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Study Analyzes Future Displacement Risks Due to Flooding from Overflowing Rivers

Annually, millions of people across the globe get displaced from their homes as a result of extreme weather due to climate change.

29 Mar 2021

Water Scarcity in Rural Alaska is Worsening with Climate Change

In rural Alaska, water scarcity is not new, but the condition is worsening along with climate change.

26 Mar 2021

Climate Change may be Fueling More Powerful Hurricanes and Typhoons

Many tropical cyclone-prone regions of the world are expected to experience storm systems of greater intensity over the coming century, according to a review of research published today in ScienceBrief Review.

26 Mar 2021

Fluctuations in Ocean Chemistry Reveal How Global Carbon Cycle Adjusts to Sea Level

A new analysis of strontium isotopes in marine sediments has enabled scientists to reconstruct fluctuations in ocean chemistry related to changing climate conditions over the past 35 million years.

26 Mar 2021

Population Displacement Risk may Increase by ~50% for Each Degree of Global Warming

A new study shows that if the population were fixed at current levels, the risk of population displacement due to river floods would rise by ~50% for each degree of global warming. However, if population increases are taken into account, the relative global flood displacement risk is significantly higher.

25 Mar 2021

Researchers Study how Chemical Reactions in Clouds can Influence the Global Climate

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have studied for the first time how chemical reactions in clouds can influence the global climate. They found that isoprene, the dominant non-methane organic compound emitted into the atmosphere, can strongly contribute to the formation of organic aerosols in clouds. They published their results today in the journal Science Advances.

25 Mar 2021

Scientists Investigate How Grasslands Respond to Climate Change

The rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration and concurrent climate change has led to yield reductions of grass-rich grassland vegetation in the past century.

25 Mar 2021

Ocean has Become Stabler in Response to Climate Change than Previously Estimated

The ocean is dynamic in nature, playing a crucial role as a planetary thermostat that buffer global warming.

25 Mar 2021

Experts Lay Out a New Framework for Uncovering Climate-Society Interactions

As the signs of today's human-caused climate change become ever more alarming, research into the ways past societies responded to natural climate changes is growing increasingly urgent.

25 Mar 2021

Ultra-Extreme Heatwaves Could Cause Massive, Forced Migration to Cooler Regions

The study, building on cooperation between climate scientists from the MENA region, aimed at assessing emerging heatwave characteristics. The research team used a first-of-its-kind multi-model ensemble of climate projections designed exclusively for the geographic area. Such detailed downscaling studies had been lacking for this region.

25 Mar 2021