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Climate Change is Increasing Extreme Events in the World's Oceans

Anthropogenic climate change is becoming increasingly noticeable, in Switzerland most recently during the summer of 2021, which was marked by heavy rains and flooding.

17 Dec 2021

Specific Components of Airborne Particulate Matter Linked to Greater Health Risks

Ammonium is one of the specific components of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), that has been linked to a higher risk of death compared to other chemicals found in it, according to a new study in the journal Epidemiology.

17 Dec 2021

Snowpack Data Shows How Uncertainties can Improve Predictions of Water Availability

Periods of record low snow levels over the past decade have increased the urgency of snow research. As snow studies expand, usage of the term "snow drought" to describe seasons of abnormally low snowpack has become common.

17 Dec 2021

Urban Living Makes Nighttime Hours More Uncomfortable

City living has its perks: Live music, museums, trendy cafés and much more. But urban living isn't so cool when it comes to summer weather.

17 Dec 2021

ABB Powers Progress for Milan’s Electric Bus Network

ABB Terra 124 chargers have been installed in Italy, as the industrial metropolis of Milan swaps its 1,200 diesel buses for brand new, all-electric ones by 2030.

From ABB Electrification 17 Dec 2021

Ansys Fuels Carbon-Free Transportation with Synhelion

Ansys solutions are helping Synhelion steer toward cleaner transportation and net-zero emissions by helping to enable the development of solar fuels to replace fossil fuels.

From Synhelion SA 17 Dec 2021

Manipulating Photorespiration to Help Crops Withstand Heat

Researchers from the University of Illinois and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have grown genetically modified tobacco plants that exhibit less energy-intensive photorespiration characteristics. These plants have hig...

By William Alldred 16 Dec 2021

Study Reveals Severity and Mortality of COVID-19 Increases Due to Airborne Pollutants

According to a new study led by the TecnATox research group from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) and the Pere Virgili Institute for Health Research (IISPV), air pollution is decisive to the severity and mortality triggered by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

16 Dec 2021

Arctic Meltwater Produces Significant Effects on Biological Processes and Marine Organisms

In the summer months, sea ice from the Arctic drifts through Fram Strait into the Atlantic. Thanks to meltwater, a stable layer forms around the drifting ice atop the salty seawater, producing significant effects on biological processes and marine organisms.

16 Dec 2021

Researchers Study Dueling Effects of Climate Change Factors on Vegetation Response to Drought

Globally, plants are reaping the benefits of elevated CO2 levels in the atmosphere by increasing photosynthesis rates, a phenomenon known as the CO2 fertilization effect.

16 Dec 2021

Massive Heatwaves Could Entirely Restructure the Size Distribution of Corals

Sometimes nature surprises you. That's what happened when a massive marine heatwave took hold in the waters around Moorea, French Polynesia, in late 2018. Fortunately, UC Santa Barbara researchers turned this event into an opportunity to investigate coral bleaching.

16 Dec 2021

Research Gives an Up-to-Date Picture of Events that Caused the Little Ice Age

New research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst provides a novel answer to one of the persistent questions in historical climatology, environmental history and the earth sciences: what caused the Little Ice Age? The answer, we now know, is a paradox: warming.

16 Dec 2021

Seagrass Meadows may not Always Aid in Combating Climate Change

To avert the worst consequences of climate change, humanity needs to considerably reduce the amount carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas, in the atmosphere over the coming years.

16 Dec 2021

New Mathematical Model may Contribute to More Efficient Climate Negotiations

Achieving consensus among countries in global climate negotiations is a long and complicated process. Researchers at Linköping University have developed a mathematical model that describes the achievement of the 2015 Paris Agreement and that may contribute to more efficient negotiations when striving for unanimity.

16 Dec 2021

100 New Argo Floats Across the Atlantic Ocean to Boost Weather and Climate Research

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and partners have joined together to launch approximately 100 new Argo floats across the Atlantic Ocean to collect data that supports ocean, weather and climate research and prediction.

16 Dec 2021