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Making Green Energy the Default Option can Considerably Reduce CO2 Emissions

Researchers studying the Swiss energy market have found that making green energy the default option for consumers leads to an enduring shift to renewables and thus has the potential to cut CO2 emissions by millions of tonnes.

12 Mar 2021

Climate Change Damages the Ecosystem of North America's Largest Temperate Rainforest

New research released in Bioscience found that a remote region of North America's largest temperate rainforest is experiencing changes to its ecosystem due to climate change. Brian Buma, a researcher and professor of integrated biology at University of Colorado Denver, co-leads the research network that outlined the changes in a new paper.

12 Mar 2021

Study Investigates How India's Rice Production can Adapt to the Changing Climate

As the global population grows, the demand for food increases while arable land shrinks. A new University of Illinois study investigates how rice production in India can meet future needs by adapting to changing climate conditions and water availability.

12 Mar 2021

Climate Change Has a Globally Visible Influence on Rivers, Study Shows

Climate change is affecting the water balance of our planet: depending on the region and the time of year, this can influence the amount of water in rivers potentially resulting in more flooding or drought. River flow is an important indicator of water resources available to humans and the environment.

12 Mar 2021

Meteorological Conditions Caused Severe Fog-Haze Events in North China Plain During COVID-19 Lockdown

At the end of December 2019, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) quickly spread throughout Hubei Province and other parts of China. During the 2020 Spring Festival, public activities were cancelled, people tried their best to stay at home, and human and industrial activities were reduced to a basic or minimum level.

11 Mar 2021

Reductions in Air Pollutants Without Greenhouse Gas Cuts Could Increase Global Warming

As countries around the world race to mitigate global warming by limiting carbon dioxide emissions, an unlikely source could be making climate goals harder to achieve without even deeper cuts in greenhouse gas production: reductions in air pollution.

11 Mar 2021

Slowdown in Global Warming Brought Down Malaria Transmission in Ethiopia

A new study reports that the deceleration in global warming observed toward the end of the past century was due to a fall in malaria transmission in the Ethiopian highlands.

11 Mar 2021

The Big Issue Co-Launches Fund for People to Invest in Solving Climate Change

The Big Issue Group (TBIG), in partnership with Aberdeen Standard Investments, has launched a new fund offering people the chance to invest in solving climate change.

11 Mar 2021

Study Shows Climate Change-Related Population Declines in Tropical Birds

The mountain forests of Tanzania are more than 9,300 miles away from Salt Lake City, Utah. But, as in eastern Africa, the wild places of Utah depend on a diversity of birds to spread seeds, eat pests and clean up carrion. Birds keep ecosystems healthy. So if birds in Tanzania are in trouble in a warming climate, as found in a recent study by University of Utah researchers, people in Utah as well as in the African tropics should pay attention.

10 Mar 2021

Study Underscores a Close Connection Between Climate and Disease

The slowdown in global warming that was observed at the end of last century was reflected by a decrease in malaria transmission in the Ethiopian highlands, according to a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institution supported by "la Caixa" Foundation, and the University of Chicago. The results, published in Nature Communications, underscore the close connection between climate and health.

10 Mar 2021