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Climate Change may Lead to Changes in Plant Biodiversity in the World's Drylands

Water is a scarce resource in many of the Earth's ecosystems. This scarcity is likely to increase in the course of climate change.

4 May 2021

Global Sea Level Rise Related to Antarctic Ice-Sheet Melting may be Greater than Anticipated

Global sea level rise associated with the possible collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has been significantly underestimated in previous studies, meaning sea level in a warming world will be greater than anticipated, according to a new study from Harvard researchers.

3 May 2021

Humans Have Altered Biodiversity in All Climate Zones, Study Shows

Humans have significantly altered biodiversity in all climate zones of the Earth.

3 May 2021

Research Links Worsening Trend of Poor Air Quality Events in Western US to Wildfire Activity

From the Pacific Northwest to the Rocky Mountains, summers in the West are marked by wildfires and smoke.

3 May 2021

Tackling the Complex and Global Issue of Climate Change

On a global scale, governments have expedited their objectives toward effective mitigation of climate change.

3 May 2021

Human Activity and Climate Change Led to Degradation of Amazon Rainforest

According to a new study, the Brazilian Amazon rainforest discharged more carbon compared to what it stored over the past 10 years, where degradation was a major contributor compared to deforestation.

3 May 2021

Scientists Have Underestimated the Impact of Fires on Earth’s Northern Forests

New research indicates that the computer-based models currently used to simulate how Earth's climate will change in the future underestimate the impact that forest fires and drying climate are having on the world's northernmost forests, which make up the largest forest biome on the planet.

30 Apr 2021

The Arctic is Getting Greener, but the Change is Lower than Expected

( University of California - Irvine ) New research led by scientists at the University of California, Irvine and Boston University, published in Nature Climate Change, suggests that new green biomass in the Arctic is not as large a carbon sink as scientists had hoped.

30 Apr 2021

A Greener Arctic Will Not Halt Climate Change

The increasing proliferation of plant life in the Arctic may not be a massive difference-maker in the battle against global warming, new research reveals.

30 Apr 2021

Study Observes What Happens to Ocean and Sea Ice When Cyclone Hits

A huge storm on par with a Category 2 hurricane was hit the Arctic Ocean in August 2016. The cyclone resulted in the third-lowest sea ice extent that has been recorded so far.

30 Apr 2021