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Climate Change Makes West Nile Virus Outbreaks More Likely in the UK Within Few Decades

Climate change will make outbreaks of West Nile virus more likely in the UK within the next 20-30 years, scientists say.

31 May 2021

Finding Less Costly Ways to Reach the Paris Agreement

Five researchers shed new light on a key argument to reduce greenhouse gases: they provided the first economic analysis of conversion factors of other GHG like methane into their CO2 equivalent in overshoot scenarios.

31 May 2021

Centuries-Old Smoke Particles Shed New Light on Future Effects of Global Climate Change

Centuries-old smoke particles preserved in the ice reveal a fiery past in the Southern Hemisphere and shed new light on the future impacts of global climate change, according to new research published in Science Advances.

31 May 2021

Researchers Propose New Framework to Support Coordinated Global Climate Action

With the COP Climate conference in Glasgow only a few months away, the ambitions of the Paris Agreement and the importance of taking action at the national level to reach global climate goals is returning to the spotlight.

28 May 2021

Researchers Report Sharp Decline in Coral Reefs

Australian researchers recently reported a sharp decline in the abundance of coral along the Great Barrier Reef.

28 May 2021

Researchers Reconstruct Demographic Histories to Understand How Kea Populations Respond to Ice Age Climate Change

With global warming decreasing the size of New Zealand's alpine zone, a University of Otago study found out what this means for our altitude-loving kea.

28 May 2021

Seabirds are Being Threatened by Climate Change, Human Activity

Many seabirds in the Northern Hemisphere are struggling to breed -- and in the Southern Hemisphere, they may not be far behind.

28 May 2021

Study Shows that Some Species of Forams Could Thrive with Climate Change

With the expansion of oxygen-depleted waters in the oceans due to climate change, some species of foraminifera that thrive in those conditions could be big winners, biologically speaking.

28 May 2021

Existing Evidence of Climate Change Will Never Sway Climate Skeptics

Climate skeptics who aren't persuaded by the existing evidence from climate change are unlikely to change their minds for many years, according to a newly published quantitative study by a University of Oregon environmental economist

28 May 2021