Network of wildlife rehabilitation organizations helps track emerging threats. From domoic acid poisoning in seabirds…
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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.
Actions in the coming decade will determine whether reefs survive, scientists say. An international group…
Invasive wild pigs are a surprising driver of global CO₂ emissions by uprooting carbon-rich soils…
A Spartan-led research team has uncovered an answer — at least for the most recent…
The arrival of plants on land about 400 million years ago may have changed the…
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that ocean warming and acidification are shifting temperate…
A new method for seeing through ice sheets using radio signals from the sun could…
Waging a Two-Pronged Campaign Against Climate Change With MIGHTR, MIT PhD student W. Robb Stewart…
Waterfleas evolved rapidly under predation pressure using existing genetic variation, proving that biodiversity is key…
Most Rivers Run Dry – Now and Then A new study led by researchers from…
Asegun Henry has a big idea for tackling climate change: Store up the sun. “This…
Warm-blooded fish swim faster but don’t tolerate wider temperature ranges, making them just as climate-sensitive…
The Arctic’s Last Ice Area is melting faster than expected, endangering habitats for polar bears…
Evidence from an ancient eggshell has revealed important new information about the extreme climate change…
In the mid-2030s, every U.S. coast will experience rapidly increasing high-tide floods, when a lunar…
Climate Shaped Body Size; Complex Habitats Shaped Brain Size The average body size of humans…
Using isotopes from Texas cave stalactites, scientists in Texas A&M’s College Of Geosciences studied thunderstorm…
Researchers suggest a comet strike triggered the Younger Dryas mini ice age and may have…