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Wildfires may Accelerate Climate-Driven Species Changes in Mountain Forests

Results from a study published in the Journal of Biogeography indicate that wildfires may play a role in accelerating climate-driven species changes in mountain forests by compounding regional warming trends.

22 Oct 2020

Protected Areas can Facilitate Waterbird Adaptation to Climate Warming

Climate change pushes species distribution areas northward. However, the expansion of species ranges is not self-evident due to e.g. habitat degradation and unsustainable harvesting caused by human activities.

22 Oct 2020

Migratory Terns in Great Lakes Region Found to Have Legacy Contaminants

Chemicals that haven't been manufactured in the U.S. for years or even decades are still turning up in the bodies of migratory terns in the Great Lakes region, a new study finds.

22 Oct 2020

Study Shows Antarctic Ice Loss Will Persist Even Under Controlled Climate Change

Climate scientists from Monash University have performed a new international study, which shows that ice loss in Antarctica has been continuing for several centuries after it started and is anticipated to continue.

22 Oct 2020

Behaviour of Miami Lizards in Extreme Cold Sheds Light on Climate Change Resilience

On a sunny morning, it was raining iguanas.

21 Oct 2020

Recycling Paper Using Renewable Energy Will Help the Climate

A new modeling study by researchers at University College London (UCL) and Yale University shows that recycling paper might be useful to the climate only if it is driven by renewable energy.

20 Oct 2020

Seawater Air-Conditioning Could be an Alternative to Cope with Global Warming

From month to month and year to year, the world continues to undergo record high temperatures. This has been worsened by an increasing global population, and it is estimated that the demand for air-conditioning will continue to rise.

20 Oct 2020

Study Finds Causal Link Between Air Pollution and Plastic Waste Through Demand for Food Delivery

When the air outside is bad, office workers are more likely to order food delivery than go out for lunch, which in turn increases plastic waste from food packaging, according to a study by researchers from the National University of Singapore.

20 Oct 2020

Growing Demand for Food Might Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Concentration of dinitrogen oxide - also referred to as nitrous oxide - in the atmosphere increases strongly and speeds up climate change.

20 Oct 2020

Volvo Trucks Awarded $21.7M From U.S. EPA and South Coast AQMD to Deploy 70 Class 8 VNR Electric Zero-Emission Trucks

Volvo Trucks North America was awarded $21.7 million in grants to deploy 70 VNR Electric trucks in Southern California for regional freight distribution and drayage.

20 Oct 2020

Unprecedented Energy Use Has Pushed the Earth Towards a New Geological Epoch

A new study coordinated by CU Boulder makes clear the extraordinary speed and scale of increases in energy use, economic productivity and global population that have pushed the Earth towards a new geological epoch, known as the Anthropocene.

19 Oct 2020

RUDN Scientist Discovers the Effect of Fertilization on Soil's Ability to Retain Carbon

A soil scientist from RUDN University discovered the effect of fertilization on the ability of the soil to retain carbon.

19 Oct 2020

Research Initiative Presents Tools, Solutions for Energy Transition

To contribute to global climate protection, Germany has to rapidly and comprehensively minimize the use of fossil energy sources and to transform the energy system accordingly.

19 Oct 2020

New Research Demonstrates Recent Changes in Ocean Physics and Chemistry

New research published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment uses data from two sustained open-ocean hydrographic stations in the North Atlantic Ocean near Bermuda to demonstrate recent changes in ocean physics and chemistry since the 1980s.

19 Oct 2020

A New Model for Predicting Which Lentil Varieties may Thrive in New Environments

With demand for lentils growing globally and climate change driving temperatures higher, a University of Saskatchewan-led international research team has developed a model for predicting which varieties of the pulse crop are most likely to thrive in new production environments.

19 Oct 2020