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New Review Reduces Uncertainty in Forest Carbon Storage Calculations

Investors who bet on tropical forest conservation and reforestation to solve global warming by storing carbon in wood face huge uncertainties because the science behind predicting carbon stocks is still shaky.

15 Jan 2021

The ‘Missing Link’ that Triggered Earth’s Ice Ages

By examining a rock archive dating back 1.6 million years, researchers have found that melting icebergs in the Antarctic could have triggered chain reactions that led to previous ice ages.

14 Jan 2021

Surrey Awarded £1.8m to Lead Study on Effects Tall Buildings have on Urban Environment

The University of Surrey has been awarded £1.8m from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to investigate how increased construction of tall buildings will impact the meteorology, air quality, and climate of towns and cities in the UK.

14 Jan 2021

New Method can Help Assess Impact of Westerly Winds on Future Climate Change

The westerlies, also known as westerly winds, have a crucial role to play in climate and weather, both on a local and global scale, by steering tropical cyclones, affecting ocean circulation, and influencing precipitation patterns.

7 Jan 2021

Study Reveals the Significant Impact of Climate Change on Antarctica

The Antarctic may soon become a greener region and would be colonized by new kinds of species in the days to come, but at the same time, certain species will probably vanish.

7 Jan 2021

Starfish Could be in Respiratory Distress Due to Warming Ocean, Organic matter

Across the globe, a mysterious wasting disease has almost destroyed sea star populations for over seven years. A few of these species are now on the verge of extinction.

7 Jan 2021

Study Suggests Great Earthquakes as Cause of Arctic Warming

A researcher from MIPT has proposed a new explanation for the Arctic’s rapid warming. In his recent paper in Geosciences, he suggests that the warming could have been triggered by a series of great earthquakes.

24 Dec 2020

Novel Method to Predict Global Warming with Lower Uncertainties

According to a new study, the threshold for hazardous global warming will probably be encountered between 2027 and 2042, which is a considerably narrower window compared to the predictions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the period between now and 2052.

22 Dec 2020

Study Indicates Sea-Level Rise Could be Higher than Predicted

According to a new report, if climate change is not challenged, sea levels may rise higher than present estimates by 2100.

21 Dec 2020

Careful Foresight and Planning can Help Balance Climate, Economic Goals in Developing Nations

Developing nations have an opportunity to avoid long-term dependence on fossil fuel-burning infrastructure as they move toward economic stability, even if they are slow to cut carbon emissions, say the authors of a new paper in Environmental Research Letters.

17 Dec 2020