Climate change and human activities threatens picky penguins Eating a krill-only diet has made one variety of Antarctic penguin especially susceptible to the impacts of climate change, according to new research involving the University of Saskatchewan (USask) which sheds new light on why some penguins are winners a
2019-12-02 00:00:00
Discovery of an unusual protein Scientists from Bremen discover an unusual protein playing a significant role in the Earth's nitrogen cycle. The novel heme-containing cytochrome is involved in the anammox process, which is responsible for producing half of the dinitrogen gas in the atmo
2019-12-02 00:00:00
Nearly 40% of species are very rare and are vulnerable to climate change Almost 40 percent of global flora is categorized as 'exceedingly rare,' and these species are most at risk of extinction by human development and as the climate continues to change, according to new University of Arizona-led research.
2019-11-27 00:00:00
Big trucks, little emissions Researchers reveal a new integrated, cost-efficient way of converting ethanol for fuel blends that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
2019-11-26 00:00:00
Satellite tracking Guam's Tropical Storm Kammuri The National Weather Service in Guam has posted warnings as Tropical Storm Kammuri lingers nearby. The NOAA-20 satellite provided forecasters with an image of the storm.
2019-11-26 00:00:00
'Climate change is a disability rights issue' In a high-profile Letter in Science, University of Konstanz climate scientist and ecologist Dr Aleksandra Kosanic, an Associate Fellow of the University of Konstanz's Zukunftskolleg, draws attention to the fact that disabled populations have, until now, b
2019-11-26 00:00:00
The heat is on Climate change is reorganizing the life in our oceans in a big way: as waters warm, cold-loving species, from plankton to fish, leave the area and warm water species become more successful. So say an international group of scientists in the most comprehen
2019-11-25 00:00:00
New study looks to biological enzymes as source of hydrogen fuel Research from the University of Illinois and the University of California, Davis has chemists one step closer to recreating nature's most efficient machinery for generating hydrogen gas. This new development may help clear the path for the hydrogen fuel i
2019-11-25 00:00:00
Climate change is reshaping communities of ocean organisms Climate change is reshaping communities of fish and other sea life, according to a pioneering study on how ocean warming is affecting the mix of species. The study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, covers species that are important for fish
2019-11-25 00:00:00
Study examines women's ability to adapt effectively to climate change New research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) suggests that male migration and poor working conditions for women combine with institutional failure or poverty to hamper women's ability to adapt to climate variability and change in Asia and Afric
2019-11-25 00:00:00
Buy less, be happier and build a healthy planet You may feel like you can't do anything to stop climate change. But climate activists who joined in grassroots movements managed to cut their carbon footprints and were still happier than their non-activist peers, new research shows.
2019-11-22 00:00:00
Grid reliability under climate change may require more power generation capacity Researchers applied a new modeling approach for long-term planning of the U.S. power grid under future climate and water resource conditions. The new approach shows the grid may need an additional 5.3% to 12% of power-generating capacity to meet demand an
2019-11-21 00:00:00
Fish in California estuaries are evolving as climate change alters their habitat The threespine stickleback, a small fish found throughout the coastal areas of the Northern Hemisphere, is famously variable in appearance from one location to another, making it an ideal subject for studying how species adapt to different environments. A
2019-11-21 00:00:00
Climate change reassessment prompts call for a 'more sober' discourse An international research team has called for a more sober discourse around climate change prospects, following an extensive reassessment of climate change's progress and its mitigation.They argue that climate change models have understated potential warm
2019-11-21 00:00:00
Scientists first to develop rapid cell division in marine sponges Despite efforts over multiple decades, there are still no cell lines for marine invertebrates. For the first time, scientists have developed a breakthrough in marine invertebrate (sponge) cell culture, demonstrating exceptionally fast cell division and th
2019-11-21 00:00:00
Asking if behavior can be changed on climate crisis One of the more complex problems facing social psychologists today is whether any intervention can move people to change their behavior about climate change and protecting the environment for the sake of future generations. Now Hanne Melgård Watkins
2019-11-20 00:00:00
Beyond the green revolution There has been a substantial increase in food production over the last 50 years, but it has been accompanied by a narrowing in the diversity of cultivated crops. New research shows that diversifying crop production can make food supply more nutritious, re
2019-11-19 00:00:00
Decarbonizing the power sector Electricity supply is one of the biggest CO2 emitters globally. To keep global warming well below 2°C, several paths lead to zero emissions in the energy sector, and each has its potential environmental impacts -- such as air and water pollution, lan
2019-11-19 00:00:00
Nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas, is on the rise A new study from an international group of scientists finds we are releasing more of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide into the atmosphere than previously thought.
2019-11-18 00:00:00
Nitrous oxide levels are on the rise Nitrous oxide is a greenhouse gas and one of the main stratospheric ozone depleting substances on the planet. According to new research, we are releasing more of it into the atmosphere than previously thought.
2019-11-18 00:00:00
The forests of the Amazon are an important carbon sink The world's tropical forests store huge quantities of carbon in their biomass and thus constitute an important carbon sink. However, current estimates of the amount of carbon dioxide stored in tropical forests of the Amazon vary largely. Scientists at the
2019-11-15 00:00:00
UNH researchers find climate change and turf seaweed causing 'patchy' seascape Researchers at the University of New Hampshire find environmental developments caused by climate change are contributing to the transformation of the seafloor to a lower, more patchy seascape dominated by shrub-like seaweed which could impact species habi
2019-11-14 00:00:00
Light at the end of the nanotunnel for future catalysts Using a new type of nanoreactor, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded in mapping catalytic reactions on individual metallic nanoparticles. Their work could help improve chemical processes, and lead to better catalysts a
2019-11-13 00:00:00
How giant kelp may respond to climate change Like someone from Minnesota being dropped into an Arizona heat wave, giant kelp living in cooler, high-latitude waters were more vulnerable to excessive heat than kelp already living in warmer, Southern California waters, according to a study of Chilean a
2019-11-13 00:00:00
When reporting climate-driven human migration, place matters Location matters when talking about how climate might or might not be driving migration from Central America. Climate research in the dry corridor region revealed a complex pattern of change. If you average across the entire region you wouldn't see a tre
2019-11-13 00:00:00
Tuna carbon ratios reveal shift in food web The ratio of carbon isotopes in three common species of tuna has changed substantially since 2000, suggesting major shifts are also taking place in the phytoplankton populations that form the basis of the ocean's food web, according to a new international
2019-11-13 00:00:00
Something old, something new in the ocean's blue Microbiologists at the Max Planck Institutes in Marburg and Bremen have discovered a new metabolic process in the ocean. Ranging from molecular structures of individual genes and detection of their global distribution, their results give insight into the
2019-11-13 00:00:00
Stalled weather patterns will get bigger due to climate change Climate change will increase the size of stalled high-pressure systems that can cause heat waves, droughts and other extreme weather, according to a new study in Geophysical Research Letters.
2019-11-12 00:00:00
Deep neural networks speed up weather and climate models A team of environmental and computation scientists at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory are collaborating to use deep neural networks, a type of machine learning, to replace the parameterizations of certain physical schemes i
2019-11-12 00:00:00
Individual climate models may not provide the complete picture Equilibrium climate sensitivity -- how sensitive the Earth's climate is to changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide -- may be underestimated in individual climate models, according to a team of climate scientists.
2019-11-12 00:00:00
Ancient rain gauge: New evidence links groundwater, climate changes in deep time Changes in groundwater millions of years ago created alternating layers of vivid yellow and brown in the mineral sphalerite, and those variations align with movements in Earth's orbit that impacted climate in the deep past, Penn State scientists found.
2019-11-12 00:00:00
Nitrous oxide emissions set to rise in the Pacific Ocean The acidification of the Pacific Ocean in northern Japan is increasing the natural production rate of N2O, an ozone-depleting greenhouse gas. That's the finding of a study carried out jointly by scientists at EPFL, Tokyo Institute of Technology and Japan
2019-11-12 00:00:00
Government should address climate change, health and taxes as one issue Protecting our climate will protect health, and implementing evidence-based policies that consider action to meet targets on global warming, the economy, taxes and health together should be a priority for Canada's government, argues an editorial in CMAJ (
2019-11-11 00:00:00
Finding common ground for scientists and policymakers on soil carbon and climate change In an opinion published in Nature Sustainability, a group of scientists argue that public debate about the role of soil carbon in battling climate change is undermining the potential for policymakers to implement policies that build soil carbon for other
2019-11-11 00:00:00
Combining satellites, radar provides path for better forecasts Every minute counts when it comes to predicting severe weather. Combing data from cutting-edge geostationary satellites and traditional weather radar created a path toward earlier, more accurate warnings, according to Penn State researchers who studied su
2019-11-11 00:00:00
New findings on nitrous oxide emissions from northern trees surprised scientists A recently published study, completed by researchers from the University of Helsinki together with Dr Katerina Machacova, a visiting scholar, demonstrates that boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere are sources of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O)
2019-11-11 00:00:00
Coastlines' contribution to climate change might have been underestimated Permafrost coasts make up about one third of the Earth's total coastline. As a result of accelerated climate change, whole sections of coastline rapidly thaw, and erode into the Arctic Ocean. A new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Lette
2019-11-08 00:00:00
Concordia research shows how climate change will affect hydropower production in Canada Changing climate and weather patterns are going to have dramatic impacts on Canada's production potential of hydroelectricity, according to new Concordia research. hydropower giant Quebec will see its hydroelectricity output potential jump by as much as 1
2019-11-07 00:00:00
Unless warming is slowed, emperor penguins will be marching towards extinction Emperor penguins are some of the most striking and charismatic animals on Earth, but a new study from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has found that a warming climate may render them extinct by the end of this century. The study, which was
2019-11-07 00:00:00
From the Olympics to a climate change activist Rok Rozman competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Now he has kayaked across six countries to help defend rivers against dams.
2019-10-23 23:13:38
World 'losing battle against deforestation' A historic global agreement aimed at halting deforestation and curbing dangerous carbon dioxide emissions has failed, according to a report.
2019-09-12 14:44:05
Climate change: Five ways to be resilient The Global Commission on Adaptation - a group of 34 leaders in politics, business and science say the world urgently needs to be made more "climate change resilient".
2019-09-09 23:35:33
