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Extreme Hydroclimate Events Projected to Increase and Intensify in the Colorado River Basin

In the vast Colorado River basin, climate change is driving extreme, interconnected events among earth-system elements such as weather and water.

9 Apr 2021

Study Investigates the Effect of Weathering of Mountain Ranges on the Earth's Climate

Taiwan is an island of extremes: severe earthquakes and typhoons repeatedly strike the region and change the landscape, sometimes catastrophically. This makes Taiwan a fantastic laboratory for geosciences.

9 Apr 2021

Climate Change can Have a Significant Impact on Global Food Supply and Health

New Curtin University-led research has found climate change will have a substantial impact on global food production and health if no action is taken by consumers, food industries, government, and international bodies.

9 Apr 2021

Toyota to Supply Fuel Cell Modules for Zero-emission Train Project

Toyota is supporting a project investigating the possibility of using hydrogen as a zero-emission fuel for rail travel. Through its membership of the European FCH2RAIL* consortium, it is supplying its new hydrogen fuel cell module for use in a prototype train.

9 Apr 2021

Mosel Grapevines Share the Soil with Aromatic Plants Due to Climate Change

The landscape of sloping vineyards on the banks of the River Mosel in Germany is a characteristic symbol of a region, which cannot be understood without its wine: the Mosel wine region.

8 Apr 2021

Extreme Storm Flooding Polluted Coral Reefs More than 100 Miles Offshore

Runoff from Houston's 2016 Tax Day flood and 2017's Hurricane Harvey flood carried human waste onto coral reefs more than 100 miles offshore in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, according to a Rice University study.

8 Apr 2021

Aquatic Ecosystems Contribute to Half of Global Methane Emissions

Direct human alterations to natural aquatic ecosystems can increase methane emissions, a new study has found.

8 Apr 2021

UMD Examines Green Infrastructure Policy Adoption

In a new paper published in the Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, the University of Maryland teamed up with local researchers to examine green infrastructure adoption and leadership in Tucson, Arizona, an interesting case study where grassroots efforts have helped to drive policy change in a growing urban area surrounded by water-constrained desert.

8 Apr 2021

New Solutions for Clean, Efficient Marine and Off-Road Transport

The goal of the Clean Propulsion Technologies project consortium, at the University of Vaasa, is to develop completely new solutions for clean and effective off-road and marine transport—a Finnish response to more stringent emission legislation and increasing global competition in such segments.

8 Apr 2021

New Approach to Forecast Sea-Level Changes in Coastal Regions of the World

At the Image Processing Laboratory (IPL) of the University of Valencia, scientists have designed a machine learning method to model and forecast brief sea-level variations in the coastal regions of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans.

8 Apr 2021

Researchers Explore the Effect of Solar Climate Interventions on Ecology

Scientists in the Climate Intervention Biology Working Group, which includes Jessica Hellmann from the University of Minnesota (U of M) Institute on the Environment, examined the impact of solar climate interventions on ecology.

8 Apr 2021

Nor-Shipping Gathers Hydrogen Leaders to Map out Fuel of the Future at Ocean Now

Nor-Shipping’s newly announced Ocean Now initiative aims to set the stage for maritime’s energy transition with the announcement of a new, global conference, Nor-Shipping Hydrogen Blue Talks – Fuelling the Future.

8 Apr 2021

Volvo Group and SSAB to Collaborate on the World’s First Vehicles of Fossil-Free Steel

Volvo Group and SSAB have signed a collaboration agreement on research, development, serial production and commercialization of the world’s first vehicles to be made of fossil-free steel.

8 Apr 2021

Study: Longer Dry Periods, More Erratic Rainfall Across Western United States in the Last 50 Years

Dry periods between rainstorms have become longer and annual rainfall has become more erratic across most of the western United States during the past 50 years, according to a new study published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service and the University of Arizona

7 Apr 2021