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Scientists Collaborate with Indigenous Communities to Conduct Large-Scale Ecological Analyses of Arctic Caribou

Wild caribou are the single most important land-based species for both human communities and ecosystems in the Arctic.

13 Oct 2021

Researchers Provide New Understanding of the Arctic's Carbon Cycle

In a pair of recently published papers, Michael Rawlins has made significant gains in filling out our understanding of the Arctic's carbon cycle -- or the way that carbon is transferred between the land, ocean and atmosphere.

13 Oct 2021

Study Evaluates Impact of Sea-Level Rise on Small Tropical Islands

The climate change-induced sea-level rise is posing significant challenges to coastal regions and small islands due to flooding waters and the inundation of low-lying land areas.

13 Oct 2021

New Research Alters the Prevailing Understanding of How Marine Life Influences Clouds

Stand on the ocean's shore and take a big whiff of the salt spray and you'll smell the unmistakably pungent scent of the sea. That ripe, almost rotting smell? That's sulfur.

12 Oct 2021

Researchers Track Specific Class of Molecules Key to Climate and Combustion Chemistry

Researchers report they have directly observed a prototypical version of a class of molecules central to environmental and combustion chemistry.

12 Oct 2021

Researchers Assess How COVID-19 Related Energy Demand Changes Could Affect Climate Mitigation Challenges

The pandemic-related drop in greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 was likely the largest on record in a single year, but how our recovery might affect future emissions is less clear.

12 Oct 2021

New Technologies to Emerge to Ensure Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia

A recent UN report states that climate changes are taking place in every region across the globe. The evolving world has been disproportionately affected and the impacts of an altering climate are paving the way for greater water and food insecurity and also economic instability.

12 Oct 2021

Carbon Capture and Storage Gathers Momentum in Response to Rising Climate Ambition

A new climate report released by the Global CCS Institute has highlighted the continuing growth of carbon capture and storage worldwide.

12 Oct 2021

NSF-Funded Project to Establish Long-Term Network of Atmospheric Aerosol Monitoring Stations

A site near Delta Junction will be the Alaska research location in a $12 million multi-state project to determine the content of airborne particulate matter.

11 Oct 2021

Climate Models Misinterpret Effects of Black Carbon Aerosols from Seasonal Fires

A study led by the University of Exeter has revealed an underestimation of the complete magnitude of the impact of smoke from seasonal fires in Central Africa by certain climate models over the South-East Atlantic, specifically the potential climate warming caused by the black carbon component of the aerosol.

11 Oct 2021