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Rising Temperatures Could Dramatically Alter Carbon Storage in Terrestrial Ecosystems

Rising temperatures could trigger Earth's terrestrial ecosystems to transition from carbon sinks to carbon sources in the next 20 to 30 years, according to data from the world's largest continuous carbon monitoring network.

15 Jan 2021

Study Examines the Effects of Acidic Water on Octopuses

With the impact of climate change increasing by the day, scientists are studying the ways in which human behavior contributes to the damage.

15 Jan 2021

Study: Earth to Reach Temperature Tipping Point in Next Two Decades

Earth's ability to absorb nearly a third of human-caused carbon emissions through plants could be halved within the next two decades at the current rate of warming, according to a new study in Science Advances by researchers at Northern Arizona University, the Woodwell Climate Research Center and the University of Waikato, New Zealand.

15 Jan 2021

Northwestern Pacific Warming Record in August 2020 CAUSEd by Human-Induced Climate Change

August 2020 set new record high sea surface temperatures in the northwestern Pacific Ocean and around the Japan coasts.

15 Jan 2021

600-Year-Old Marine Sponge Holds Record of Past Ocean Temperatures

Scientists used a 600-year-old marine sponge to reconstruct a record of ocean temperature in the North Atlantic revealing past volcanic activity as well as the current global warming trend from the release of carbon dioxide and other heat trapping gasses into Earth's atmosphere and absorbed by the oceans.

15 Jan 2021

New Classification Reveals Differential Conservation Approaches Across Ecosystems

A new study co-authored by researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society's Global Conservation Program and the University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry introduces a classification called Resistance-Resilience-Transformation that enables the assessment of whether and to what extent a management shift toward transformative action is occurring in conservation.

15 Jan 2021

Climate Change has Taken a Toll on Insects in the Tropics

In a normal year, biologists Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs spend about six months in Costa Rica, where they conduct research and pursue conservation efforts in Área de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG), a World Heritage Site in the northwest that encompasses, a network of parks and preserves they helped establish in the 1980s and that has grown to more than 400,000 acres, including marine, dry forest, cloud forest, and rain forest environments.

15 Jan 2021

Microbes in Meltwater Stream Sediment Responsible for Greenland Melting

According to Rutgers researchers, bacteria are the reason behind greater melting on the Greenland ice sheet, probably increasing the contribution of the island to sea-level rise.

15 Jan 2021

Yara Marine X Chooses Phoenician Energy’s Aluminum-Air Batteries for the Win

As Yara Marine Technologies expands into new green technology for the maritime industry, their accelerator program for startups lets them tap into the frontiers of green marine technologies.

15 Jan 2021

Surrey Awarded £1.8m to Lead Study on Effects Tall Buildings have on Urban Environment

The University of Surrey has been awarded £1.8m from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to investigate how increased construction of tall buildings will impact the meteorology, air quality, and climate of towns and cities in the UK.

14 Jan 2021