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Climate Change can Accelerate Transmission of Wildlife Pathogens to Humans

The first-ever evidence of a mechanism through which climate change could have had a direct role in the origin of SARS-CoV-2—the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic—has been offered by a new study.

8 Feb 2021

Tropical System Could Ease Bushfire Danger in Bone-Dry Western Australia

Bushfires have forced some Australians to flee COVID-19 lockdowns in the Perth area in what's being called an "unprecedented situation." A tropical system off the coast could ease fire concerns but may trigger other problems.

8 Feb 2021

Understanding How Ice Melt Affects the Coastal Systems in Antarctica

As a coastal physical oceanographer, University of Delaware Assistant Professor Carlos Moffat has been interested in how coastal systems affect the larger climate and has worked on projects that measure the impact of the ocean on glacial ice retreat around the world for quite some time.

5 Feb 2021

Human-Induced Climate Change Directly Linked to Flood Risk in Glacial Lakes

The warming of Earth has caused glaciers to retreat, leading to changes in mountain water systems across the globe.

5 Feb 2021

Restoring Degraded Land in Spain for a Better Future

Land Life Company’s current planting season in Spain will wrap up in April of this year. At which point, the tech-driven reforestation company will have planted 980,200 trees, bringing their overall total of trees in Spain to just over 1.6 million on 1,750 hectares – that is the size of about 2,451 soccer fields and will capture an estimated 400,000 tons of carbon dioxide overtime.

From Land Life Company 5 Feb 2021

Future Ice Thinning in the Arctic Could Mean More Toxic Plankton Algae

In the Arctic, as the sea ice contracts, the plankton community that synthesizes food for the whole marine food web has been changing.

4 Feb 2021

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