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Massive Algal Blooms Triggered Following the 2019 and 2020 Australian Wildfires

According to an international team of researchers led by Duke University, the Australian wildfires of 2019 and 2020 caused clouds of smoke and ash that triggered extensive algal blooms in the Southern Ocean thousands of miles downwind to the east.

16 Sep 2021

Better Analysis Tools Needed to Help Policymakers Tackle the Systemic Climate Crisis

Policymakers need better analysis tools to help them tackle the systemic climate crisis, experts say.

15 Sep 2021

Climate Change may Have a Large Impact on Ecosystems in Polar Regions

Many species will become extinct as a consequence of global warming. This is the prediction of a mathematical model developed at Linköping University, Sweden, presented in Nature Communications.

15 Sep 2021

Climate Change may Make Wood Frogs Less Resilient to Salt Pollution

Climate change may erode frogs' ability to withstand road salt pollution, according to researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

15 Sep 2021

Tech Nation Welcomes 32 Revolutionary Climate Tech Companies to Its Second Net Zero Programme

Tech Nation, the UK’s leading growth platform for tech scaleups, today announces the 32 climate tech companies who have been accepted into Net Zero 2.0 - the second iteration of the Net Zero programme.

15 Sep 2021

NGO Research Warns Plastic Pollution is Jeopardising Sea’s Crucial Role in Fighting Climate Change

Whales and dolphins are suffocating on the sheer volume of plastic entering our seas, with the picture worse than previously understood, according to latest research by a leading marine charity.

15 Sep 2021

New Model Shows Increase in Heatwaves Across Europe over the Past Century

Researchers have used a 100-year observational dataset and the most advanced methods to model climate extremes, demonstrating the evolving dynamics of heatwaves throughout Europe under the impact of climate change.

14 Sep 2021

Some Ice Caps in Greenland Grew Larger During Past Periods of Warming, Study Shows

Greenland may be best known for its enormous continental scale ice sheet that soars up to 3,000 meters above sea level, whose rapid melting is a leading contributor to global sea level rise.

13 Sep 2021

Ancient Marine Sediment Cores Yield Insights into the Relationship Between Sea Ice and Climate Change

A 170 m record of marine sediment cores extracted from Adélie Land in Antarctica by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Programme is yielding new insights into the complicated relationship between sea ice and climate change.

13 Sep 2021

Canadians at Highest Relative Risk of Respiratory Mortality by Wildfire Pollution

An international study has discovered that Canadians are prone to the highest comparative risk of respiratory mortality caused by wildfire pollution, where Regina and Saskatoon are among the worst hit.

13 Sep 2021