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Global Warming Found to Affect the Size of Commercial Fish Species

Researchers have found new evidence that global warming is affecting the size of commercial fish species, documenting for the first time that juvenile fish are getting bigger, as well as confirming that adult fish are getting smaller as sea temperatures rise.

4 Feb 2021

Improving Photosynthesis can be the Best Option to Achieve Global Food Security

Australian agriculture plays a key role towards providing food for the planet but it is also expected to be one of the world's most impacted areas from climate change.

4 Feb 2021

New Project to Explore How Kelp Aquaculture can Remediate Negative Effects of Climate Change

A nearly $900,000 grant awarded to Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences will be used to explore how kelp aquaculture can remediate negative effects of climate change.

4 Feb 2021

Study Leverages Drone and Satellite Imagery to Estimate Vegetation Cover Change

In the Namib Desert in southwestern Africa, the Kuiseb River, an ephemeral river which is dry most of the year, plays a vital role to the region.

4 Feb 2021

Enhanced Methane Emissions Following Extreme Rainfall Events in East Africa

A 30-year high in East African rainfall during 2018 and 2019 resulted in rising water levels and widespread flooding.

4 Feb 2021

Study Provides New Understanding of the Arctic Ocean in Glacial Climates

The Arctic Ocean was covered by up to 900 m thick shelf ice and was filled entirely with freshwater at least twice in the last 150,000 years.

4 Feb 2021

Climatology Experts Explore Ways to Reduce Errors in Observed Climate Trend

The instrumental climate record is the cultural heritage of humankind, the result of the diligent work of many generations of people all over the world.

4 Feb 2021

Higher Levels of CO2 in Magma Results in Violent Volcanic Eruptions

Volcanologists at the University of Georgia (UGA) in collaboration with two Swiss universities have discovered a connection between carbon dioxide and the volume of gas caught in magma, which could help forecast the magnitude and intensity of a volcanic eruption.

3 Feb 2021

Sea Ice Complicated Relationship Between Oxygen and Carbon During Last Ice Age

A new study has discovered that over the last ice age period, widespread sea ice covered the oceans of the world, which blocked the penetration of oxygen into the deep ocean waters, thereby making the relationship between carbon and oxygen complex.

3 Feb 2021

Reductions in Aerosol Emissions During Lockdown had Warming Impact

A new study by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) reports that the lockdowns and decrease in societal activity associated with the COVID-19 pandemic influenced emissions of pollutants such that the planet was slightly warmed for several months last year.

3 Feb 2021