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Global Warming Could Disturb Indian Ocean's Surface Temperatures

Global warming is approaching a tipping point that during this century could reawaken an ancient climate pattern similar to El Niño in the Indian Ocean, new research led by scientists from The University of Texas at Austin has found.

7 May 2020

Study Shows Implications of Water Vapor Buoyancy on Earth's Climate

Conventional knowledge has it that warm air rises while cold air sinks. But a study from the University of California, Davis, found that in the tropical atmosphere, cold air rises due to an overlooked effect -- the lightness of water vapor.

7 May 2020

New Soil-Gas Diffusivity Model to Measure Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Soil

Agricultural soils contribute to 16% of total Greenhouse gas emissions, particularly nitrous oxide. Migration of gases in agricultural subsurface and emission across the soil-atmosphere interface is primarily diffusion-controlled and is explained by soil-gas diffusivity.

7 May 2020

Ocean Gliders to Examine Impact of Heatwave Affecting Northern Australia

Ocean gliders operated by The University of Western Australia from The Australian Integrated Marine Observing System’s (IMOS) facility have been deployed off the coast of Broome this week to collect ocean temperature data vital for understanding the marine and land heatwave affecting northern Australia.

7 May 2020

Glacier Hazards on the Increase in the Warming World

A global team of scientists including The University of Western Australia has found glacier detachments, which are highly destructive events, may occur more frequently as the world warms.

7 May 2020

Air-Plasma-Based Jet Engine Could Replace Fossil Fuel Jet Engine

At the Institute of Technological Sciences at Wuhan University, a research team has developed a prototype device that makes use of microwave air plasmas for jet propulsion.

6 May 2020

Advocating Policy that Combines Land, Ocean Approaches to Address Climate Change

Debates around the Green New Deal have largely centered around climate change concerns on land. But a group of scientists are calling on policymakers to include oceans in the deal.

6 May 2020

Researchers Develop First-Ever Global Hydrological Model on a Basin Scale

Water is a global resource which is essential for life on our planet, thus hydrological research and the study of its management has also become crucial work for the continuity of life on Earth.

6 May 2020

Researchers Study How Energy Consumption Develops Based on Energy Pricing

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have collaborated with British economists to study how energy consumption by Swiss industry develops depending on energy pricing.

6 May 2020

Logging of Native Forests Increases Risk and Severity of Wildfires

Logging of native forests increases the risk and severity of fire and likely had a profound effect on the recent, catastrophic Australian bushfires, according to new research.

6 May 2020

New Webtool Predicts Past, Future Climate Change in European Agricultural Regions

A webtool giving an overview of climate change in Europe and predicting subsequent developments was created as a joint collaboration between French, Spanish, German and Estonian researchers.

6 May 2020

Study Predicts the US will be Exposed to Larger Number of Extreme Climate Events

By 2050, the United States will likely be exposed to a larger number of extreme climate events, including more frequent heat waves, longer droughts and more intense floods, which can lead to greater risks for human health, ecosystem stability and regional economies.

6 May 2020

Enacting Stricter Standard Could Motivate New Green Technology Development

When a government agency considers tightening a standard on a pollutant, it often considers the proportion of firms that can meet the new standard, because a higher proportion suggests a more feasible standard.

6 May 2020

Study Finds Severe Coral Loss is Due to Increase in Fish Biomass, Productivity

Research on the Great Barrier Reef has found severe coral loss to be associated with substantial increases in the size of large, long-living herbivorous fish.

6 May 2020

Sink or Swim: Mismatch Between Land and Seafloor Debris Revealed in Global Study

The Journal of Environmental Pollution has published a study by scientists at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency; Project AWARE, a global non-profit connecting community action and policy; and Ocean Conservancy, a US-based advocacy non-profit, that evaluated the relationship between land-based debris and what is found on corresponding seafloors.

6 May 2020