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Study Evaluates Performance of CMIP6 Climate Models in Simulating Global Warming Slowdown

Under the guidance of Dr Wei and Dr Qiao from the First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, a new study offers an assessment of the performance of the newly released CMIP6 models in simulating the deceleration of global warming noted in the early 2000s.

18 May 2021

Researchers Explore Challenges, Barriers to Achieving Realistic Rainfall Modeling

Heavy precipitation can result in great losses to human life, ecology, and economy. However, both its intensity and frequency have raised as a result of climate change impacts.

18 May 2021

Genome Sequencing Shows that Some Fish can Adapt Rapidly to Climate Change

Climate change is exacerbating problems like habitat loss and temperatures swings that have already pushed many animal species to the brink.

17 May 2021

Significant Source of Trace Gases Account for Antarctic Climate Change

Scientists exploring the drivers of Antarctic climate change have discovered a new and more efficient pathway for the creation of natural aerosols and clouds which contribute significantly to temperature increases.

17 May 2021

MIT Releases New Action Plan to Address the World's Accelerating Climate Crisis

MIT has released an ambitious new plan for action to address the world's accelerating climate crisis.

17 May 2021

Only Few Realistic Scenarios are Available to Limit Global Warming

Of the over 400 climate scenarios assessed in the 1.5 °C report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), only around 50 scenarios avoid significantly overshooting 1.5 °C.

17 May 2021

Antarctic Ice Sheet Exposed to Warmer Climate Could Accelerate Further Ice Loss

The Antarctic ice sheet was even more unstable in the past than previously thought, and at times possibly came close to collapse, new research suggests.

17 May 2021

How Climate Change is Putting One Third of Global Food Production at Risk

New research indicates that as much as one third of the World's food production could be threatened by global warming with the globe's poorest hit the hardest.

By Robert Lea 17 May 2021

New Case Study Demonstrates Potential for Decreasing CO2 Emissions

Geothermal energy, in the form of a sustainable energy source, can make its own crucial contribution to decreasing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in Germany.

17 May 2021

Climate Change can Impact One-Third of Current Global Food Production

Climate change can adversely impact livestock and agriculture, but there is not much scientific understanding of the potential biggest risks and the areas of the planet that are likely to be affected.

17 May 2021

Study Assesses Impact of Climate Change on Silicate Carbon Weathering Sink

The global carbon cycle has been influenced by silicate carbon weathering sink (SCS)—the net carbon sink—for a period of more than millions of years. But the spatial pattern, magnitude, and evolution properties of global SCS are still not clear.

17 May 2021

OGTC and Scottish Funding to Scale Up Hydrogen Technologies

OGTC has extended its latest Call for Ideas, with the organization set to invest up to £1million in game-changing technologies which will accelerate hydrogen production, transportation, storage, and utilization.

14 May 2021

New Insight on Acid Formation can Help Refine Atmosphere and Climate Models

Atmospheric acidity is increasingly established by organic acids, like formic acid, and carbon dioxide.

13 May 2021

Smartphone Apps Open New Perspectives for Rapid Detection of Biodiversity Changes

Mobile apps like Flora Incognita that allow automated identification of wild plants cannot only identify plant species, but also uncover large scale ecological patterns.

13 May 2021

Building Better Beans to Fight Global Food Security

As climate change threatens global food security, researchers at Michigan State University are building better beans crucial to human nutrition by tapping into the genetics of the more heat-resistant tepary bean.

13 May 2021