Referring to coral that can survive in conditions where normal coral cannot, ‘super coral’ can tolerate extreme and rapid changes in its environment. This article looks at the importance of coral reef ecosystems, their decline and how super corals could help save them.
By Maham Adnan
24 Mar 2022
The Paris Agreement aims to limit further temperature rise to 0.5 °C at best and 1 °C failing that. A temperature increase of just 0.5 °C more would result in more droughts resulting in poverty, unstable weather leading to wildfires, and a threatening sea-level rise.
By Maham Adnan
23 Mar 2022
Climate-smart forestry is a type of forestry that involves monitoring forest functions and anticipating disturbances. This helps foresters devise suitable actions that could prevent any negative effect on the provision of ecosystem services and forest productivity.
By Dr. Priyom Bose
23 Mar 2022
Water plays a vital role in the survival of all animals and plants on Earth. In the absence of water, there would be no life on Earth. Our planet is covered by 70% of water but freshwater is astonishingly scarce.
By Olivia Hudson
22 Mar 2022
Every year on March 22, the world commemorates World Water Day. Ecologists of all countries celebrating Water Day draw public attention to the state of water bodies, the problems of water supply safe for human health, and rational water consumption.
Korean scientists working at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) have been researching the lengthening of summer under 1.5 °C and 2 °C conditions using several global models.
By Georgie Lyng
18 Mar 2022
AZoCleantech speaks to Jenna Guffogg about their research on remote sensing and its use in coastal plastic waste. Guffogg talks about the extent of plastic waste in beach areas and how satellite imaging will improve the ability to track and remove it.
By Laura Thomson
17 Mar 2022
To address extensively changed forest successional circumstances, 20th- and 21st-century climatic shifts, and quickly shifting wildfire regimes in the present age, scientists suggest landscape-level adaptation.
By Laura Thomson
17 Mar 2022
Space-based technology provides a large-scale perspective of what is happening on the planet so we can decide how to solve the problems that cause global warming.
By Clarissa Wright
15 Mar 2022
This article looks at hydrometeorological monitoring systems and their applications across society, including why they are used and current research within the field.