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Rapid Warming In The Gulf Of Maine Reverses 900 Years Of Cooling

Rapid 20th century warming in the Gulf of Maine has reversed long-term cooling that occurred there during the previous 900 years, according to new research that combines an examination of shells from long-lived ocean quahogs and climate model simulations.

9 Aug 2022

The Retreat of Glaciers: A Result of Climate Change

National park managers must be aware of impending changes to plan for the future as glaciers throughout the world retreat as a result of climate change.

8 Aug 2022

More Variable, Extreme Climate Could Threaten the Survival of Animals and Plants

How has climate change affected your life? Maybe torrential rains have flooded part of your town, or your city has had to contend with longer heat waves every year.

8 Aug 2022

Novel Photocatalyst Sheet Helps Curtail the Rise of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Northumbria University have developed an innovative and novel technology that converts carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight into acetate and oxygen, which could help create high-value fuels and chemicals generated by renewable energy.

4 Aug 2022

Bird Communities Will Change Worldwide in 2080 due to Climate Change, Study Reveals

Bioscientists from Durham University, UK and Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Germany have predicted in their latest research that bird communities will change worldwide in 2080 due to climate change, largely as result of shifting their ranges.

4 Aug 2022

Novel Technology can Help to Tackle Climate Change

Northumbria University's Dr Shafeer Kalathil is among a team of esteemed academics behind the project, which uses a chemical process that converts sunlight, water and carbon dioxide into acetate and oxygen to produce high-value fuels and chemicals powered by renewable energy.

4 Aug 2022

Climate Change Could be the Main Reason for Bird Coloration, Research Suggests

The work, which was conducted over a 15-year period (2005-2019) through a partnership between scientists from the UPV/EHU and the Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive in Montpellier (CEFE-CNRS), focused on two populations of blue tits in the south of France, one located on the outskirts of Montpellier and the other in the northwest of the island of Corsica.

4 Aug 2022

Study Explores How Surface Temperatures may Affect the Climate of Great Lakes Region

Researchers are studying the way warming water temperatures will impact the Great Lakes region. Their work shows that small differences in lake surface temperatures can have a big impact on summer climate and can fuel extreme weather -; crucial information.

4 Aug 2022

Combinational Approach Accurately Estimates the Changes in Elevation in the Antarctic Ice Sheet

Studies have revealed that the melting of the Antarctic ice sheets has accelerated significantly in recent years, making the Antarctic region particularly vulnerable to climate change.

4 Aug 2022

The Condition of Coral Reefs in the Great Barrier Reef

Over the past 36 years of monitoring by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), the northern and central Great Barrier Reef have recorded their highest amount of coral cover.

4 Aug 2022