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The Importance of Conserving Biodiversity

Researchers in Ireland and Japan have highlighted the importance of preserving biodiversity in the wake of a globally warming climate.

13 Jan 2022

Global Shift in Climate Patterns Brings Winter Rain to Eastern Arabian Peninsula

The Arabian Peninsula is one of the world’s driest places, hence understanding how climate change may alter local rainfall patterns is critical. According to data comparisons, changes in winter rainfall over the peninsula throughout the 1980s have now been connected to an ocean-atmospheric phenomenon affecting sea surface temperatures in the central Pacific and westerly jet streams arriving from North Africa.

12 Jan 2022

World's Oceans Continue Their Record-Breaking Temperature Streak Through 2021

The world's oceans are hotter than ever before, continuing their record-breaking temperature streak for the sixth straight year.

12 Jan 2022

Tech Startups Invited to Join Yara Marine X Accelerator Program

Yara Marine Technologies is now accepting applications for the second edition of its 3-month tailored startup accelerator program, Yara Marine X. The program offers selected companies a unique opportunity to develop and pilot their innovative solutions while supported by direct access to Yara Marine’s industry competence, network distribution and knowledge scale.

From Yara Marine Technologies 10 Jan 2022

Study Reveals That Bleached Coral Reefs Are Still a Source of Nutritious Seafood

Scientists investigating coral reefs damaged by the rise in sea temperatures have found an unanticipated ‘bright spot’ of hope for coastal communities that rely upon them for food security.

7 Jan 2022

How Climate Warming Induces a Regime Shift in Shallow Aquatic Ecosystems

Scientists at CAS have demonstrated that increased temperatures in shallow lakes induce a shift from clear water conditions dominated by macrophytes to turbid conditions.

6 Jan 2022

Study Shows Deforestation Worsens Global Warming and Increases Flash Flooding in West African Coastal Cities

In the past 30 years, the frequency of thunderstorms in some rapidly-growing African coastal cities has doubled, with a huge portion of this increase connected to the impact of deforestation on the local climate, a new study has discovered.

5 Jan 2022

Continued Global Warming Could Lead to Multi-Meter Rise in Sea Levels by 3000 CE

Scientists predict that continued global warming under current trends could lead to an elevation of the sea level by as much as five meters by the year 3000 CE.

23 Dec 2021

Himalayan Glaciers Melting at ‘Exceptional Rate’ Could Impact Water Supply in Asia

A University of Leeds directed study concludes that during the recent decades the Himalayan glaciers have lost ice ten times more rapidly than on average since the last big glacier expansion 400-700 years ago, a period referred to as the Little Ice Age.

21 Dec 2021

Signs of Distress in Fish Evident Due to Global Warming, Ocean Acidification

A team of scientists from the University of Adelaide discovered that when fishes interact in groups, they are exhibiting signs of distress caused by ocean acidification and global warming.

20 Dec 2021