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Scientists Investigate How Grasslands Respond to Climate Change

The rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration and concurrent climate change has led to yield reductions of grass-rich grassland vegetation in the past century.

25 Mar 2021

Ocean has Become Stabler in Response to Climate Change than Previously Estimated

The ocean is dynamic in nature, playing a crucial role as a planetary thermostat that buffer global warming.

25 Mar 2021

Experts Lay Out a New Framework for Uncovering Climate-Society Interactions

As the signs of today's human-caused climate change become ever more alarming, research into the ways past societies responded to natural climate changes is growing increasingly urgent.

25 Mar 2021

Ultra-Extreme Heatwaves Could Cause Massive, Forced Migration to Cooler Regions

The study, building on cooperation between climate scientists from the MENA region, aimed at assessing emerging heatwave characteristics. The research team used a first-of-its-kind multi-model ensemble of climate projections designed exclusively for the geographic area. Such detailed downscaling studies had been lacking for this region.

25 Mar 2021

Deadly Heat Waves Likely to Become More Common in South Asia in the Future

Residents of South Asia already periodically experience heat waves at the current level of warming. But a new study projecting the amount of heat stress residents of the region will experience in the future finds with 2 degrees Celsius of warming, the population's exposure to heat stress will nearly triple.

25 Mar 2021

Floating Solar Farms can Protect Lakes and Reservoirs from Climate Change

According to a new study, floating solar farms could help protect reservoirs and lakes from some of the adverse effects of climate change.

25 Mar 2021

Increased Plant Growth Driven by Higher CO2 Levels Takes a Steep Toll on Soil

The growth of plants is fueled by carbon dioxide (CO2) present in the atmosphere. With an increase in carbon levels, it is attractive to imagine supercharged plant growth and huge tree-planting campaigns reducing the CO2 generated by agriculture, fossil fuel burning, and other human activities.

25 Mar 2021

Traditional Owners and Scientists Tackle Common Climate Challenge

In the largest meeting of its kind, Traditional Owners and scientists across Australia are meeting to empower and enhance First People’s-led response to climate change, as part of the National First People’s ...

25 Mar 2021

ClimatePartner and Start-Up Insurer Marshmallow Work Together to Offset Motor Customers' Carbon Footprint

Over 15,000 customers have signed up to a new scheme from insurance start-up, Marshmallow and carbon consultancy ClimatePartner, which enables them to offset the carbon emissions of their first 500 motoring miles.

25 Mar 2021

Changes in Marine Ecosystems Along the Antarctic Peninsula

Understanding the evolution of the polar sea ice is not enough to study the effects of the climate change on marine ecosystems in Antarctic seafloors. It is also necessary to determine the intensity of phytoplankton local production during the Antarctic summer, as stated in a new study by a research team of the Faculty of Biology and the Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio) of the University of Barcelona, published in the journal Marine Environmental Research.

24 Mar 2021