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Effectiveness of Mosquito-Fighting Insecticide May be Impaired by Global Warming

The effectiveness of an important mosquito-fighting insecticide may be impaired by global warming, according to a recent study in the Journal of Medical Entomology. Two researchers from Montana State University, graduate student Shavonn Whiten and Dr. Robert Peterson, have shown that permethrin becomes less effective at killing the yellowfever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) as temperatures increase.

1 Dec 2015

Black Carbon Input in Arctic Ocean is Likely to Increase with Global Warming

University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Aron Stubbins led a team of researchers to determine the levels of black carbon in Arctic rivers and found that the input of black carbon to the Arctic Ocean is likely to increase with global warming. The results of their study were recently published in the journal Frontiers in Earth Science.

1 Dec 2015

New Report Offers Important Insights for Decision Makers Contemplating Low-Carbon Future

If it's green, it's mostly clean, according to a new, comprehensive review of renewable energy sources released today by the International Resource Panel, hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

1 Dec 2015

Italy’s Concrete-Based Overbuilding Could Serve as a Model for Eco-Sustainability

A social housing district with poor insulation, a municipality that is meeting a long-standing demand by residents while transforming the area into a model for eco-sustainability

By Emma Neri 1 Dec 2015

UNEP Report Presents Environmental Costs and Benefits Linked to Different Renewable Energy Sources

Policymakers, industry and government officials will have to invest US $2.5 trillion for electricity generation over the next 20 years. A new UNEP report presents the environmental costs and benefits linked to different renewable energy sources, and makes one thing abundantly clear: anything is better than coal.

1 Dec 2015

MIT to Align Campus Operations Along Sustainability Principles

A group of recommendations issued today sets MIT on a path to align its campus operations along a core set of sustainability principles, setting a strong foundation for rigorous and innovative Institute-wide goal setting, measurement and verification, and implementation of strategies moving forward.

30 Nov 2015

Breakthrough Energy Coalition Launched in Paris

THE WORLD NEEDS WIDELY AVAILABLE ENERGY that is reliable, affordable and does not produce carbon. The only way to accomplish that goal is by developing new tools to power the world.

30 Nov 2015

East Antarctic Ice Sheet Rock Study Reveals Period of Rapid Glacier Thinning

By studying rocks at different elevations beside the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS), a New Zealand-led team concluded that a period of rapid glacier thinning occurred in the recent geological past, and persisted for several centuries.

30 Nov 2015

Climate Projections Suggest Enhanced Probability of Heatwaves in Europe

Regional climate projections for the two coming decades (2021-2040) suggest enhanced probability of heatwaves anywhere in Europe, which would be comparable or greater than the Russian heatwave in 2010 - the worst since 1950 - according to a JRC-led article published today in Environmental Research Letters.

30 Nov 2015

IRD Organising Several Scientific Workshops on Climate Change Issues at COP21

Paris will host the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) from 30 November to 11 December 2015. On this occasion, research into development is ready to meet the challenges of climate change.

30 Nov 2015

Evolutionary Responses of Phytoplankton Important in Developing Climate Change Models

A new study from the University of Exeter, published in the journal Ecology Letters, found that phytoplankton - microscopic water-borne plants - can rapidly evolve tolerance to elevated water temperatures.

30 Nov 2015

Buildings Could Play a Crucial Role in Keeping Global Warming Below 2°C

“The building sector is responsible for more than 30% of global energy demand and round about 20% of greenhouse gas emissions”, says Peter Graham from the Global Buildings Performance Network in Paris.

30 Nov 2015

Computer Simulations Reveal Much More Complexity in Earth's First Ecosystems

Computer simulations have allowed scientists to work out how a puzzling 555-million-year-old organism with no known modern relatives fed, revealing that some of the first large, complex organisms on Earth formed ecosystems that were much more complex than previously thought.

28 Nov 2015

Sediment Samples from Oregon Coast Range Reveal a Frosty Past

Lush greenery rich in Douglas fir and hemlock trees covers the Triangle Lake valley of the Oregon Coast Range. Today, however, geologists across the country are more focused on sediment samples dating back 50,000 years that were dug up by University of Oregon scientists.

28 Nov 2015

Climate Change to Proceed Faster Than Previously Believed

Global warming will progress faster than what was previously believed. The reason is that greenhouse gas emissions that arise naturally are also affected by increased temperatures. This has been confirmed in a new study from Linköping University that measures natural methane emissions.

28 Nov 2015