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Urgent Action Needed to Prevent Severe Impacts of Climate Change on Food Systems

Climate change is mounting widespread disruption on the planet -; with the most marginalized people and vulnerable places the hardest hit -; while severe, irreversible changes are still to come if the world does not do enough to curb warming and spark resiliency. That's according to the latest United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released on Monday.

1 Mar 2022

Large-Scale Relationships Between Vegetation and Climatic Characteristics

With the help of machine learning, a new study has identified the large-scale relationships existing between vegetation and climatic characteristics.

28 Feb 2022

Study Details Vulnerability of Outdoor Recreation to Climate Change

Change is difficult, particularly when it includes mega-droughts, soaring summer temperatures, invasive species, and other items from the list of unpleasant results of climate change.

28 Feb 2022

Actions to Reduce CO2 Emissions Could Limit the Rising Temperature of Swiss Rivers

According to an EPFL study, if we take immediate measures to reduce CO2 emissions, we could limit the rise in the temperature of Swiss rivers to 1 degree Celsius between now and 2090 without drastically affecting their discharge. Inaction, on the other hand, would threaten ecosystems and jeopardize the country's agriculture sector and electricity production.

28 Feb 2022

Researchers Reveal Environmental Stress Caused by Microplastics in Yangtze River

Microplastics are spreading throughout the world and have emerged as a new contaminant in the water environment. Rivers may play a significant role in the transfer of microplastics from land to sea. However, field studies on the environmental fate of microplastics at the watershed scale are still missing, which is critical for determining the exact roles of river systems in transferring microplastics into the ocean.

25 Feb 2022

Rising Temperatures are Causing Earth's Coldest Forests to Shift Northward, Study Shows

New research from Northern Arizona University shows rising temperatures are causing Earth's coldest forests to shift northward, raising concerns about biodiversity, an increased risk of wildfires and mounting impacts of climate change on northern communities.

25 Feb 2022

Geoengineering Could Have Widespread Effects on Global Climate and Carbon Cycle

Global warming poses a great threat to our society, and it will continue unless a deep and rapid reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is implemented.

24 Feb 2022

Extreme Fires to Increase Globally by 50% at the End of the Century

Climate change and land-use change are projected to make wildfires more frequent and intense, with a global increase of extreme fires of up to 14 per cent by 2030, 30 per cent by the end of 2050 and 50 per cent by the end of the century, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and GRID-Arendal.

24 Feb 2022

Warming Climate to Impact Corn Production, Study Says

No matter which of the widely accepted global circulation models ultimately comes closest to predicting the amount of warming caused by climate change, corn production will be reduced, according to a new study by Penn State researchers.

23 Feb 2022