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Research on Snow Distribution can Increase Understanding of Arctic Climate

Comprehensive data from several seasons of field research in the Alaskan Arctic will address uncertainties in Earth-system and climate-change models about snow cover across the region and its impacts on water and the environment.

18 Aug 2022

Climate Change Affects Grassland Soil Organic Carbon Storage

According to a new review, grasslands can store carbon, making them a valuable weapon in the fight against climate change.

16 Aug 2022

Monsoon ‘Pulls’ Chemical Pollutants that Accelerate Climate Change into the Upper Atmosphere

While the Asian monsoon brings rain that is vital for the agricultural economy of the vast region, it is also known to suck up into the upper atmosphere chemical pollutants that accelerate climate change.

16 Aug 2022

Study: 900 Years of Cooling in the Gulf of Maine Suddenly Reversed in the Late 1800s

By combining seawater data taken from clam shells and thousands of climate simulations, researchers found that 900 years of cooling in the Gulf of Maine were suddenly reversed in the late 1800s.

16 Aug 2022

Antarctica's Ice Shelves may be Melting at a Faster Rate, New Model Suggests

A new model developed by Caltech and JPL researchers suggests that Antarctica's ice shelves may be melting at an accelerated rate, which could eventually contribute to more rapid sea level rise.

16 Aug 2022

Synthetic Genes Could Make Plants More Resilient to Increasing Pressures from Climate Change

Increasingly, global food production is being threatened by the effects of climate change. As floods, droughts, and extreme heat waves become more common, crops need to be able to adapt faster than ever.

12 Aug 2022

Research Reveals the Development Process and Contributing Factors of Powerful Mongolian Cyclone

An extremely strong dust storm struck Mongolia and northern China successively, causing 590 herdsmen to disappear and 16 people to die in Mongolia. When the dust storm reached central Inner Mongolia in the early morning of 15 March, the gust speed reached up to 40 m s-1, which is equivalent to the intensity of a grade 12 typhoon.

12 Aug 2022

The Arctic is Warming Much Faster than Previously Predicted

A new study finds that the Arctic has been warming nearly four times faster than the globe, which is a higher ratio than most scientists have predicted. The phenomenon, known as Arctic amplification, indicates that climate models systematically tend to underestimate the speed of increasing temperatures.

12 Aug 2022

Anthropogenic Change Leads to Expansion of Invading Species

According to new research from Binghamton University, rising temperatures in the Pacific Northwest have caused some insect species to expand their range into more northern oak savannas.

11 Aug 2022

Climate Change Impacts East Antarctic Ice Sheet

If countries throughout the world are successful in fulfilling the climate targets stated in the Paris Agreement, the disastrous impacts of global warming on the greatest ice sheet in the world may be avoided.

11 Aug 2022