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UCI Glaciologists Awarded $2.8 Million NASA Grant to Survey Antarctica's Ice Sheet

NASA has awarded a $2.8 million grant to researchers at the University of California, Irvine for a five-year project to survey Antarctica's ice sheet.

27 Oct 2023

The Remarkable Potential of Algae to Allay Climate Change Concerns

Research on algae from the University of Houston (UH) could be about to take scientists one major step closer to the goal of having net-zero carbon emissions.

26 Oct 2023

Climate Change Increases Risk of Toxic Algal Blooms at Higher Latitudes, Study Finds

As climate change warms the Earth, higher-latitude regions will be at greater risk for toxins produced by algal blooms, according to new research led by Carnegie's Anna Michalak, Julian Merder, and Gang Zhao.

24 Oct 2023

West Antarctic Ice Sheet Melting may be Unstoppable, but Mitigation can Still Help

Scientists ran simulations on the UK's national supercomputer to investigate ocean-driven melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

24 Oct 2023

Chicken Feathers: A New Source of Sustainable Clean Energy

New research highlights the potential of transforming a major waste product into a valuable resource while mitigating environmental harm.

From ETH Zurich 24 Oct 2023

New Checklist Helps Commercial Fishers Identify Opportunities to Fight Climate Change

For hundreds of years, business owners engaged in New Jersey’s commercial fisheries industry have weathered adversity, from coastal storms to species shifts.

20 Oct 2023

Understanding How El Niño Responds to Natural Influences Over Extended Periods

El Niño signifies the warm phase of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), one of the most crucial climate phenomena widely covered in the media due to its association with catastrophic weather events.

20 Oct 2023

Global Coastal Adaptations Inadequate to Address the Root Causes of Climate Change Threats

Global coastal adaptations are 'incremental in scale', short-sighted and inadequate to address the root causes of vulnerability to climate change, according to an international team of researchers.

20 Oct 2023

Climate Change Driving More Rapid Intensification of Atlantic Hurricanes

For decades, climate scientists have warned that changes resulting from greenhouse gas emissions are causing worsening and more frequent severe weather patterns, with many studies focusing on trends since the start of the Industrial Revolution.

20 Oct 2023