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Mid-Latitude Biomass Burning Largely Contributes to Black Carbon Aerosols Heating the Arctic

Over the past few decades, the annual average temperature in the Arctic has increased almost twice as fast as it has elsewhere in the world.

5 Nov 2021

New Analysis Assesses How Nationally Determined Commitments Could Shape Earth's Climate

Over 100 nations have issued new commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ahead of the United Nations Conference of the Parties, or COP26, currently underway in Glasgow, Scotland.

5 Nov 2021

Climate Change Putting World Rivers Most at Risk, Finds New Study

According to a world-first study by a professional team of geographers and hydrologists, rivers in southern Africa, South America, and Australia are most at risk of extreme ecological variations caused by global warming.

5 Nov 2021

Listen to the Ocean to Meet Climate Goals Urge Scientists

New research published today on the eve of Ocean Day at COP26 says measures to address climate change will not succeed unless the ocean is taken into account.

5 Nov 2021

International Collaboration Study Will Accelerate Global Path to Net Zero

The Net Zero Technology Centre has today announced an international research study initiated by a collaboration of technology and research organisations from around the world, the results of which will be presented at COP27 in 2022.

5 Nov 2021

New Study Defines Remaining Global Carbon Budget for 12 Main Industries

The remaining global carbon budget for the 12 main industry and service sectors has been defined by researchers to restrict global warming to 1.5 °C by 2050 and implement the Paris Climate Agreement.

2 Nov 2021

Satellite Data Reveals Increased variability in Greenland Ice Sheet Runoff

Global warming has caused extreme ice melting events in Greenland to become more frequent and more intense over the past 40 years according to new research, raising sea levels and flood risk worldwide.

2 Nov 2021

Consensus Statement on Minimizing the Environmental Impact of Anesthesia Gases and Medical Waste

As the COP26 Global Climate Conference in Glasgow, UK, gets underway this week, all areas of society are looking at the impact their activities have on the environment and, more specifically, global warming.

2 Nov 2021

"Blob" Heatwave may Decrease the Ocean's Biological Role as a Carbon Sink

Researchers have found the two-year heatwave known as 'the Blob' may have temporarily dampened the Pacific's 'biological pump,' which shuttles carbon from the surface ocean to the deep sea where it can be stored for millennia.

29 Oct 2021

Securing Global Net Zero: Universities Have Solutions

The 50 universities across the world who form the International Universities Climate Alliance are all working on ways we can secure global net zero. The Alliance was established in April 2020 and is convened by the University of New South Wales in Sydney.

29 Oct 2021