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Sea Turtle Research can Help Inform Management and Conservation Policies

June 16 is World Sea Turtle Day, an occasion to consider the role these creatures play in the marine ecosystem.

15 Jun 2022

Total Methane Production in Milk Production Reduced by 57 Per Cent in 60 Years – Further Reductions Still Possible

Methane emissions in milk production fell in 1960–2020 by an overall 57 per cent, and by 35 per cent for each litre of milk. This reduction is achieved through improved production capacity, health and feeding for the animals, as well as reduced herd sizes.

15 Jun 2022

Study Finds Irrigation Could Be a Powerful Tool for Increasing the World’s Food Supply

According to a new study reported by Lorenzo Rosa from Carnegie, irrigation could be a strong tool for rising the food supply of the Earth since climate change helps shift the patterns of precipitation.

14 Jun 2022

Coral Community at Ningaloo Reef Not Well-Equipped to Survive Ocean Warming

The relatively pristine coral populations of WA's inshore Kimberley region are better equipped to survive ocean warming than the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Marine Park, according to a new Curtin University study.

13 Jun 2022

Groundbreaking Project to Convert the Seaweed Sargassum into Ethanol for Use in Plastics, C-Cause, Selected for German Government’s ‘Disruptive Innovation’ Grant

Today SPRIN-D announced their selection of C-Cause Consortium, a project partnership led by The Alfred Wegener Institute, Carbonwave, GEOMAR and Seafields, as one of five projects chosen for their ‘Carbon-to-Value' challenge.

13 Jun 2022

Extreme Climatic Events Enhance Resilience to Future Drought Stress Over Time

Various species endure evolutionary changes when a plant community is subjected to drought. An international study involving UZH researchers has now found that this leads to improved drought resilience over time.

10 Jun 2022

Researchers Measure Shifts in Whale Habitat Use in Cape Cod Bay

A new study performed has discovered the fact that climate change is having an effect on how big whale species, such as the crucially threatened North Atlantic right whale, tend to utilize habitats in the warming Gulf of Maine.

10 Jun 2022

Study Analyzes the Ocean's Response to Climate Change

Even if it is possible for the society to decelerate all greenhouse gas emissions and get to the so-called “net zero” by mid-century as aimed by nations of the world in the UN Paris Agreement, there is a delay constructed in the climate system mainly due to the ocean thermal inertia (also, ice sheets).

10 Jun 2022

New Study Characterizes the Role of Fire Refugia in Forest Regeneration

Thanks to climate change, high-elevation forests in the Central Cascade mountains of the Pacific Northwest are burning more frequently and expansively than in the recent past, prompting researchers and fire managers to question whether forests will be able to recover from these emerging fire patterns and whether they will require human assistance to do so.

10 Jun 2022

Predator Impacts in the Ocean Peak at Higher Temperatures

A hotter ocean is a hungrier ocean-;at least as far as fish predators are concerned. In a new field study published online June 9 in Science, Smithsonian scientists discovered predator impacts in the Atlantic and Pacific peak at higher temperatures.

10 Jun 2022