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UAlbany Receives $5 Million Grant for Urban Climate Adaptation Project

Researchers in the University at Albany's Department of Geography and Planning at the College of Arts and Sciences are receiving $5 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support a new project that aims to improve the health of Albany's urban forest and educate the next generation of local climate leaders.

20 Sep 2023

Climate Change Causing Extinctions at Alarming Rate, Study Finds

Climate change is causing extinctions at an increasing rate, a new study by the University of Arizona researchers shows.

19 Sep 2023

Artificial Light Affects Plants and Animals in Complex Coastal Marine Ecosystems

Artificial light at night has a profound effect land-based life--from birds to fireflies to humans.

13 Sep 2023

Effective Preventive Forest Management Through Controlled Burning

According to a study from the University of Cordoba, controlled burning has a short-term impact on soil qualities that are only marginally altered, if not actually enhanced.

13 Sep 2023

How Climate Change is Changing the Distribution and Ecology of Marine Plankton

Marine plankton plays an important role in the food chain, which is said to be undergoing a transformation due to climate change. Assistant Professor Kohei Matsuno of the Faculty of Fisheries Sciences spoke about how climate change is changing the distribution and ecology of marine plankton and what impact this will have on higher-trophic predators, including humans.

8 Sep 2023

Marine Heat Waves Do Not Cause Major Adverse Effects on Fish Communities

Rutgers-led research found that marine heat waves -- prolonged periods of unusually warm ocean temperatures -- haven't had a lasting effect on the fish communities that feed most of the world.

1 Sep 2023

Antarctic Warming Threatens Emperor Penguin Breeding

Four out of five emperor penguin colonies in the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica, saw no chicks survive to fledge successfully in the spring of 2022, reports a study published in Communications Earth & Environment.

25 Aug 2023

University of Miami Engineers Install SEAHIVE Units to Protect Coastline and Restore Marine Life

In the merciless August heat, associate professor of engineering Landolf Rhode-Barbarigos scaled an incline of honeycomb-shaped concrete tubes hugging the seawall.

23 Aug 2023

Coral Reefs in the Pacific Ocean May Adapt to Climate Change

Coral reefs in one part of the Pacific Ocean have likely adjusted to higher ocean temperatures which could reduce future bleaching impacts of climate change, new research reveals.

23 Aug 2023

Environmental Pollutants Influence How Biodiversity Helps or Hinders Disease Outbreaks in Wildlife

Conventional wisdom among ecologists holds that the more species there are inhabiting an ecosystem, the less vulnerable any one species will be to a threat like a parasite.

18 Aug 2023