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Generation Duration can Predict Plant Species' Susceptibility to Climate Change

Plant species with short generation times are more sensitive to climate change than those with long generation times. This is one of the findings of a synthesis study by researchers from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ).

24 Mar 2021

Study Illustrates Impact of Coronavirus on the Energy Sector

The partition present between the energy transition frontrunners and laggards is getting deeper due to the COVID-19 crisis.

24 Mar 2021

Study Explores How El Nino-Southern Oscillation Impacts Hydroclimate Over the Tibetan Plateau

El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a recurring climate phenomenon involving changes in the temperature of waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. It is one of the most important climate perturbations on Earth because it can change the global atmospheric circulation, which in turn, influences temperature and precipitation across the globe.

23 Mar 2021

Tropical Species are Migrating Northward in the U.S. Due to Warming Winters

Notwithstanding last month's cold snap in Texas and Louisiana, climate change is leading to warmer winter weather throughout the southern U.S., creating a golden opportunity for many tropical plants and animals to move north, according to a new study appearing this week in the journal Global Change Biology.

22 Mar 2021

Emphasizing Urgency Alone is not Sufficient to Kindle Public Support for Major Climate Policies

In light of recent extreme climate events--from wildfires blazing through the western US to snowstorms sweeping Texas into a blackout--climate scientists and media outlets have repeatedly called out the urgency of tackling the climate crisis. But in a new study published March 19 in the journal One Earth, researchers found that emphasizing urgency alone is not enough to kindle public support for climate change policies.

22 Mar 2021

Snow Cover has Been Declining in the Alps, Study Shows

The results, published in the renowned scientific journal The Cryosphere, have made it possible to reliably describe snow trends at up to 2000 metres above sea level. Higher than that, there are too few measuring stations to be able to extract reliable information for the entire Alpine region.

19 Mar 2021

Melting Glaciers Influence the Timing and Location of Earthquakes

In 1958, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake triggered a rockslide into Southeast Alaska's Lituya Bay, creating a tsunami that ran 1,700 feet up a mountainside before racing out to sea.

19 Mar 2021

Marine Heatwaves Affect the Functioning of Coraligen in the Mediterranean

Marine heatwaves are dramatically affecting the marine ecosystems of the world and the Mediterranean is no exception. In the Mediterranean, these extreme climate episodes and its resulting massive mortality of species are getting more and more intense and frequent.

19 Mar 2021

Early Interventions may Prevent Transmission of Vector-Borne Diseases in Changing Climate

Aedes aegypti are known to be the main vector for dengue fever and other mosquito-borne diseases, but researchers are still unclear about the effects of weather anomalies on mosquito populations caused by climate change.

19 Mar 2021