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Rapid Assessment Framework to Facilitate Climate-Informed Conservation and Nature-Based Solutions

A new article, published as a Perspective in the journal Conservation Science and Practice, introduces a rapid assessment framework that can be used as a guide to make conservation and nature-based solutions more robust to future climate.

18 Jun 2021

Climate Warming Makes High-Elevation Forests Susceptible to Blazes

Forest fires have crept higher up mountains over the past few decades, scorching areas previously too wet to burn, according to researchers from McGill University.

18 Jun 2021

Reframing Managed Retreat for Transformative Adaptation to Climate Change

In a new analysis on managed retreat--the climate adaptation response of moving people and property out of harm's way--researchers explore what it would take for managed retreat to be supportive of people and their priorities.

18 Jun 2021

Geologists Find New Evidence of Drifting Icebergs from Canada to Southern Florida

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution climate modeler Dr. Alan Condron and United States Geological Survey research geologist Dr. Jenna Hill have found evidence that massive icebergs from roughly 31,000 years ago drifted more than 5000 km along the eastern United States coast from Northeast Canada all the way to southern Florida.

17 Jun 2021

Accuracy of Climate Predictions Depends on Changes to North Atlantic Ocean Currents

Thirty state-of-the-art IPCC-climate models predict dramatically different climates for the Northern Hemisphere, especially Europe.

17 Jun 2021

Office Furniture Online Helps the TAKKT Group Reach its 300,000 Tree Donation Milestone for the Eden Reforestation Project

Over the past year, Office Furniture Online and the other sister companies within the TAKKT AG Group’s Web-focused Commerce Segment have all contributed to the donation of over 300,000 trees for the Eden Reforestation Project.

17 Jun 2021

ISIpedia Makes Climate Impact Science More Accessible to the Public

"Understanding the problem can be a powerful tool to help build a safe climate future for all," says Katja Frieler, the ISIpedia project leader from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.

16 Jun 2021

Influx of Warmer Water Masses Plays a Key Role in the Decline of Arctic Sea Ice

The influx of warmer water masses from the North Atlantic into the European marginal seas plays a significant role in the marked decrease in sea-ice growth, especially in winter.

16 Jun 2021

Local Rice Varieties in Vietnam Could be Used to Breed Improved Climate-Resilient Crops

Local rice varieties in Vietnam could be used to help breed improved crops with higher resilience to climate change, according to a new study published in Rice.

16 Jun 2021

Alps' Most Ancient Ice Will be Stored in Antarctica for Centuries to Come

The Ice Memory international mission on Monte Rosa has been accomplished. After working for five days at 4,500 metres in the accumulation zone of the Grenzgletscher, the glacier saddle of Colle Gnifetti, scientists extracted three shallow ice cores and two deep ice cores reaching down to bedrock at 82 metres depth.

16 Jun 2021