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Impact of Climate Change on Marine Ecosystems

A team headed by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has devised a technique for studying how different fish species interact with one another in a coastal region, a major discovery that helps describe the complex relationships between marine species and how global warming affects fish populations.

12 Jul 2023

Novel Approach for Snow Depth Measurement

The Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research (STEP) group has made an important contribution to the understanding of the average snow depth on Mount Qomolangma.

12 Jul 2023

Underground Climate Change is a Silent Hazard Urban Infrastructure

There is a "silent hazard" lurking underneath our major global cities, and our buildings were not designed to handle it. A new Northwestern University study has, for the first time, linked underground climate change to the shifting ground beneath urban areas.

12 Jul 2023

PNNL Researchers Develop New Way to Anticipate Local Flooding

The risk of flooding in the continental United States peaks every spring. Experts point to deep snowpack, late winter storms, and rapid melting.

12 Jul 2023

Climate Cooling Pin-Pointed As Driving Factor of Orchid Diversity

The Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath has discovered that global climate cooling appears to be the key driving factor in the diversity of terrestrial orchid species.

11 Jul 2023

Permafrost Melt Leading to Increased Streamflow in the Arctic

Rising temperatures and changes in precipitation are driving increases to streamflow in areas of high-latitude North America where permafrost dominates the landscape.

11 Jul 2023

Researchers Review Scientific Literature on Urbanization's Impact on Weather and Climate

Researchers know that urbanization has noticeable effects on processes at and near the Earth's surface. This affects the weather and climate in ways that have consequences for rapidly growing urban populations.

11 Jul 2023

Researchers Calculate How Air Traffic Could Become Climate-Neutral by 2050

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and ETH Zurich have performed calculations to work out how air traffic could become climate-neutral by 2050.

10 Jul 2023

Quantifying Ground Ice Meltwater Contribution to River Runoff

In a warming climate, the sustainable development of cryospheric meltwater on the Tibetan Plateau has sparked worries because of its significance for the fragile ecosystem in the headwater regions and the dense populations downstream.

10 Jul 2023

Arctic Dust with High Ice Nucleating Ability Impacts Arctic Clouds

Investigators from Nagoya University and Japan’s National Institute of Polar Research discovered that dust from land without snow cover in the Arctic is a significant source of particles that form ice crystals in the Arctic’s low-level clouds (at altitudes below about 3 km) during summer and fall.

10 Jul 2023