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Climate Change Could Cause Ocean Bacteria Trichodesmium Into Overdrive Resulting in Irreversible Damage

Imagine being in a car with the gas pedal stuck to the floor, heading toward a cliff's edge. Metaphorically speaking, that's what climate change will do to the key group of ocean bacteria known as Trichodesmium, scientists have discovered.

2 Sep 2015

NASA’s Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment to Study Impact of Climate Change on Arctic and Boreal Ecosystems

As part of a broad effort to study the environmental and societal effects of climate change, NASA has begun a multi-year field campaign to investigate ecological impacts of the rapidly changing climate in Alaska and northwestern Canada, such as the thawing of permafrost, wildfires and changes to wildlife habitats.

2 Sep 2015

University of Exeter Research Observes Strange and Abrupt Ecosystem Shifts in the North Pacific

Longer, less frequent climate fluctuations may be contributing to abrupt and unexplained ecosystem shifts in the North Pacific, according to a study by the University of Exeter.

1 Sep 2015

NCEAS Study Estimates Consumption of Plastics by Almost All Seabirds

Plastic debris in the ocean has been an environmental issue for almost half a century. Now, for the first time, scientists can predict the global impact of plastics on avian marine species -- and it isn't pretty.

1 Sep 2015

Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Climatic and Environmental Change Experiment gets Underway

Scientists are getting a glimpse of the future with a Department of Energy large-scale experiment designed to answer questions about how carbon-rich peatlands will respond to projected warming of the climate and increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide.

29 Aug 2015

New Technique to Study Carbon-Saving Benefits of Tropical Forest Conservation

Environmental Scientists have developed an affordable technique to help provide evidence of the carbon-saving benefits of tropical forest conservation.

28 Aug 2015

Heavy Metal Pollution May Have Contributed to Large Extinction Events

Metal poisoning caused the malformation observed in ancient organisms and may have contributed to their extinction and that of many other species.

26 Aug 2015

Toxic Chemical Spreads Beyond Superfund Site

Researchers at the University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory have found that a contaminated mixture called Aroclor 1268 has spread beyond a former chemical plant, now a Superfund site, near Brunswick.

19 Aug 2015

Glaciers in Central Asia Experience Considerable Loss in Glacier Mass and Area

Glaciers in Central Asia experience substantial losses in glacier mass and area. Along the Tien Shan, Central Asia's largest mountain range, glaciers have lost 27% of their mass and 18% of their area during the last 50 years.

18 Aug 2015