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Resisting Heavy Rainfall and Droughts by Adopting Urban Planning

A Masters student in architecture named Olivier Lalancette from École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has invented few development proposals for the Brig-Visp-Naters conurbation.

1 Dec 2022

Analyzing the Contribution of Clouds to Climate Warming

A cooling effect has been produced from cumulus clouds in trade-wind regions that cover around 20% of the planet.

1 Dec 2022

Heat Stress Reduces the Survival and Dispersal Ability of Coral Larvae

Global climate change and, in particular, the warming of the oceans has caused the frequency and severity of marine heatwaves to increase every year, with serious consequences for the stability and resilience of coral populations.

1 Dec 2022

Characterization of the Record January 2022 Arctic Cyclone

A warming climate seems responsible for a decrease in sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, where the loss of sea ice has significant economic, ecological, and climate effects.

30 Nov 2022

Climate, Soil and Biodiversity are Key to Supporting Drylands Under Increased Grazing Pressure

Drylands make up nearly half the Earth's land surface, and the effects of grazing livestock on their ability to support people, plants and animals is a key question as the global climate changes and warms.

29 Nov 2022

Carbonizing Waste Paper to Produce Economically Viable Carbon Materials

Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a carbonization method for converting waste paper into pure carbon, which could be used in lithium-ion batteries.

29 Nov 2022

Precipitation Pattern Interactively Drives a Positive Legacy Effect

Throughout the world, a constant increase in grasslands has been noticed as a result of global change-induced extreme droughts. Severe droughts help in considerably decreasing current-year grassland productivity. However, they also have a legacy impact on productivity in the following years.

28 Nov 2022

Environmental Adaptation in Plants Through Molecular Mechanism Revealed

At the University of Konstanz, the Plant Physiology and Biochemistry research group has found earlier unidentified molecular mechanisms by which plants tend to adapt to their surroundings. It is a significant basic knowledge during times of climate change.

28 Nov 2022

Creation of a Climate Damage Fund

According to TU/e scientists Heleen de Coninck (climate policy) and Pieter Pauw (climate finance), the establishment of a climate damage fund for underprivileged nations and an official warning to commercial banks to act more about climate change are the high points of the Egyptian climate summit.

28 Nov 2022

New Insights into the Chronology of Tibetan Ice Cores

From September to October of 2015, a 60-person team were gathering on the Guliya ice cap in the Kunlun Mountains of the Tibetan Plateau, with the purpose to retrieve the world's oldest ice.

25 Nov 2022