Air Pollution Destroys Sexual Pheromones – Impairs Successful Mating of Flies
High levels of ozone destroy the chemical mating signal of the insects and may thus contribute to global insect decline. Insect sexual communication relies to…
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Uncovering the Past: The Most Detailed Look Yet at Earth’s Climatic History
University of Colorado at Boulder scientists and an international team of researchers have revealed the most in-depth view yet of the Earth’s recent climate history…
“Climate Trauma” – New Study Demonstrates That It Has Real Impacts on Cognition and the Brain
Researchers at UC San Diego have discovered that individuals affected by the catastrophic Camp Fire in 2018 showed changes in cognitive function several months later….
Climate Change Could Cause an Ocean “Disaster”
Strong warming causes the deep overturning circulation to collapse. The University of California, Irvine Earth system scientists have found that the Atlantic and Southern oceans’…
Peering Into the Ocean’s Future – Map of Ancient Ocean “Dead Zones” Could Predict Future Locations, Impacts
Scientists have mapped out oceanic “dead zones” from the Pliocene epoch, when Earth’s temperature was two to three degrees higher than today. This could offer…
Unlocking the Secrets of Climate Change: Linking Fossil Proxies to Living Bacteria
The missing piece in reconstructing the Earth’s climate history also provides a new understanding of the early evolution of life. Microbial skins made of lipids,…
Crucial Tool for Managing Global Warming Allows Scientists To Measure Carbon Without Disturbing Plants
Scientists develop a new way to take a census of carbon in the ground under our feet – a crucial tool for managing climate change…
Satellites and Drones Are Being Used To Study Glacial Physics and Predict Sea Level Rise
Brent Minchew leads two proposals to better understand glacial physics and predict sea-level rise as part of MIT’s Climate Grand Challenges competition. When we think…
Global Climate Catastrophe If Nuclear War Between India and Pakistan
Rapidly expanding nuclear arsenals in Pakistan and India portend regional and global catastrophe. With ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan raising concerns about the possibility…
Key Theory on Earth’s Climate May Be Wrong
Rutgers-led study casts doubt on Himalayan rock weathering hypothesis. A key theory that attributes the climate evolution of the earth to the breakdown of Himalayan…
Even a Small Change in Earth’s Carbon Dioxide Makes a Big Difference – Here’s Why
In July 2015, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency head Gina McCarthy was being grilled by lawmakers over President Obama’s Clean Power Plan requiring states to limit…
Eocene Fossil Data Suggest Future Polar Warming Could Be Greater Than Expected
A new international analysis of marine fossils shows that the warming of the polar oceans during the Eocene, a greenhouse period that provides a glimpse…
“Grey Swan” Cyclones Will Become More Frequent and Intense
A newly published study from MIT and Princeton University reveals that “grey swan” cyclones will become more frequent and intense over the next century. “Grey…
NASA Study Reveals West Antarctic Glaciers in Irreversible State of Decline
A new study led by NASA researchers presents multiple lines of evidence – incorporating 40 years of observations – that rapidly melting section of the…
Geoscientists Building Whole-Earth Model to Study Long-Term Climate Evolution
Geoscientists from Rice University are building a whole-Earth model to study long-term climate evolution, focusing on how carbon moves between Earth’s external and internal systems….
The Inherent Unpredictability of El Nino Events
El Niño events are not as predictable as previously thought. According to new analyses of climate records locked within ancient corals, the frequency and strength…
Record Arctic Snow Melt Might Be Prolonging American Drought
While it may seem that melting arctic snow isn’t as dramatic as the record ice melt that’s occurred this year, the loss of arctic snow…
