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Global Warming Could Lead to Collapse of More than One-Third of Antarctic Ice Shelf

A new study shows that over one-third of the Antarctic’s ice shelf area could be at risk of crumbling into the sea if global temperatures increase to 4 °C above pre-industrial levels.

9 Apr 2021

Extreme Hydroclimate Events Projected to Increase and Intensify in the Colorado River Basin

In the vast Colorado River basin, climate change is driving extreme, interconnected events among earth-system elements such as weather and water.

9 Apr 2021

Study Investigates the Effect of Weathering of Mountain Ranges on the Earth's Climate

Taiwan is an island of extremes: severe earthquakes and typhoons repeatedly strike the region and change the landscape, sometimes catastrophically. This makes Taiwan a fantastic laboratory for geosciences.

9 Apr 2021

Climate Change can Have a Significant Impact on Global Food Supply and Health

New Curtin University-led research has found climate change will have a substantial impact on global food production and health if no action is taken by consumers, food industries, government, and international bodies.

9 Apr 2021

Mosel Grapevines Share the Soil with Aromatic Plants Due to Climate Change

The landscape of sloping vineyards on the banks of the River Mosel in Germany is a characteristic symbol of a region, which cannot be understood without its wine: the Mosel wine region.

8 Apr 2021

New Approach to Forecast Sea-Level Changes in Coastal Regions of the World

At the Image Processing Laboratory (IPL) of the University of Valencia, scientists have designed a machine learning method to model and forecast brief sea-level variations in the coastal regions of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans.

8 Apr 2021

Researchers Explore the Effect of Solar Climate Interventions on Ecology

Scientists in the Climate Intervention Biology Working Group, which includes Jessica Hellmann from the University of Minnesota (U of M) Institute on the Environment, examined the impact of solar climate interventions on ecology.

8 Apr 2021

Study: Longer Dry Periods, More Erratic Rainfall Across Western United States in the Last 50 Years

Dry periods between rainstorms have become longer and annual rainfall has become more erratic across most of the western United States during the past 50 years, according to a new study published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service and the University of Arizona

7 Apr 2021

Discovery of Heat-Sensing Gene in Plants Could Help Tune Their Temperature Response

Global warming can decrease crop yields by one-third by 2050. Scientists from the University of California, Riverside have discovered a gene that could reverse this effect.

7 Apr 2021