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New AI Tool can Help Accurately Forecast Arctic Sea Ice Conditions

A new AI tool is set to enable scientists to more accurately forecast Arctic sea ice conditions months into the future.

27 Aug 2021

Novel Global Ocean Surface Climate Likely to Emerge, Says Study

According to recent research, about 35.6% to 95% of the 20th-century ocean surface climates—determined by surface water temperature, pH, and the concentration of the mineral aragonite—might perish by 2100.

27 Aug 2021

Study Shows Temperature Increase will Interrupt El Niño and La Niña Events

In the eastern pacific, the cycling between cold La Niña and warm El Niño phenomena (commonly referred to as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, ENSO) has constantly occurred without any strong interruption for the past 11,000 years.

27 Aug 2021

Volcanic Eruptions may have Stimulated Population Surges of Marine Microorganisms, Analysis Finds

A new analysis of 2.5-billion-year-old rocks from Australia finds that volcanic eruptions may have stimulated population surges of marine microorganisms, creating the first puffs of oxygen into the atmosphere.

26 Aug 2021

Impact of Climate Change on Human Health and Well-Being

Caleb Dresser, MD, MPH, attending physician in Emergency Department, recent graduate of Fellowship in Climate and Human Health at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

26 Aug 2021

Climate Change and Drought Shift the Range of Infectious Plant Disease in Forests

Even pathogens have their limits. When it gets too hot or too dry, some pathogens--like many living things--search for cooler, wetter and more hospitable climes.

26 Aug 2021

Safe Passages for Species Adapting to Climate Change are Under-Protected, Warns Study

Safe passages for species adapting to climate change aren't always being protected, a new study by the University of Liverpool warns.

26 Aug 2021

Africa’s Mountain Forests have Higher Carbon Storing Capacity but are Depleting Fast

Researchers investigating African mountains were surprised to discover the amount of carbon being stored and the rate at which the forest cover is depleted.

26 Aug 2021

Study Predicts Increase in North Tropical Atlantic Variability with Warming Climate

One of the most consequential and dominant climate variations on Earth are the North Tropical Atlantic (NTA) sea surface temperature anomalies.

26 Aug 2021

Careful Planning can Help Remove CO2 in a Climate-Effective Manner

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and ETH Zurich have investigated the extent to which direct capture of carbon dioxide from the ambient air can help to effectively remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

25 Aug 2021