A new material that can selectively capture carbon dioxide (CO2) molecules and efficiently convert them…
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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.
Newly understood factors make ice shelves more vulnerable to breakup according to College of Wooster,…
Warmer temperatures linked to climate change are having a big impact on the breeding habits…
In 1919, the Swiss pilot and photographer Walter Mittelholzer flew over Mont Blanc in a…
Since industrialization began 100 years ago, the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere…
Smallholder poverty in sub-Saharan Africa is often linked to sandy soils, which hold little water…
In a new study published yesterday (October 8, 2019) in the journal Biological Conservation, an…
Polluting emissions from Chinese thermal power plants declined significantly between 2014 and 2017, according to…
A Dartmouth-led study examining carbon stocks in an actively managed mixed wood forest in New…
The Jason-2/Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM), the third in a U.S.-European series of satellite missions…
New, state-of-the-art methods provide detailed insights into the timing and causes of ‘megafauna’ extinctions in…
As climate change accelerates, recording shifts in plant flowering times is critical to understanding how…
Rutgers-led study casts doubt on Himalayan rock weathering hypothesis. A key theory that attributes the…
People are less motivated to take action if its outcome is uncertain, and this could…
Bee biodiversity barometer on Fiji — New species described as environment changes The biodiversity buzz…
SUNCAT researchers discover a way to improve a key step in these conversions, and explore…
In independent studies, two Princeton University research teams recently identified surprisingly large sources of methane,…
Study shows for the first time a direct link between surface melting and short bursts…