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Climate Change Causes Global Cryosphere Shrinkage of 87,000 Square Kilometers per Year

The global cryosphere--all of the areas with frozen water on Earth--shrank by about 87,000 square kilometers, a area about the size of Lake Superior, per year on average, between 1979 and 2016 as a result of climate change, according to a new study

2 Jul 2021

Scientists Develop a Way to Better Predict Climate Change Effects on Plants and Animals

A team of scientists has devised a more accurate way to predict the effects of climate change on plants and animals -- and whether some will survive at all.

2 Jul 2021

'Last Ice Area' of the Arctic Ocean Shows Vulnerability to Climate Change

In a rapidly changing Arctic, one area might serve as a refuge - a place that could continue to harbor ice-dependent species when conditions in nearby areas become inhospitable

2 Jul 2021

Climate Change Led to Extinction of Elephants and Their Forebears

A new study reveals that elephants and their antecedents went extinct due to waves of extreme global environmental change, and not overhunting by early humans.

2 Jul 2021

Rattlesnakes Likely to Benefit from a Warming Climate

When it comes to climate change, not all organisms will lose out. A new Cal Poly study finds that rattlesnakes are likely to benefit from a warming climate.

1 Jul 2021

Plant Responses to Floods are Crucial in Modeling Soil Carbon Storage

Plants absorb nearly one-third of the carbon dioxide discharged due to human activities and store it in soil, thereby preventing it from turning into a heat-trapping gas. Thus they play a vital role in controlling climate change.

1 Jul 2021

Australian Start-up Educates Professionals to Make Faster Climate Impact with World-First Program

World-first Australian climate change program, WorkForClimate, has launched this week giving professionals and corporations the resources to tackle the climate crisis in their day-to-day work lives.

1 Jul 2021

'They Just Kept on Rising': Data Reveals Alarming Increase in Greenhouse Gases

If we are to reduce net carbon emissions to zero by 2050, we haven’t made a good start – governments, industry and individuals need to do much more, a new study shows.

1 Jul 2021

Study Reveals the Direct Impact of Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels on the Amazon Rainforest

A 50% rise in the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could reduce rainfall in the Amazon as much as or even more than substitution of the entire forest by pasture.

30 Jun 2021

Global Study Explores the Use and Interpretation of Climate-Science Evidence in Lawsuits

Newly-available scientific evidence, which could prove critical to the success of climate-related lawsuits, is often not produced in court, according to a new study published today by the Oxford Sustainable Law Programme and Environmental Change Institute.

29 Jun 2021