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Polar Ice and Water Vapor Drive Variability in Different Climate Models

A Florida State University researcher is part of a team that has found varying projections on global warming trends put forth by climate change scientists can be explained by differing models' predictions regarding ice loss and atmospheric water vapor.

8 Oct 2020

Study Assesses Regional Impact of Phosphorus Supply Chain Dynamics

Phosphorus is essential in agriculture to maintain higher production levels, where it is applied as a fertilizer.

8 Oct 2020

Past Tropical Forest Changes Influenced Megafauna, Ancient Human Extinctions

In a paper published today in the journal Nature, scientists from the Department of Archaeology at MPI-SHH in Germany and Griffith University's Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution have found that the loss of these grasslands was instrumental in the extinction of many of the region's megafauna, and probably of ancient humans too.

8 Oct 2020

Rising Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Agriculture Increases Climate Threat

According to the authors of a new study published in Nature, rising nitrous oxide emissions are putting reaching climate goals and the objectives of the Paris Agreement in jeopardy.

8 Oct 2020

Data Tool Helps Users Manage Water Systems Efficiently

River systems are essential resources for everything from drinking water supply to power generation - but these systems are also hydrologically complex, and it is not always clear how water flow data from various monitoring points relates to any specific piece of infrastructure.

8 Oct 2020

Long-Term Exposure to Urban Air Pollutants Linked to COVID-19 Mortality

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to persist, over 200,000 people have lost their lives in the United States, and both the public health system and economy have been affected significantly.

8 Oct 2020

Cundall Global Achieves World-first Carbon Neutral Certification

Global multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy, Cundall, was certified carbon neutral in September – the first consultancy in the world to achieve this Carbon Trust certification.

8 Oct 2020

Climate Change has Caused Lakes in Northern Hemisphere to Experience More Ice-Free Years

According to new research, climate change is causing warmer winters, which then result in more ice-free years for lakes in the Northern Hemisphere.

7 Oct 2020

Scientists Reveal Changing Feedback Mechanisms Between Climate and Carbon Cycle

Man-made global heating has long been presented as a relatively simple chain of cause and effect: humans disrupt the carbon cycle by burning fossil fuels, thereby increase the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, which in turn leads to higher temperatures around the globe.

7 Oct 2020

New Aerosol Field Data can Lead to Improved Climate Models

Smoke from the many wildfires burning in the West have made air quality hazardous for millions of people in the United States.

7 Oct 2020

Eco Innovation Signs Renewable Energy Technology Manufacturing Contract

Eco Innovation Group, Inc., an innovative clean tech incubator aggregating investments in new technologies that promote environmental and social well-being and the development of green energy solutions, announces the signing of a renewable energy technology manufacturing contract for the manufacture of Renewable Energy power plants.

7 Oct 2020

Applying CRISPR/Cas9 Technology in Trees for a Bio-Based Economy

Researchers led by prof. Wout Boerjan (VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology) have discovered a way to stably finetune the amount of lignin in poplar by applying CRISPR/Cas9 technology.

7 Oct 2020

Climate-Friendly Cooling Could Help Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

A new IIASA-led study shows that coordinated international action on energy-efficient, climate-friendly cooling could avoid as much as 600 billion tonnes CO2 equivalent of greenhouse gas emissions in this century.

7 Oct 2020

Global Dietary Recommendations Could Help Reduce Environmental Degradation

If Americans adhere to global dietary recommendations designed to reduce the impact of food production and consumption, environmental degradation could be reduced by up to 38%, according to a new paper published in the journal Environmental Justice.

7 Oct 2020

Study Highlights the Drastic Effects of Climate Change on Bird Life Cycles

Surviving on a warming planet can be a matter of timing--but simply shifting lifecycle stages to match the tempo of climate change has hidden dangers for some animals, according to new research from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour and Cornell University.

7 Oct 2020