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Antarctic Ice Sheet Exposed to Warmer Climate Could Accelerate Further Ice Loss

The Antarctic ice sheet was even more unstable in the past than previously thought, and at times possibly came close to collapse, new research suggests.

17 May 2021

How Climate Change is Putting One Third of Global Food Production at Risk

New research indicates that as much as one third of the World's food production could be threatened by global warming with the globe's poorest hit the hardest.

17 May 2021

Climate Change can Impact One-Third of Current Global Food Production

Climate change can adversely impact livestock and agriculture, but there is not much scientific understanding of the potential biggest risks and the areas of the planet that are likely to be affected.

17 May 2021

Study Assesses Impact of Climate Change on Silicate Carbon Weathering Sink

The global carbon cycle has been influenced by silicate carbon weathering sink (SCS)—the net carbon sink—for a period of more than millions of years. But the spatial pattern, magnitude, and evolution properties of global SCS are still not clear.

17 May 2021

New Insight on Acid Formation can Help Refine Atmosphere and Climate Models

Atmospheric acidity is increasingly established by organic acids, like formic acid, and carbon dioxide.

13 May 2021

Building Better Beans to Fight Global Food Security

As climate change threatens global food security, researchers at Michigan State University are building better beans crucial to human nutrition by tapping into the genetics of the more heat-resistant tepary bean.

13 May 2021

Study Shows Only 17% of Rivers are Both Free-Flowing and Within Protected Areas

New science about the fate of freshwater ecosystems released today by the journal Sustainability finds that only 17 percent of rivers globally are both free-flowing and within protected areas, leaving many of these highly-threatened systems and the species that rely on them --at risk.

13 May 2021