Global Warming Begets More Warming: MIT Paleoclimate Researchers Discover a “Warming Bias”
Researchers observe a “warming bias” over the past 66 million years that may return if ice sheets disappear. It is increasingly clear that the prolonged…
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Corals Survive the Heat With Help From Probiotic Bacteria
Treating corals with a probiotic cocktail of beneficial bacteria increases survival after a bleaching event, according to new research. This approach could be administered in…
New Modelling of Ancient Antarctic Ice Sheets Helps Us See the Future of Global Warming
New research from University of Massachusetts Amherst gives clearer picture of mid-Miocene Antarctic ice sheet. Last month saw the average concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide…
2021 Global Change Outlook: Why the Earth Needs a Course Correction Now
2021 Global Change Outlook from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change shows how more aggressive policies can sharply reduce…
Using Sunlight to Alleviate Global Warming: Breakthrough in Decomposing CO2 With High Efficiency
Scientists find a way to efficiently use visible light from the sun to break down CO2, open doors to novel means of alleviating global warming….
Aviation’s Contribution to Cutting Climate Change Likely to Be Small – Non-CO2 Effects Important
Although the emissions targets for aviation are in line with the overall goals of the Paris Agreement, there is a high likelihood that the climate…
Global Warming Already Responsible for 1 in 3 Heat-Related Deaths
New estimates suggest Central and South America and South-East Asia most affected regions. Between 1991 and 2018, more than a third of all deaths in…
On Thin Ice: Arctic Coastal Sea Ice Thinning Twice As Fast As Thought
Research based on ice-thickness data from ESA’s CryoSat and Envisat missions along with a new model of snow has revealed that sea ice in the…
Satellite Observations Show Marine Clouds Amplify Global Warming
A new analysis of satellite cloud observations finds that global warming causes low-level clouds over the oceans to decrease, leading to further warming. The work,…
Monitoring Species Condemned to Extinction May Help Conservationists Save Others As Global Temperatures Rise
The White-tailed Swallow, Hirundo megaensis, and Ethiopian Bush-crow, Zavattariornis stresemanni, are living in ‘climatic lifeboats’ with their tiny ranges restricted on all sides by temperature…
Arctic Sea Ice Thinning Up to Twice As Fast as Expected
Sea ice in the coastal regions of the Arctic may be thinning up to twice as fast as previously thought, according to a new modeling…
CryoSat Mission Reveals Massive Ice Loss From Glaciers in Alaska and Asia
As our climate warms, ice melting from glaciers around the world is one of main causes of sea-level rise. As well as being a major…
Satellites May Have Underestimated Global Warming in the Lower Atmosphere Over the Last 40 Years
New research by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) climate scientists and collaborators shows that satellite measurements of the temperature of the troposphere (the lowest region…
Climate Change Resilience: Northern Red Sea Corals Pass Heat Stress Test With Flying Colors
EPFL scientists are beginning to understand why corals in the Gulf of Aqaba, along with their symbiotic algae and bacteria, resist higher temperatures particularly well….
Harvard Researchers Say Antarctic Ice-Sheet Melting to Lift Sea Level 30% Higher Than Thought
New calculations show the rise due to warming would be 30% above forecasts. Global sea level rise associated with the possible collapse of the West…
Cave Deposits Reveal Permafrost Thawed 400,000 Years Ago, When Temperatures Were Not Much Higher Than Today
Cave deposits reveal Pleistocene permafrost thaw, absent predicted levels of CO2 release. The vast frozen terrain of Arctic permafrost thawed several times in North America…
Global Glacier Retreat Has Accelerated: Analysis of 220,000 Glaciers Shows Rapid Melting That Has Scientists Worried
An international research team including scientists from ETH Zurich has shown that almost all the world’s glaciers are becoming thinner and losing mass’ and that…
More Than a Third of Antarctic Ice Shelf Area at Risk of Collapse As Planet Warms
Fractures from melting and run-off will indirectly lead to sea level rise. More than a third of the Antarctic’s ice shelf area could be at…