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Role of Global Warming in the Emergence of Candida auris

According to new research reported in mBio—an open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology—global warming may have had a key role in the rise of Candida auris.

24 Jul 2019

Increased AC use in Europe Causes More Greenhouse Gas Emissions

According to new research reported in Environmental Science and Policy, in the absence of sufficient and focused policies, several households will depend on air conditioners to adjust to climate change, thereby producing increased greenhouse gas emissions.

18 Jul 2019

Pathways to Reduce Carbon Emissions in China

Fulfilling the ultimate goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change — keeping global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius, if not 1.5 C — will be impossible without dramatic action from the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, China.

9 Jul 2019

Breeding Cattle to Reduce their Methane Emissions

An international group of researchers has demonstrated that cattle can be bred to minimize their methane emissions.

8 Jul 2019

Researchers Identify Restoration Hotspots to Boost Climate and Environment

Scientists have identified over 100 million hectares of lost lowland tropical rain forests that are spread out across Southeast Asia, Africa, and South and Central America. These observations have been reported in a peer-reviewed report released recently.

4 Jul 2019

Conversion of Land to Irrigated Agriculture can Affect Regional Climate

A new study has shown that irrigated farms within Wisconsin’s vegetable-growing Central Sands region considerably cool the local climate when compared to adjacent rainfed farms or forests.

3 Jul 2019

Changes in Food System Lead to Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions

A new study has discovered that changes in trade, agriculture, and consumption and production of food following the downfall of the Soviet Union have led to a greater reduction in the emissions of greenhouse gas.

21 Jun 2019

Boaty McBoatface Studies Changing Temperatures at the Bottom of Southern Ocean

For the first time, the first mission of the autonomous submarine vehicle Autosub Long Range (popularly referred to as “Boaty McBoatface”) has cast light on an important process that links increasing Antarctic winds with elevating sea temperatures.

18 Jun 2019

Seaweed Feed Supplement May Not be a Viable Option to Fight Climate Change

According to researchers at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), using seaweed in the place of cattle feed may considerably reduce methane gas belched by livestock.

18 Jun 2019

IASS Experts Believe Democratic Engagement Will Revive Climate Change Goals

When the Paris Climate Agreement was adopted in 2015, expectation was high. Under the agreement, nations pledged to maintain global warming well below 2 °C.

31 May 2019