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Study Highlights the Climate Risk Posed by Boreal Wildfires and Points to Fire Management as an Effective Way to Limit Emissions

A new study performed by US researchers determines that fires happening in the United States and Canadian boreal forests between now and 2050 could liberate nearly 3% of the leftover global carbon budget until bigger investments are made to restrict fire size in these carbon-rich forests.

28 Apr 2022

Understanding the Impacts of Greenhouse Emissions from Grasslands

The Great Plains in the United States are well known for a rich history and expansive grasslands. This region is synonymous with ranchers herding cattle across the plains and a valuable resource for a growing population.

28 Apr 2022

Study Offers Pathways to Improve Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate-Informed Conservation

A new study offers pathways to improve monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of climate-informed conservation while revealing how practitioners are currently monitoring conservation adaptation projects.

28 Apr 2022

Climate Change Likely to Result in Tropical Cyclones Twice as Frequent by the Middle of the Century

Climate change caused by humans will create strong tropical cyclones that are twice as frequent by the middle of the century. This puts huge parts of the world in danger.

28 Apr 2022

Study: One in Five Reptile Species Threatened with Extinction

Conservation efforts for other animals have likely helped protect many reptile species, according to a new study led by NatureServe, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and Conservation International, in partnership with Monash University.

28 Apr 2022

Novel Network Model Quantifies How Traffic Emissions from One City Affect Another

Huge shifts have been made in the way how people travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In certain regions, such limitations on travel have had little impact on air pollution, and few cities exhibit worse air quality than ever before.

27 Apr 2022

Complex-Network-Based Clustering Workflow to Predict Extreme Rainfall Events

As per the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released in February 2022, precipitation extremes are probably to turn out to be more frequent in the majority of the locations.

27 Apr 2022

Study Demonstrates Widespread Increases in the Occurrences of Flash Flooding Events Across Most of the United States

The latest UN report on climate change recorded scientists’ efforts that have revealed some measures of global warming are now unavoidable, and recent research efforts are concentrating on adaptation and mitigation strategies.

27 Apr 2022

Chemistry of Ancient Oak Trees Provides Clues About Past Climate

Researchers will soon be able to reconstruct the climate of north-west Europe including the UK over the last 4500 years, and to date wooden buildings and objects more accurately, by analysing the chemistry of ancient oak trees, through a new Swansea-led project just selected for €3 million in European funding.

27 Apr 2022

Scientists Assess the Role of Future Global Biodiversity Targets for Climate Protection

When the global community is expected to meet for the second part of the UN Biodiversity Conference in Kunming, China, in autumn, it must also adopt the next generation of UN biodiversity targets.

27 Apr 2022