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The Effect of Climate Change on Ecosystems

The evolution of new species is ongoing on a global scale as various biological groups split off and pursue diverse trajectories. What occurs when climate change is included in the equation?

21 Jun 2023

Minimal Impact of Media Coverage on Climate Change Research

The psychological mechanisms known to spur action in both people and groups are not activated by media coverage of scientific developments on climate challenges

21 Jun 2023

Climate Scientists are Getting Better at Communicating More Clearly, Experts Say

Scientists have long struggled to find the best way to present crucial facts about future sea level rise, but are getting better at communicating more clearly, according to an international group of climate scientists, including a leading Rutgers expert.

20 Jun 2023

UK Health, Climate Policy Ambitions Hampered by Weak Policies and Political Ideologies

Efforts to tackle major issues facing the UK, including the nation's health and climate change, are being hampered because politicians often ignore the existing evidence when setting policies, according to Dame Theresa Marteau, a public health expert at the University of Cambridge.

20 Jun 2023

Researchers: “Sustainable Adaptation” Must Drive Climate Strategy

A special collection of papers in the American Meteorological Society journal Weather, Climate, and Society (WCAS) discusses the vital need for “sustainable adaptation”: strategies for adapting to climate change that do not worsen greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity degradation, or social and economic inequality.

19 Jun 2023

Study Focuses on How Crop Production Shocks are Affected by Variations in Planted and Harvested Areas

As the world faces more climate variability and extremes in the face of global warming, sudden environmental changes add an extra layer of stress to food production in the United States and around the world.

19 Jun 2023

An Analysis of Seaweed’s Efficacy to Help Reduce Climate Change

With the huge ocean regions needing to remove around 2.5 to 13 gigatonnes of atmospheric carbon every year to fulfill climate goals, the likelihood of global seaweed farming to aid in capturing considerable carbon does not seem practical, as per the research published in Communications Earth & Environment.

16 Jun 2023

Study Reveals How Climate Change Affects Sea Sponges

Sea sponges are essential to marine ecosystems. They play critical roles in the ocean, as they provide shelter and food to a plethora of marine creatures, recycle nutrients by filtering thousands of litres of sea water daily, and are hosts to microbes that may be the key to some of the most pressing medical challenges we face today.

16 Jun 2023

Arctic Sea Ice Likely to Disappear in the 2030s Regardless of Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gases

If the world keeps increasing greenhouse gas emissions at its current speed, all sea ice in the Arctic will disappear in the 2030s, an event that could at best be postponed until the 2050s should emissions be somehow reduced.

16 Jun 2023

Toyota’s Transformative Battery Technology Set to Revolutionize the Automotive Industry

Japanese Car Manufacturer Toyota has recently announced it will concentrate its efforts on battery electric vehicle (BEV) technology with the launch of a dedicated BEV factory which will produce revolutionary, evolving batteries to meet consumer expectations and lower the price of BEVs in the long term.

From Toyota 16 Jun 2023