Wildfire, Drought, and Insects: Climate Change Increases Risks of Tree Death
Planting a tree appears to be a generally positive thing to do for the environment. After all, trees take in carbon dioxide, offsetting some of…
Climate Change
Climate Crisis Is Driving Cousins of Zazu, From the Lion King, to Local Extinction
The yellow-billed hornbill, cousins of fan-favorite Zazu from The Lion King, faces local extinction due to the climate crisis. Between 2008 and 2019, researchers investigated…
Study Finds That Climate Change Will Negatively Impact Human Sleep Around the World
Most research looking at the impact of climate change on human life has focused on how extreme weather events affect economic and societal health outcomes…
Scientists Discover “Ghost” Fossils – “Completely Unexpected”
An international team of researchers has discovered a new type of fossilization. Discovery of ‘ghost’ fossils reveals plankton resilience to past global warming events. An…
Startling Consequences of Global Warming: Oceans Are Losing Their Memory
Using future projections from the latest generation of Earth System Models, a recent study published in Science Advances found that most of the world’s ocean…
Temperature Records and Chemical “Tracers” Show Deep Ocean Warming As Climate Changes
Much of the “excess heat” stored in the subtropical North Atlantic is in the deep ocean (below 700 meters / 2300 feet), new research suggests….
Violent Coastal Storms Could Help Protect Beaches From Sea Level Rise
Images in the wake of violent coastal storms usually focus purely on the extensive damage caused to beaches, dunes, property, and surrounding infrastructure. However, a…
Remote Community in Ireland Survived a Millennium of Environmental Change
Study finds social conditions key to long-term resilience during times of dramatic change. A remote community in Ireland was adaptable enough to persevere through a…
Extremophytes: “Extreme” Plants Grow Faster in the Face of Stress
When plants are faced with conditions that are too dry, salty, or cold, most of them try to conserve resources. They send out fewer leaves…
Earth’s Most Efficient Natural Storage System: Land-Building Marsh Plants Are Champions of Carbon Capture
Wetlands are Earth’s most efficient natural storage system for climate-warming carbon dioxide. Human activities such as marsh draining for agriculture and logging are increasingly eating…
Most Extreme Heatwaves Ever Recorded Globally – Revealed in New Research
A new research study has revealed the most intense heatwaves ever across the world – and remarkably some of these went almost unnoticed decades ago….
Ice Lost, Island Found? Eastern Coast of Antarctica Appears To Have Gained an Island
An unnamed mound of white off East Antarctica seems to be an island. The eastern coast of Antarctica has lost the majority of the Glenzer…
Losing a Long-Watched Glacier – 70% of Mass Depleted From Peyto Glacier in Alberta
Scientists have been observing Peyto Glacier in Alberta since the 1960s. Peyto Glacier in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada is among the most closely monitored…
“Microbial Protein” – Fungi-Based Meat Alternatives Can Help Save Earth’s Forests
Substituting 20% of meat from cattle with microbial protein — a meat alternative produced in fermentation tanks — by 2050 could halve deforestation, a new…
Flood Basalt Eruptions: NASA Warns That Some Volcanoes Could Warm Climate, Destroy Ozone Layer
A new NASA climate simulation suggests that extremely large volcanic eruptions called “flood basalt eruptions” could significantly warm Earth’s climate and devastate the ozone layer…
Filling the Climate Change Data Gap: Amazon Rainforest Gases Affect the Earth’s Atmosphere
Findings may fill gap for climate change, atmospheric research beyond tropical regions. According to a new study by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL),…
New Catalyst Could Clean Natural Gas Engine Emissions
Palladium oxide catalyst cleans up emissions and enhances water vapor tolerance. A newly developed catalyst with unique, atomic-sized “rafts” does a better job than current…
Increased Risks to Corn Crops and Society From Clusters of Weather Extremes
To assess how climate warming will change risks such as crop failures and wildfires, it’s necessary to look at how the risks are likely to…
