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New Approaches to Quantify Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture

Many scientists accept that climate change has a notable impact on U.S. agricultural production. However, estimates differ widely, turning it challenging to develop mitigation approaches.

23 Aug 2021

Urgent Globally Coordinated Efforts Needed to Mitigate Climate Change and Extreme Heat

Extreme heat is an increasingly common occurrence worldwide, with heat-related deaths and illnesses also expected to rise.

20 Aug 2021

New Book Aims to Demystify How Climate Change Contributes to Catastrophes

Climate change is no longer a distant worry, discussed solely among scientists and environmentalists.

20 Aug 2021

New Dataset can Help Explore Issues at the Crossroads of Racial, Social and Climate Justice

The impacts of climate change strike hardest in socially and economically vulnerable communities; knowing this, researchers have constructed a variety of indices to try to identify populations most at risk.

20 Aug 2021

Increased Snowfall will Counter Sea Level Rise in the World’s Most Southern Continent

A new study predicts that any sea level rise in the world's most southern continent will be countered by an increase in snowfall, associated with a warmer Polar atmosphere.

20 Aug 2021

Climate and Land Use Changes Threaten Bumblebee Populations

Bumblebees largely contribute to the pollination of crops. However, they are threatened by land use changes due to climate change.

19 Aug 2021

Heat from Earth’s Interior Likely Affects Ice Masses, says Study

Ice losses from Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica are now accountable for around 4% of the global sea-level rise. This number could rise as virtually no other ice stream in the Antarctic is changing as much as the massive Thwaites Glacier.

19 Aug 2021

Major Print Media Ensure Scientifically Accurate Coverage of Climate Change

Major print media in five countries have been representing climate change very factually, hitting a 90 percent accuracy rate in the last 15 years, according to an international study out today with University of Colorado Boulder and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences authors.

18 Aug 2021

New Book Explores How Organized Resistance to New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Affects Climate Action

In The Resistance Dilemma: Place-Based Movements and the Climate Crisis, author George Hoberg explores how organized resistance to new fossil fuel infrastructure became a political force, and how this might affect the transition to renewable energy.

18 Aug 2021

Indigenous Territories Alleviate Climate Change, says Study

Recent research by scientists from six different countries, including Camilo Alejo and Catherine Potvin of the Department of Biology at McGill University, analyzed the significance of Indigenous Territories in climate change mitigation across Panama and the Amazon Basin.

18 Aug 2021