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New Insights Into Arctic Weather and Climate Changes

A link between Arctic daily warming and the equator region, and also Atlantic storms was recently discovered by Prof. Baohua Ren and his group from the School of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

14 Aug 2023

Study Finds Extreme Weather Events Will Worsen as Planet Warms

Extreme weather events have dominated the news this summer, with reports on extensive wildfires in Canada; dangerous flooding in India, Japan, and the Eastern US; severe heat waves in Spain, China, the United States, and Mexico; and the hottest day ever recorded on Earth.

11 Aug 2023

Water Distribution Maps Show Droughts are More Common Than Thought

While some parts of the world suffer extreme heat and persistent drought, others are being flooded.

11 Aug 2023

Extreme Glacial Cooling Caused Extinction of Early Humans in Europe

Paleoclimate evidence shows that around 1.1 million years ago, the southern European climate cooled significantly and likely caused an extinction of early humans on the continent, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.

11 Aug 2023

Climate Change Could Wipe Out Up to 70% of Highly Migratory Fish Habitat

A study of 12 species of highly migratory fish predators-including sharks, tuna, and billfish such as marlin and swordfish-finds that most of them will encounter widespread losses of suitable habitat and redistribution from current habitats in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean (NWA) and the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) by 2100.

10 Aug 2023

Climate Tipping Points Have Shaped Earth's Climate for Millions of Years

An analysis of the hierarchy of tipping points suggests that during the last 66 million years two events set the scene for further climate tipping and for the evolution of the climate system in particular.

10 Aug 2023

Climate Change's Unequal Impacts Not Widely Recognized in the U.S.

Despite broad scientific consensus that climate change has more serious consequences for some groups – particularly those already socially or economically disadvantaged – a large swath of people in the U.S. doesn't see it that way.

10 Aug 2023

Rising Temperatures Offset Nitrogen Pollution in Waterways

The effects of changing precipitation patterns brought on by climate change have been studied extensively, but the impact of rising temperatures on the movement of nitrogen into rivers has not yet been quantified at a continental level.

9 Aug 2023

UO Team Receives $3 Million Grant to Study Carbon Sequestration with Indigenous Communities

A University of Oregon research team has landed a $3 million federal grant to work with Indigenous and rural communities in Oregon to find ways of reducing climate-changing carbon in the atmosphere in ways that build trust with historically marginalized groups.

9 Aug 2023