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Researcher Offers Cost-Effective Solutions to Best Prepare to Respond to Disasters

With hurricanes, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, the COVID-19 pandemic and more, the world has seen a multitude of natural disasters recently.

20 Oct 2021

Study Pinpoints U.S. Bishops' Silence and Denialism on Climate Change

The study, "U.S. Catholic bishops' silence and denialism on climate change," examined more than 12,000 columns published from June 2014 to June 2019 by bishops in official publications for 171 of the 178 U.S. Catholic dioceses.

20 Oct 2021

Europeans Reluctant to Make Lifestyle Changes Inspite of Wanting Climate Action

Europeans want urgent action on climate change but remain committed meat-eaters and question policy proposals such as banning the sale of new petrol vehicles after 2030.

20 Oct 2021

Humans are Highly Responsible for Climate Change, Says Study

A new survey of 88,125 climate-related studies has revealed that over 99.9% of peer-reviewed scientific papers concur that humans are the major cause of climate change.

20 Oct 2021

Migration Benefits Eroded by the Effects of Climate Change and Human Pressure

Animals that migrate north to breed are being put at risk by ongoing climate change and increasing human pressure, losing earlier advantages for migration, declining in numbers and faring much worse than their resident counterparts, according to scientists writing in Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

19 Oct 2021

Texas A&M AgriLife Research Project Aims to Improve Climate Adaptability of Crops

With crops, farmers will adapt — they always have and always will. To help this adaptation, however, a Texas A&M AgriLife research project has used artificial intelligence modeling to determine what traits cultivars will need to be successful under changing climate conditions.

19 Oct 2021

$105 Million DOE Funding to Support Small Businesses Working on Clean Energy and Climate Change Solutions

The U.S. Department of Energy today announced $105 million in funding for small businesses to pursue the deployment of clean energy technologies, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to building a clean energy economy and achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

19 Oct 2021

Ocean Fronts and Eddies Likely Cause Changes to both Weather and Climate

The adage “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in the morning, sailor’s warning” indeed remains true. The relationship between atmosphere and ocean can either be smooth sailing or stormy.

19 Oct 2021

Fight to Combat Coastal Erosion Along Adelaide’s Metropolitan Coast

The fight to combat ongoing coastal erosion along Adelaide’s metropolitan coast will be helped by the deployment of three sophisticated buoys to measure real-time wave data in Gulf St Vincent.

19 Oct 2021

Researchers Receive NSF Grant to Study How Katabatic Winds Impact Antarctic Ice Sheet

Scott T. Salesky, an assistant professor of meteorology at the University of Oklahoma, is the principal investigator of a recently awarded $530,297 grant through the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs to study how katabatic winds – cold, dense winds flowing down a sloping surface – impact snow transport and ultimately contribute to the growth of the Antarctic ice sheet.

18 Oct 2021