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Deadly Heat Waves Likely to Become More Common in South Asia in the Future

Residents of South Asia already periodically experience heat waves at the current level of warming. But a new study projecting the amount of heat stress residents of the region will experience in the future finds with 2 degrees Celsius of warming, the population's exposure to heat stress will nearly triple.

25 Mar 2021

Floating Solar Farms can Protect Lakes and Reservoirs from Climate Change

According to a new study, floating solar farms could help protect reservoirs and lakes from some of the adverse effects of climate change.

25 Mar 2021

Increased Plant Growth Driven by Higher CO2 Levels Takes a Steep Toll on Soil

The growth of plants is fueled by carbon dioxide (CO2) present in the atmosphere. With an increase in carbon levels, it is attractive to imagine supercharged plant growth and huge tree-planting campaigns reducing the CO2 generated by agriculture, fossil fuel burning, and other human activities.

25 Mar 2021

Traditional Owners and Scientists Tackle Common Climate Challenge

In the largest meeting of its kind, Traditional Owners and scientists across Australia are meeting to empower and enhance First People’s-led response to climate change, as part of the National First People’s ...

25 Mar 2021

ClimatePartner and Start-Up Insurer Marshmallow Work Together to Offset Motor Customers' Carbon Footprint

Over 15,000 customers have signed up to a new scheme from insurance start-up, Marshmallow and carbon consultancy ClimatePartner, which enables them to offset the carbon emissions of their first 500 motoring miles.

25 Mar 2021

Changes in Marine Ecosystems Along the Antarctic Peninsula

Understanding the evolution of the polar sea ice is not enough to study the effects of the climate change on marine ecosystems in Antarctic seafloors. It is also necessary to determine the intensity of phytoplankton local production during the Antarctic summer, as stated in a new study by a research team of the Faculty of Biology and the Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio) of the University of Barcelona, published in the journal Marine Environmental Research.

24 Mar 2021

International Team Will Leverage Advances in AI to Improve Climate Change Projections

A team of scientists, backed by a $10 million grant from Schmidt Futures, will work to enhance climate-change projections by improving climate simulations using artificial intelligence (AI).

24 Mar 2021

Study: Sea-Level Rise in 20th Century Along U.S. Atlantic Coast was the Fastest in 2,000 Years

The rate of sea-level rise in the 20th century along much of the U.S. Atlantic coast was the fastest in 2,000 years, and southern New Jersey had the fastest rates, according to a Rutgers-led study.

24 Mar 2021

Vast Soil Carbon Reservoir is Sensitive to Climate Change, Study Shows

The vast reservoir of carbon that is stored in soils probably is more sensitive to destabilization from climate change than has previously been assumed, according to a new study by researchers at WHOI and other institutions.

24 Mar 2021

Increased Precipitation in the European Alps During the Last Glacial Maximum

The last glacial period, which lasted about 100,000 years, reached its peak about 20,000 to 25,000 years ago: Huge ice sheets covered large parts of northern Europe, North America and northern Asia, some of them kilometres thick, and the sea level was about 125 metres below today's level.

24 Mar 2021