The future of cod stocks in the North Sea and the Barents Sea may be much easier to predict than before.

7 Jul 2021

Hotter Climates Affect the Ability of Male Dragonflies to Find Mates

A study led by Michael Moore from the Washington University in St. Louis has revealed that male dragonflies have consistently evolved to have less breeding coloration in regions with a hotter climate.

6 Jul 2021

Climate Change Causes Higher Heat Strain for Humans, Animals and Crops

The occurrence of frequent extreme heat and stable high temperatures for long periods tend to cause an increase in psychological stress in humans, animals, and crops, which is currently a case of concern in Canada and the American Northwest.

5 Jul 2021

Abnormal Ocean Currents Cause Red Crab Strandings

For decades, people have wondered why pelagic red crabs--also called tuna crabs--sometimes wash ashore in the millions on the West Coast of the United States. New research shows that atypical currents, rather than abnormal temperatures, likely bring them up from their home range off Baja California.

5 Jul 2021

Climate Change Causes Global Cryosphere Shrinkage of 87,000 Square Kilometers per Year

The global cryosphere--all of the areas with frozen water on Earth--shrank by about 87,000 square kilometers, a area about the size of Lake Superior, per year on average, between 1979 and 2016 as a result of climate change, according to a new study

2 Jul 2021

Scientists Develop a Way to Better Predict Climate Change Effects on Plants and Animals

A team of scientists has devised a more accurate way to predict the effects of climate change on plants and animals -- and whether some will survive at all.

2 Jul 2021

'Last Ice Area' of the Arctic Ocean Shows Vulnerability to Climate Change

In a rapidly changing Arctic, one area might serve as a refuge - a place that could continue to harbor ice-dependent species when conditions in nearby areas become inhospitable

2 Jul 2021

Climate Change Led to Extinction of Elephants and Their Forebears

A new study reveals that elephants and their antecedents went extinct due to waves of extreme global environmental change, and not overhunting by early humans.

2 Jul 2021

Rattlesnakes Likely to Benefit from a Warming Climate

When it comes to climate change, not all organisms will lose out. A new Cal Poly study finds that rattlesnakes are likely to benefit from a warming climate.

1 Jul 2021

Plant Responses to Floods are Crucial in Modeling Soil Carbon Storage

Plants absorb nearly one-third of the carbon dioxide discharged due to human activities and store it in soil, thereby preventing it from turning into a heat-trapping gas. Thus they play a vital role in controlling climate change.

1 Jul 2021