Mega-droughts – droughts that last two decades or longer – are tipped to increase thanks…
Browsing: Climate Change
Climate change refers to the long-term alteration of Earth’s climate patterns—primarily driven by human activities such as burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial emissions that increase greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. It affects global temperatures, weather systems, ocean currents, and ecosystems, leading to rising sea levels, more intense storms, droughts, wildfires, and biodiversity loss. Climate science combines atmospheric physics, oceanography, geology, and ecology to understand these shifts and predict future impacts. Ongoing research focuses on mitigation strategies like renewable energy, carbon capture, and reforestation, as well as adaptation efforts to protect communities, agriculture, and natural systems from escalating climate risks.
Including paleoclimate data in the development of climate models could help climate scientists predict scenarios…
Tropical fruit trees can improve health, reduce hunger, boost incomes and fight climate change; so…
A world-first study on the Great Barrier Reef shows crown-of-thorns starfish have the ability to…
A new study coordinated by CU Boulder makes clear the extraordinary speed and scale of…
Global warming of 2°C would lead to about 230 billion tonnes of carbon being released…
Tiny, seemingly harmless ocean plants survived the darkness of the asteroid strike that killed the…
The fossilized remains of ancient deep-sea corals may act as time machines providing new insights…
Imperial College London researchers have simulated for the first time how soil moisture content affects…
The loss of huge ice masses can contribute to the warming that is causing this…
Bremen climate scientists disclose changing feedback mechanisms between climate and global carbon cycle over the…
The first large-scale study of the risks that countries face from dependence on water, energy,…
Global sea level has been rising at a rate of 0.1 inches (3.3 millimeters) per…
Climate changes associated with global warming can affect astronomical observations. That is the result of…
Scientists show the unfolding of one of the largest mass extinctions in Earth’s history. Earth’s…
A new international study led by Monash University climate scientists has revealed that ice loss…
The American pika is a charismatic, diminutive relative of rabbits that some researchers say is…
Seabird poop transformed an entire ecosystem, reveals an examination of a 14,000-year peat record in…