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Citizen Scientists Needed to Help Record Impact of Fires on Biodiversity in Weekend BioBlitzes

UNSW scientists are behind a citizen science event which will document the bushfire recovery of plants, animals and fungi across three bushfire affected regions in New South Wales.

18 Jan 2022

Climate Adaptation Makes Cocoa Farmers More Vulnerable to Economic and Climatic Risks

New research offers an alternative perspective on adaptation to climate threats in Southeast Asia.

17 Jan 2022

$1.5 Million Grant to Support the Role of USDA Climate Hubs in Indian Country

A collaborative team of researchers led by Maureen McCarthy, Ph.D., of DRI has received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) to support and strengthen the role of USDA Climate Hubs in Indian Country.

17 Jan 2022

New Expert Panel Report Bridges Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Practices

As the human and economic costs of climate disasters continue to mount, Canada faces a choice. It can continue to respond to disasters as they unfold -; with the attendant economic, social, and health harms -; or it can proactively prepare for them, mitigating the worst of the damages or avoiding them altogether.

17 Jan 2022

The Importance of Conserving Biodiversity

Researchers in Ireland and Japan have highlighted the importance of preserving biodiversity in the wake of a globally warming climate.

13 Jan 2022

Predator Species Extinctions may Worsen the Effects of Climate Change on Ecosystems

Predator species may buffer the negative impacts of climate change by mitigating against the loss of biodiversity, according to new research led by scientists in Trinity College Dublin and Hokkaido University.

13 Jan 2022

Extreme Rainfall Hinders Economic Growth

Economic growth goes down when the number of wet days and days with extreme rainfall go up, a team of Potsdam scientists finds.

13 Jan 2022

Global Shift in Climate Patterns Brings Winter Rain to Eastern Arabian Peninsula

The Arabian Peninsula is one of the world’s driest places, hence understanding how climate change may alter local rainfall patterns is critical. According to data comparisons, changes in winter rainfall over the peninsula throughout the 1980s have now been connected to an ocean-atmospheric phenomenon affecting sea surface temperatures in the central Pacific and westerly jet streams arriving from North Africa.

12 Jan 2022