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Icebergs are Melting Faster than Predictions of Current Melting Models

According to a new study by the University of Sydney mathematicians, icebergs are melting quicker compared to what existing models predict.

17 Feb 2021

Migration to the Coast Could Increase in Some Places Despite Sea-Level Change

In coming decades as coastal communities around the world are expected to encounter sea-level rise, the general expectation has been that people's migration toward the coast will slow or reverse in many places.

17 Feb 2021

Protected Areas to Conserve Planet's Biodiversity do not Consider the Effects of Climate Change

For more than a decade, governments in countries across the world have made significant progress to expand their protected areas network to conserve the planet's biodiversity.

17 Feb 2021

Climate and Ecological Changes Likely Drove Megafauna Extinctions in North America

A new study published in Nature Communications suggests that the extinction of North America's largest mammals was not driven by overhunting by rapidly expanding human populations following their entrance into the Americas.

16 Feb 2021

CSIRO Identifies Plants Most at Risk After Black Summer Megafires

Australia’s 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires severely impacted hundreds of plant species.

16 Feb 2021

Climate Change Could Have Helped Dinosaurs Migrate from South America to Greenland

A new article has refined the estimates of when herbivorous or plant-eating dinosaurs could have crossed North America on a northerly journey to reach Greenland, and pointed out an interesting climatic occurrence that could have aided these animals along the voyage.

16 Feb 2021

Sponges, Other Animals Discovered Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice Shelves

A new study published recently in the Frontiers in Marine Science journal reports that there is more life than predicted far beneath the Antarctic ice shelves.

16 Feb 2021

Sea Level Data Confirms Climate Modeling Projections Were Right

Projections of rising sea levels this century are on the money when tested against satellite and tide-gauge observations, scientists find.

16 Feb 2021

More Intense Extreme Events, Reduced Precipitation Predicted for Eastern Alps

According to a new study, future climate scenarios for the Eastern Alps indicate less intense mean daily precipitation and more intense, localized extreme events.

15 Feb 2021

UMCES Researchers Receive Fulbright Scholarships to Study Environmental Challenges

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) Associate Professor Lora Harris and Ph.D. candidate Christina Goethel have been named Fulbright Scholars for 2021-2022. Harris will use her award to work in Finland on questions of estuarine ecology, and Goethel will use her award to support post-doctoral research and teaching in Iceland.

15 Feb 2021