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Predatory Reef Fish Rely on Food Resources from Open Ocean, not from Reef

A Newcastle University-led study has demonstrated that predatory reef fish at the top of the food chain depend on resources from the open ocean rather than from the reef itself.

22 Feb 2021

Synergistic Effect of the Arctic and Tropical Pacific Causes Extreme Climate in Northern Hemisphere

China is just one of many countries in the Northern Hemisphere having what researchers are calling an "extremely cold winter," due in part to both the tropical Pacific and the Arctic, according to an analysis of temperatures from Dec. 1, 2020, to mid-January of 2021. A country-specific case study, the investigation potentially has far-reaching implications for predictions and early warnings to protect against harmful impacts, researchers said.

22 Feb 2021

Study Describes Key Stage in the Beginning of Great Glaciations

A key stage at the start of the great glaciations has been described for the first time by a new study in which the Andalusian Earth Sciences Institute (IACT) (CSIC-UGR) was involved.

22 Feb 2021

Migratory Songbirds may be Adapted to Particular Climate Regimes

As climate change takes hold across the Americas, some areas will get wetter, and others will get hotter and drier.

19 Feb 2021

Increasing Temperatures may Impact Milk and Meat Productivity in East Africa

New research published in Nature Food warns that heat stress in animals caused by rising temperatures and humidity will occur more frequently and for longer periods, impacting milk and meat productivity for dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep, goat, pigs and poultry across East Africa.

19 Feb 2021

Researchers Offer Roadmap for Calculating the Social Cost of Carbon

The Biden administration is revising the social cost of carbon (SCC), a decade-old cost-benefit metric used to inform climate policy by placing a monetary value on the impact of climate change.

19 Feb 2021

COVID-19 has not Made People any Less Concerned About Climate Change

A new study suggests that COVID-19 was not a reason for people to be less considerate about climate change—in spite of the pandemic disturbing and controlling several aspects of their lives.

19 Feb 2021

Varying Aerosols Impact Solar Radiation Levels Reaching Earth’s Surface

Back in the late 1980s and 1990s, scientists from ETH Zurich had detected the initial signs that the amount of solar light reaching the surface of the Earth had been progressively declining since the 1950s.

19 Feb 2021

Novel Expedition to Explore Arctic Ocean Paleoceanography and Climate

The Arctic Ocean is a very sensitive and important region for global climate change, and is unique in comparison to the other oceans on Earth.

18 Feb 2021

Scientists Investigate the Effects of Human-Driven Climate Change and Fire Suppression

The unprecedented and deadly blazes that engulfed the American West in 2020 attest to the increasing number, size and severity of wildfires in the region.

18 Feb 2021