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Study Reports on a Previously Undocumented Climate-Driven Extinction Event

Sixty-three percent. That's the proportion of mammal species that vanished from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula around 30 million years ago, after Earth's climate shifted from swampy to icy. But we are only finding out about it now.

8 Oct 2021

Climate Change May Lead to Tipping Points, Finds Study

People are well aware of the regular warnings that climate change might result in ‘tipping points’: irreversible situations where savanna can rapidly get transformed into desert, or the warm gulf stream current can just stop flowing.

8 Oct 2021

Seaweed a Model Solution for Fighting Climate Change

Seaweed, as its unfortunate name suggests, can be a nuisance. It makes a mess of beautiful beaches. It bobs up and down in the waves in an unsightly blob.

8 Oct 2021

The Mammal Society Embarks on Landmark Conservation Project to Help Protect the UK’s Red Squirrels

One of the UK’s most respected wildlife organisations is launching a conservation project to help secure the future of endangered red squirrels in the UK.

8 Oct 2021

WHOI Senior Scientist Receives Grant for Ocean Current Research

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution senior scientist of physical oceanography, Dr. Young-Oh Kwon, and WHOI adjunct scientist, Dr. Claude Frankignoul, have received a new research grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Modeling, Analysis, Predictions and Projections Program, funding their research project focusing on western boundary ocean currents and their correspondence with the atmosphere in relation to modern day climate.

7 Oct 2021

Experts Warn About the Growing Levels of Eco-Anxiety

Levels of eco-anxiety - the chronic fear of environmental doom - are growing, particularly among children and young people, and are likely to be significant and potentially damaging to individuals and society, warn experts in The BMJ today.

7 Oct 2021

Texas Droughts Were More Severe and Lasted Longer than Thought Earlier, Finds Study

One of the worst droughts ever experienced by Texas occurred in 2011. The dry, arid conditions caused over $7 billion in crop and livestock losses, pushed power grids to the maximum, triggered wildfires, and decreased reservoirs to hazardously low levels.

7 Oct 2021

Scientists Review Methodological Approaches Used in Quantitative Climate Migration Literature

Quantitative empirical studies exploring how climatic and other environmental drivers influence migration are increasing year by year. PIK scientists have now reviewed methodological approaches used in the quantitative climate migration literature.

6 Oct 2021

Save the Date: The Space & Geospatial Virtual Pavilion for COP26 Explains How Location Intelligence can Help in the Fight Against Climate Change

Organisations working towards addressing Climate change and sustainability from the United Kingdom and beyond are invited to attend the Space and Geospatial Virtual Pavilion from 1-11 November 2021, to understand emerging technologies and services that enable the use of location intelligence to improve operations and meet global climate targets.

6 Oct 2021

Researchers Analyze the 2020 Mei-Yu Rainfall and Flooding Throughout China

During summer 2020, heavy precipitation affected a significant portion of China and East and South Asia. The Yangtze River basin bore the brunt of extensive flooding, which caused loss of lives, considerable property damage and prompted millions of people to move to higher ground.

5 Oct 2021