First global assessment of the extent of snow and ice cover on Earth’s surface—a critical…
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.
Climate, Not Humans, Was the Main Driver of Ancient Elephant Extinctions Elephants and their forebears…
Nanoscale catalysts for environmental remediation can become unstable during use. Understanding their atomic changes may…
Using fundamental calculations of molecular interactions, they created a catalyst with 100% selectivity in producing…
The atmosphere is changing, trapping more heat from the Sun. The ocean plays a significant…
Achieving total renewable energy worldwide demands lower consumption, radical electrification, and breakthroughs in fuel technology—plus…
Jacopo Buongiorno and others say factory-built microreactors trucked to usage sites could be a safe,…
Results demonstrate the power of nickel isotope analyses, which are relatively new, to solve long-standing…
New Research Shows Climate Change Is Increasing Ozone Depletion Over the Arctic There is a…
2021 Global Change Outlook from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of…
Investments in agricultural research, water management, infrastructure can avert climate-fueled growth in hunger. In order…
Amazon rain forests could be at far higher risk of extreme drought than previously thought,…
Scientists find a way to efficiently use visible light from the sun to break down…
Florida Tech research shows climate change will suppress reef growth from north and south. Warming…
Aviation’s Climate Challenge Persists Despite Paris Goals Although the emissions targets for aviation are in…
Future Wood Use Assures Long-Term Climate Benefit From Commercial Forests A new study published in Nature…
Birds are migrating earlier and changing in size, but a major study finds these two…
A new complementary cognition theory suggests humans evolved by specializing in different cognitive strategies, enabling…