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New Data Shows Traffic Pollution Level Rose by Nearly a Third in Glasgow During COP26

New data released today by Aeternum, a provider of low cost, unplugged sensors designed to accurately monitor air quality, finds that levels of the air pollutant nitrogen dioxide increased by nearly a third within a mile of COP26 in Glasgow last month.

8 Dec 2021

Study Finds Increasing Weather Persistence in European Summer

In our study, we show that persistent weather conditions have an increasing similarity in summer over the North Atlantic, Europe and Siberia, favoring more pronounced extreme weather events.

7 Dec 2021

UNESCO-IPCC-ICOMOS Meeting Focuses on Strengthening Synergies Between Climate Science and Culture

Strengthening synergies between culture and climate science in the common fight against climate change will be at the centre of the first ever meeting organised jointly by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) from 6 to 10 December 2021.

7 Dec 2021

Acoustically Distinct Pressurized Underwater Bubbles Help Estimate Climate-Induced Glacial Melting

As the world's temperatures rise, tidewater glaciers are receding and melting, releasing air trapped in the ice. Scientists can listen to the release of the air and potentially use the sounds to help them gauge the impact of climate change on the ice floes.

6 Dec 2021

Social Acceptability of Carbon Taxes Increases by Spending Revenues on Climate Projects

The creation of a carbon tax would be more widely accepted by the public if the revenue raised were used to finance climate projects. This is the conclusion of a study carried out by researchers at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autnomade Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), which analyses the fact that how governments spend revenues influences the acceptance and perception of the tax.

6 Dec 2021

Study Uses Climate Modeling to Reconstruct the History of Hurricanes and Tropical Cyclones

When forecasting how storms may change in the future, it helps to know something about their past. Judging from historical records dating back to the 1850s, hurricanes in the North Atlantic have become more frequent over the last 150 years.

3 Dec 2021

Robust Policy Interventions can Help Smallholder Farmers Withstand the Effects of Climate Change

A project by researchers from Princeton University and IIASA investigated how different climate scenarios and policy interventions could affect smallholder farmers in Nepal who stand to lose up to a quarter of their income by 2050 due to the effects of climate change.

3 Dec 2021

Research Reveals the Impact of Climate Crisis on Antarctic Fur Seal

The climate crisis is limiting the availability of krill -;small crustaceans that are vital in the marine food chain-; during summer in some areas of the Antarctica. This involves a decrease in the food abundance for female Antarctic fur seals in summer and a decrease in their reproductive success.

3 Dec 2021

Researchers Investigate Different Factors that Affect Households' Climate Adaptation

The climate is changing, not only in the Netherlands, but far beyond as well. The UN climate conference in Glasgow in 2021 had a clear message: climate adaptation is required of everyone; from governments to individuals around the world.

3 Dec 2021

Study Explores the Climate Impact of Blue Hydrogen

An international group of researchers led by the Paul Scherrer Institute and the Heriot-Watt University has carried out in-depth analyses of the climate impact of blue hydrogen.

3 Dec 2021