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IFAD, Mars and ICRAF Invest in Sustainable Farming Research and Development in Indonesia and the Philippines

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Mars, Incorporated and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) have agreed to collaborate on a five-year research-in-development project, Sustainable Farming in Tropical Asi...

17 Jul 2020

Climate Change is Expected to Cause Huge Uptick in California’s Weather Conditions

California may see a 54 percent increase in rainfall variability by the end of this century, according to new research from the lab of Assistant Professor Da Yang, a 2019 Packard Fellow and atmospheric scientist with the University of California, Davis.

17 Jul 2020

Researchers Use Global Climate Models to Investigate, Project Climate Behavior

A research led by the Department of Geography at Hong Kong Baptist University has revealed that the observed average moving speed of tropical cyclones making landfall over the coast of China dropped by 11% between 1961 and 2017.

17 Jul 2020

European Forests Sustained Long-Term Damage Due to Climate Change

No year since weather records began was as hot and dry as 2018. A first comprehensive analysis of the consequences of this drought and heat event shows that central European forests sustained long-term damage.

17 Jul 2020

Genetic-Sequencing can Protect Corals from Dramatic Climate Shifts

Coral reefs are dying at an alarming rate as water temperatures rise worldwide as a result of global warming, pollution and human activities.

17 Jul 2020

Dehydration Caused by Rising Temperatures is Impacting Amphibian Species

Amphibians have few options to avoid the under appreciated one-two punch of climate change, according to a new study from Simon Fraser University researchers and others.

17 Jul 2020

Pandemic Lockdown Improves Air Quality in Five Indian Cities

A team of 10 interdisciplinary researchers from the University of Surrey's renowned Global Centre for Clean Air Research, including PhD students and post-doctoral researchers, have united to develop a rapid assessment of the impact COVID-19 has had on air quality.

17 Jul 2020

New Process Predicts Global Warming Trends and Heat Waves

New research from Arizona State and Stanford Universities is augmenting meteorological studies that predict global warming trends and heat waves, adding human originated factors into the equation.

16 Jul 2020

Tanglible Guidelines to Make Tourism More Resilient and Climate Friendlier

The global coronavirus pandemic has hit the tourism industry hard worldwide. Not only that, but it has exposed a lack of resilience to any type of downturn, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden.

16 Jul 2020

Innovative Solutions to Reduce the Impact of Coastal Pollution

Nutrient pollution is a costly and challenging environmental problem caused by excess nitrogen in the water.

16 Jul 2020

Researchers Identify Sources of Lethal Pollution in the U.S.

A new study from University of Minnesota researchers provides an unprecedented look at the causes of poor air quality in the United States and its effects on human health.

16 Jul 2020

MIT Researchers Assess the Impacts of Fossil Fuels on Russian Economy

Today, Russia's economy depends heavily upon its abundant fossil fuel resources. Russia is one of the world's largest exporters of fossil fuels, and a number of its key exporting industries — including metals, chemicals, and fertilizers — draw on fossil resources.

16 Jul 2020