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Extreme Rainfall Due to Climate Change in Amazonia Causes Adverse Birth Outcomes

Extreme rainfall associated with climate change is causing harm to babies in some of the most forgotten places on the planet setting in motion a chain of disadvantage down the generations, according to new research in Nature Sustainability.

2 Mar 2021

New Study to Assess the Impact of Global Warming on Siberia's Thawing Permafrost

Northumbria University is to play a leading role in a major study to assess the long-term impact of global warming on Siberia's thawing permafrost.

2 Mar 2021

Tundra Plant Communities Respond Similarly to Microclimate, Study Shows

Researchers are in the search for generalisable rules and patterns in nature. Biogeographer Julia Kemppinen together with her colleagues tested if plant functional traits show similar patterns along microclimatic gradients across far-apart regions from the high-Arctic Svalbard to the sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Kemppinen and her colleagues found surprisingly identical patterns.

2 Mar 2021

Global Warming Could Reduce the Efficiency of Food Chains

Rising temperatures could reduce the efficiency of food chains and threaten the survival of larger animals, new research shows.

2 Mar 2021

ABB Urges Greater Adoption of High-Efficiency Motors and Drives to Combat Climate Change - Global Electricity Consumption to be Reduced by 10%

In a new whitepaper published today, ABB reveals potential for significant energy efficiency improvements in industry and infrastructure enabled by the latest and most high-efficiency motors and variable speed drives.

From ABB Power Conditioning – Electrification Products Division 2 Mar 2021

Study Highlights the Importance of Social Resilience to Climate Change

Climate alone is not a driver for human behavior. The choices that people make in the face of changing conditions take place in a larger human context. And studies that combine insights from archaeologists and environmental scientists can offer more nuanced lessons about how people have responded -- sometimes successfully -- to long-term environmental changes.

1 Mar 2021

New Framework to Mitigate Irreversible Global Damage

Renowned researchers have warned that major ecosystems around Antarctica and Australia are disintegrating, and have recommended a three-step framework to mitigate the permanent global damage.

1 Mar 2021

Californians Face a Double Whammy of Increased Wildfire and Landslide Risk

Southern California can now expect to see post-wildfire landslides occurring almost every year, with major events expected roughly every ten years, a new study finds. The results show Californians are now facing a double whammy of increased wildfire and landslide risk caused by climate change-induced shifts in the state's wet and dry seasons, according to researchers who mapped landslide vulnerability in the southern half of the state.

26 Feb 2021

Forecast-Based Early Action to Reduce Destruction of Natural Disasters

As climate change increases the occurrence of catastrophic natural disasters around the world, international organizations are looking for ways to reduce the risk of such disasters. One approach under exploration is the humanitarian community's forecast-based early action (FbA), which seeks to enable pre-emptive actions based on forecasts of extreme events.

26 Feb 2021

Freshwater Release into the Atlantic Ocean Could Wreak Havoc on Climate Balance

The Beaufort Sea, the Arctic Ocean's largest freshwater reservoir, has increased its freshwater content by 40 percent over the last two decades, putting global climate patterns at risk. A rapid release of this freshwater into the Atlantic Ocean could wreak havoc on the delicate climate balance that dictates global climate.

26 Feb 2021