Urban heat and mortality: who are the most vulnerable? Social inequalities affect the risk of mortality and morbidity in the event of extreme temperatures. Women, the elderly and those who live alone are most at risk, with education levels also emerging as influencing factors. Research coordinated by the Inst
2020-12-07 00:00:00
Mailman School experts contribute to new Lancet report on health and climate change Unless we take urgent action to tackle climate change, we can expect an ever-hotter world that threatens global health, disrupts lives and livelihoods and overwhelms healthcare systems, according to <i>The Lancet</i>'s Global Countdown on Heal
2020-12-04 00:00:00
The climate changed rapidly alongside sea ice decline in the north Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen have, in collaboration with Norwegian researchers in the ERC Synergy project, ICE2ICE, shown that abrupt climate change occurred as a result of widespread decrease of sea ice. This scient
2020-12-04 00:00:00
How to cool more efficiently In the journal Applied Physics Reviews (DOI: 10.1063/5.0020755), an international research team from the University of Barcelona, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), and TU Darmstadt report on possibilities for implementing more efficient and
2020-12-03 00:00:00
Not enough Hazelnuts? Our future climate points to Australia for new cultivations The food industry is looking for new areas that are suitable for hazelnut farming to satisfy a growing global demand and to diversify supply. In a recent study, realized with a CMCC Foundation contribution, scientists analysed the effects of climate chang
2020-12-03 00:00:00
Wind farm and sleep disruption As wind power generation becomes more important, experts in Australia are examining whether wind 'farm' turbine background noise in the environmental can affect sleep and wellbeing of nearby residents. While five previous studies showed no systemic effect
2020-12-03 00:00:00
How plants compete for underground real estate affects climate change and food production How do plant roots store carbon? Princeton researchers found that the energy a plant devotes to its roots depends on proximity to other plants: when close together, plants heavily invest in their root systems to compete for finite underground resourc
2020-12-03 00:00:00
Once in a lifetime floods to become regular occurrences by end of century Superstorm Sandy brought flood-levels to the New York region that had not been seen in generations. Now, due to the impact of climate change, researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology have found that 100-year and 500-year flood levels could become re
2020-12-02 00:00:00
When the rains stopped What can archaeologists tell us about the impacts of climate change on human history? Facets of human life, like breathing, cooking, bathing, agriculture, and engaging with the outdoors, become intertwined with a region's hydroclimate. Interactions with a
2020-12-02 00:00:00
Greenland ice sheet faces irreversible melting Scientists predict Greenland ice sheet will pass a threshold beyond which it will never fully regrow and sea levels will be permanently higher in as little as 600 years under current climate change projections, as Greenland's climate would be permanently
2020-12-02 00:00:00
Self-repairing gelatin-based film could be a smart move for electronics Dropping a cell phone can sometimes cause superficial cracks to appear. But other times, the device can stop working altogether because fractures develop in the material that stores data. Now, researchers reporting in <i>ACS Applied Polymer Material
2020-12-02 00:00:00
Carbon dioxide converted to ethylene -- the 'rice of the industry' In recent times, 'e-chemical' technology -- which converts carbon dioxide to high-value-added compounds using renewable electricity -- has gained research attention as a carbon capture utilization technology. Ethylene, referred to as the 'rice of the indu
2020-12-02 00:00:00
Trees can help slow climate change, but at a cost Widespread forest management and protections against deforestation can help mitigate climate change - but will come with a steep cost if deployed as broadly as policymakers have discussed, new research suggests.
2020-12-01 00:00:00
Cost of planting, protecting trees to fight climate change could jump Planting trees and preventing deforestation are considered key climate change mitigation strategies, but a new analysis finds the cost of preserving and planting trees to hit certain global emissions reductions targets could accelerate quickly.
2020-12-01 00:00:00
Climate change warms groundwater in Bavaria Groundwater reservoirs in Bavaria have warmed considerably over the past few decades. A new study by researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) compares temperatures at 35 measuring stations, taken at different depths, with data from t
2020-12-01 00:00:00
An escape route for seafloor methane An MIT study has solved the mystery of how and why columns of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, can stream out of solid sea-floor formations known as methane hydrates.
2020-11-30 00:00:00
Worst-case emissions projections are already off-track New University of Colorado Boulder research reveals that emissions are not growing as fast as the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's assessments have indicated--and that the IPCC is not using the most up-to-date climate scenarios in its plan
2020-11-30 00:00:00
Area burned by severe fire increased 8-fold in western US over past four decades The number of wildfires and the amount of land they consume in the western US has substantially increased since the 1980s, a trend often attributed to ongoing climate change. Now, new research finds fires are not only becoming more common in the western U
2020-11-30 00:00:00
Satellite images confirm uneven impact of climate change University of Copenhagen researchers have been following vegetation trends across the planet's driest areas using satellite imagery from recent decades. They have identified a troubling trend: Too little vegetation is sprouting up from rainwater in develo
2020-11-26 00:00:00
UCLA study of threatened desert tortoises offers new conservation strategy A UCLA study publishing Nov. 27 in Science supports a new conservation strategy. Climate change increasingly makes relocating threatened species necessary, despite the frequently low success rate. The study found tortoises with lots of genetic variation w
2020-11-26 00:00:00
Irreversible hotter and drier climate over inner East Asia Researchers warn that heatwaves and concurrent droughts of Mongolia's semi-arid plateau have increased significantly during the past two decades, with troubling implications for the future. The change also has ramifications for atmospheric conditions acro
2020-11-26 00:00:00
Princeton scientists solve the mystery behind an enigmatic organelle, the pyrenoid Princeton researchers Shan He, Martin Jonikas, and colleagues have discovered how Rubisco holoenzymes assemble to form the fluid-like matrix of the algal pyrenoid, an organelle that mediates the incorporation of carbon dioxide into sugars. The study detai
2020-11-25 00:00:00
Princeton scientists discover a motif that guides assembly of the algal pyrenoid Princeton University researchers have discovered that assembly of the algal pyrenoid, a structure that mediates the incorporation of carbon dioxide into sugars, is guided by the presence of a particular protein sequence, or motif. The study describing thi
2020-11-25 00:00:00
Effect of climate change on infectious diseases unknown to half of the population Although it is a widely known scientific fact that infectious diseases emerge and re-emerge due to climate change, a study which included the involvement of the UAB published in PlosOne reveals that 48.9% of the population surveyed are not aware of this r
2020-11-25 00:00:00
Using a soft crystal to visualize how absorbed carbon dioxide behaves in liquid A team of scientists has succeeded in visualizing how carbon dioxide (CO2) behaves in an ionic liquid that selectively absorbs CO2. The finding is expected to help develop more efficient methods to capture CO2 in the atmosphere, one of the major factors c
2020-11-25 00:00:00
Evidence of the interconnectedness of global climate The analysis, published in Nature, shows for the first time that changes in the Antarctic ice sheet were caused by the melting of ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere. The influence was driven by sea-level changes caused by the melting ice in the north d
2020-11-25 00:00:00
Strengthening the climate change scenario framework Over the past decade, the climate change research community developed a scenario framework that combines alternative futures of climate and society to facilitate integrated research and consistent assessment to inform policy. An international team of rese
2020-11-24 00:00:00
Climate change presents new challenges for the drinking water supply Rising temperatures in Germany's largest drinking water reservoir present new challenges for the drinking water supply. According to a group of UFZ researchers, the impacts of this increase can be alleviated by mitigating climate change and applying new m
2020-11-23 00:00:00
Siberian primrose has not had time to adapt to climate change Global warming already affects Siberian primrose, a plant species that is threatened in Finland and Norway. According to a recently completed study, individuals of Siberian primrose originating in the Finnish coast on the Bothnian Bay currently fare bette
2020-11-23 00:00:00
A long distance connection: polar climate affects trade wind strength in tropics The impact of sea surface temperature variations in the tropical Pacific on global climate has long been recognized. For instance, the episodic warming of the tropical Pacific during El Niño events causes melt of sea ice in far-reaching parts of the
2020-11-20 00:00:00
Some Amazon rainforest regions more resistant to climate change than previously thought Is the Amazon rainforest as sensitive to water stress as what the current models have been showing? Columbia Engineering researchers found that the models have been largely over-estimating water stress in tropical forests. While models show that increases
2020-11-20 00:00:00
A comprehensive look at the effects of climate change on Mount Everest Between April and June of 2019, 10 research teams composed of 34 international and Nepali scientists journeyed toward the summit of Mount Everest as part of the 2019 National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition. Early results from thi
2020-11-20 00:00:00
Synthesis study demonstrates phytoplankton can bloom below Arctic sea ice Researchers used historical scientific studies, along with contemporary observations employing autonomous floats and robotic vehicles, to demonstrate that phytoplankton blooms occur under Arctic Ocean sea ice. Previously, scientists had assumed that was i
2020-11-19 00:00:00
Climate change and 'atmospheric thirst' to increase fire danger and drought in NV and CA Climate change and a "thirsty atmosphere" will bring more extreme wildfire danger and multi-year droughts to Nevada and California by the end of this century, according to new research from the Desert Research Institute (DRI), the Scripps Instit
2020-11-19 00:00:00
Could kelp help relieve ocean acidification? A new analysis of California's Monterey Bay evaluates kelp's potential to reduce ocean acidification, the harmful fallout from climate change on marine ecosystems and the food they produce for human populations.
2020-11-19 00:00:00
UK climate plan: What do the terms mean? Ahead of a UK plan to reach "net zero", we guide you through some of the key terms in climate change.
2020-11-18 11:10:54
New technique seamlessly converts ammonia to green hydrogen Northwestern University researchers have developed a highly effective, environmentally friendly method for converting ammonia into hydrogen. The new technique is a major step forward for enabling a zero-pollution, hydrogen-fueled economy. The idea of usin
2020-11-18 00:00:00
Using materials efficiently can substantially cut greenhouse gas emissions Emissions from the production of materials like metals, minerals, woods and plastics more than doubled in 1995 - 2015, accounting for almost one-quarter of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. Material efficiency needs to play a larger role in cl
2020-11-18 00:00:00
Media, NGO framing of climate change affects how people think about issue: studies In a pair of studies, Hong Tien Vu of the University of Kansas found that the way media organizations and global climate change NGOs frame their messages on the topic does in fact influence how people look at the issue, which in turn affects what action,
2020-11-16 00:00:00
RUDN University chemists developed cheap and eco-friendly surfactants An international team including chemists from RUDN University suggested an economically feasible and environmentally friendly method to synthesize surfactants. The new compounds can become an eco-friendly alternative to traditional chemicals used in oil p
2020-11-12 00:00:00
In a warming climate, can birds take the heat? We don't know precisely how hot things will get as climate change marches on, but animals in the tropics may not fare as well as their temperate relatives. Many scientists think tropical animals, because they're accustomed to a more stable thermal environ
2020-11-12 00:00:00
Applying environmental genomics to coral conservation Coral reefs are extremely sensitive to temperature, making them particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. But some corals seem able to adapt. Researchers from EPFL and the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD
2020-11-12 00:00:00
Green Deal: Good for a climate-neutral Europe - bad for the planet Europe is to become the first climate-neutral continent- this goal of the 'Green Deal' was announced by the EU in late 2019. Carbon emissions shall be reduced, while forestation, agriculture, environmentally friendly transport, and renewable energies shal
2020-11-12 00:00:00
In Europe, climate change counter movement think tanks are conservative and neoliberal They follow similar patterns to those found in the US, according to a study of which Núria Almiron, a researcher at the Department of Communication, is the first author, carried out in collaboration with researchers from the University of Colorado Bo
2020-11-12 00:00:00
Virtual reality forests could help understanding of climate change The effects of climate change are sometimes difficult to grasp, but now a virtual reality forest, created by geographers, can let people walk through a simulated forest of today and see what various futures may hold for the trees.
2020-11-11 00:00:00
COVID-delayed Arctic research cruise yields late-season data Researchers studying the Bering and Chukchi seas for three weeks in October found no ice and a surprisingly active ecosystem as they added another year's data to a key climate change record. The research vessel Norseman II carried scientists from the Univ
2020-11-11 00:00:00
New strategy to 'buffer' climate change: developing cheaper, eco-friendly solar cells Solar power is an eco-friendly alternative to conventional, non-renewable sources of energy. However, current solar panels require the use of toxic materials as buffers, which is not sustainable. To this end, a team of scientists in Korea developed a new
2020-11-11 00:00:00
Engineering a way out of climate change: Genetically modified organisms could be the key Fighting the imminent climate change crisis has now become a global priority. In this regard, scientists in the US have discussed how gene editing technology can modify plants and organisms to reduce atmospheric CO2 and slow down climate change. They also
2020-11-11 00:00:00
Electrified magnets: researchers uncover a new way to handle data The properties of synthesised magnets can be changed and controlled by charge currents as suggested by a study and simulations conducted by physicists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and Central South University in China. In the journal
2020-11-09 00:00:00
On the hunt for wild bananas in Papua New Guinea Scientists are racing to collect and conserve wild banana species. A recent expedition to the epicenter of banana diversity shows that wild species hold traits critical to helping the world's favorite fruit survive climate change, pests and diseases
2020-11-06 00:00:00
Climate change and food demand could shrink species' habitats by almost a quarter by 2100 Mammals, birds and amphibians worldwide have lost on average 18% of their natural habitat range as a result of changes in land use and climate change, a new study has found. In a worst-case scenario this loss could increase to 23% over the next 80 years.
2020-11-06 00:00:00
Better health - for people and the planet - grows on trees Tropical fruit trees can improve health, reduce hunger, boost incomes and fight climate change. So why don't we grow and eat more? In the journal People and Nature, researchers outline the myriad nutritional, economic and environmental-health potential of
2020-11-05 00:00:00
Keeping our cool Fossil fuel burning accounts for the majority of global greenhouse gas emissions, and to the world's credit, several countries are working to reduce their use and the heat-trapping emissions that ensue. The goal is to keep global temperatures under a 1.5&
2020-11-05 00:00:00
Soil carbon changes in transition areas suggest conservation for Amazon, scientists say Conservation efforts on the edges of the Amazon forest, especially in light of recent deforestation by human disturbance, could help the region weather the storm of climate change, researchers say. That assessment, led by researchers at the University of
2020-11-05 00:00:00
Corn and other crops are not adapted to benefit from elevated carbon dioxide levels Although rising carbon dioxide levels can boost plant growth, a new review from the University of Illinois shows that some crops, including corn, are adapted to a pre-industrial environment and cannot distribute their resources effectively to take advanta
2020-11-05 00:00:00
Species more likely to die out with rapid climate changes The great tit and other birds can adapt to changes in their food supply as a result of climate change, but they run into trouble if the changes happen too quickly.
2020-11-05 00:00:00
Students develop tool to predict the carbon footprint of algorithms Within the scientific community, it is estimated that artificial intelligence -- otherwise meant to serve as a means to effectively combat climate change -- will become one of the most egregious CO2 culprits should current trends continue. To raise awaren
2020-11-03 00:00:00
Supersonic winds, rocky rains forecasted on lava planet Among the most extreme planets discovered beyond the edges of our solar system are lava planets: fiery hot worlds that circle so close to their host star that some regions are likely oceans of molten lava. According to scientists, the atmosphere and weath
2020-11-03 00:00:00
UNH research: Longer mud season, no snow could alter northeast rivers by 2100 University of New Hampshire has found that snow cover is on the decline in northeastern US due to climate change and by the end of century, the vernal window, sometimes referred to as mud season, could be two to four weeks longer which means significantly
2020-11-02 00:00:00
Building cities with wood would store half of cement industry's current carbon emissions A new study has found that shifting to wood as a building construction material would significantly reduce the environmental impact of building construction. If 80% of new residential buildings in Europe were made of wood, and wood was used in the structu
2020-11-02 00:00:00
Room temperature conversion of CO2 to CO: A new way to synthesize hydrocarbons Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have demonstrated a room-temperature method that could significantly reduce carbon dioxide levels in fossil-fuel power plant exhaust, one of the main sources of
2020-11-02 00:00:00
Future lake food webs in subarctic have more biomass and contain more omega-3 fatty acids Subarctic regions are facing rapid changes in climate and land-use intensity. An international research team recently completed an investigation to see how these changes are affecting the food webs and fish communities of lakes in northern Finland. Biomas
2020-10-30 00:00:00
Archaeologists reveal human resilience in the face of climate change in ancient Turkey An examination of two documented periods of climate change in the greater Middle East, between approximately 4,500 and 3,000 years ago, reveals local evidence of resilience and even of a flourishing ancient society despite the changes in climate seen in t
2020-10-29 00:00:00
Expect more mega-droughts Mega-droughts - droughts that last two decades or longer - are tipped to increase thanks to climate change, according to University of Queensland-led research.
2020-10-29 00:00:00
Climate change drives plants to extinction in the Black Forest in Germany, study finds Climate change is leaving its mark on the bog complexes of the German Black Forest. Due to rising temperatures and longer dry periods, two plant species have gone extinct over the last 40 years. The populations of many others have decreased by one third.
2020-10-28 00:00:00
The future is now: long-term research shows ocean acidification ramping up on the Reef A new study has shown ocean acidification is no longer a sombre forecast for the Great Barrier Reef but a present-day reality. The study shows seawater carbon dioxide on the Reef has risen 6 per cent in ten years, matching the rate of carbon dioxide incre
2020-10-28 00:00:00
Ultraheavy precision polymers An environmentally friendly and sustainable synthesis of "heavyweight" polymers with very narrow molecular weight distributions is an important concept in modern polymer chemistry. Thanks to a new photoenzymatic process, Chinese researchers have
2020-10-27 00:00:00
TalTech chemists' new method is a significant step towards greener pharmaceutical industry The rapid changes in the chemical industry are connected one hand with the depletion of natural resources and deepening of environmental concerns, on the other hand with the growth of environmental awareness. Green, environmentally friendly chemistry is p
2020-10-27 00:00:00
Energy at risk: the impact of climate change on supply and costs The energy sector is not only cause, but also victim of climate change. As global temperatures rise, cooling demand is increasing. But in the face of an increased energy demand in the hot season, energy reliability may be jeopardized, due to climate chang
2020-10-27 00:00:00
Saving the climate from the ground up Soil has the capacity to bind large quantities of carbon in the long term. An international team of researchers is now advocating effective use of this potential. Experts estimate that this could reduce the increase of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in
2020-10-27 00:00:00
Healthcare as a climate solution Although the link may not be obvious, healthcare and climate change -- two issues that pose major challenges around the world -- are in fact more connected than society may realize. So say researchers, who are increasingly proving this to be true.
2020-10-26 00:00:00
A blast of gas for better solar cells Treating silicon with carbon dioxide gas in plasma processing brings simplicity and control to a key step for making solar cells.
2020-10-26 00:00:00
The uncertain future of the oceans Marine food webs and biogeochemical cycles react very sensitively to the increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) - but the effects are far more complex than previously thought. This is shown in a study published by a team of researchers from the GEOMAR Helmholtz
2020-10-26 00:00:00
Irregular appearances of glacial and interglacial climate states AWI researcher Peter Köhler has now discovered that the irregular appearance of interglacials has been more frequent than previously thought. His study makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Earth's fundamental climate changes.
2020-10-26 00:00:00
Coastal permafrost more susceptible to climate change than previously thought Research led by Micaela Pedrazas, who earned her masters at The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences working with Professor Bayani Cardenas, has found permafrost to be mostly absent throughout the shallow seafloor along a coastal fi
2020-10-23 00:00:00
Where will the seabirds go? A new study of a 14,000-year record, published in <i>Science Advances</i>, shows that seabird poop transformed an entire ecosystem in the Falkland Islands, raising questions about the birds' survival and the potential impact of climate change
2020-10-23 00:00:00
Seabird response to abrupt climate change 5,000 years ago transformed Falklands ecosystems A 14,000-year paleoecological reconstruction of the sub-Antarctic islands led by University of Maine researchers has found that seabird establishment occurred during a period of regional cooling 5,000 years ago. Their populations, in turn, shifted the Fal
2020-10-23 00:00:00
The effects of wildfires and spruce beetle outbreaks on forest temperatures Results from a study published in the Journal of Biogeography indicate that wildfires may play a role in accelerating climate-driven species changes in mountain forests by compounding regional warming trends.
2020-10-21 00:00:00
Protected areas help waterbirds adapt to climate change Climate change pushes species distribution areas northward. However, the expansion of species ranges is not self-evident due to e.g. habitat degradation and unsustainable harvesting caused by human activities. A new study led from the University of Turku,
2020-10-21 00:00:00
The GovLab launches collective intelligence to solve public problems A new report from The Governance Lab at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering examines global examples of how public institutions are using new technology to take advantage of the collective action and collective wisdom of people in their communities and ar
2020-10-20 00:00:00
A new material for separating CO2 from industrial waste gases, natural gas, or biogas With the new material, developed at the University of Bayreuth, the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) can be specifically separated from industrial waste gases, natural gas, or biogas, and thereby made available for recycling. The separation process is
2020-10-20 00:00:00
Predicting tornadoes on UK cold fronts for the first time Weather forecasters can more accurately predict when a tornado is likely to hit the UK thanks to a new tool devised in a partnership between the University of Leeds and the Met Office.
2020-10-20 00:00:00
Tiny beetles a bellwether of ecological disruption by climate change New research shows that as species across the world adjust where they live in response to climate change, they will come into competition with other species that could hamper their ability to keep up with the pace of this change.
2020-10-19 00:00:00
Global food production threatens the climate Concentration of N2O in the atmosphere increases strongly and speeds up climate change. In addition to CO2 and methane, it is the third important greenhouse gas emitted due to anthropogenic activities. It is mainly caused by the use of fertilizers in agri
2020-10-19 00:00:00
All-female scientific coalition calls for marine protected area for Antarctica Peninsula Species on the Antarctic Peninsula are threatened by climate change and human activities including commercial fishing, tourism, and research infrastructure. A coalition of over 280 female scientists are pushing for a Marine Protected Area ahead of a meeti
2020-10-18 00:00:00
During COVID, scientists turn to computers to understand C4 photosynthesis When COVID closed down their lab, a team from the University of Essex turned to computational approaches to understand what makes some plants better adapted to transform light and carbon dioxide into yield through photosynthesis. Most plants use C3 photos
2020-10-16 00:00:00
USask scientists develop model to identify best lentils for climate change impacts With demand for lentils growing globally and climate change driving temperatures higher, a University of Saskatchewan-led international research team has developed a model for predicting which varieties of the pulse crop are most likely to thrive in new p
2020-10-16 00:00:00
Deep-sea corals reveal secrets of rapid carbon dioxide increase as the last ice age ended The Southern Ocean played a critical role in the rapid atmospheric carbon dioxide increase during the last deglaciation that took place 20,000 to 10,000 years ago, an international team of researchers report in Science Advances. The chemical signatures of
2020-10-16 00:00:00
RUDN University soil scientist: Paddy soil fertilization can help reduce greenhouse effect A soil scientist from RUDN University discovered the effect of fertilization on the ability of the soil to retain carbon. To understand this mechanism, he and his team studied the movement of organic carbon in the soil of rice paddies. The results of the
2020-10-16 00:00:00
Membranes for capturing carbon dioxide from the air CO¬2 capture from the air can mitigate further CO2 emissions, related increase in global temperature and climate change. Direct air capture of CO2 (DAC) is one of the promising ways for atmospheric CO2 extraction. In a new research paper, researchers
2020-10-16 00:00:00
Arctic Ocean sediments reveal permafrost thawing during past climate warming Sea floor sediments of the Arctic Ocean can reveal how permafrost responds to climate warming. Researchers from Stockholm University has found evidence of past permafrost thawing during climate warming events at the end of the last ice age. Their findings
2020-10-16 00:00:00
A controllable membrane to pull carbon dioxide out of exhaust streams A system developed by chemical engineers at MIT could provide a way of continuously removing carbon dioxide from a stream of waste gases, or even from the air. The key component is an electrochemically assisted membrane whose permeability to gas can be sw
2020-10-16 00:00:00
