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Species’ Thermal Tolerance is Linked to Current Climate Where They Live

Many species might be left vulnerable in the face of climate change, unable to adapt their physiologies to respond to rapid global warming. According to a team of international researchers, species evolve heat tolerance more slowly than cold tolerance, and the level of heat they can adapt to has limits.

5 Mar 2021

Satellite Data can Help Measure Depth and Shape of Ice Shelf Fractures

When a block of ice the size of Houston, Texas, broke off from East Antarctica's Amery Ice Shelf in 2019, scientists had anticipated the calving event, but not exactly where it would happen. Now, satellite data can help scientists measure the depth and shape of ice shelf fractures to better predict when and where calving events will occur, according to researchers.

5 Mar 2021

New Study can Help Reduce Carbon Footprint of Power Systems

A study on big droughts in the Greater Mekong region revealed findings that can help reduce the carbon footprint of power systems while providing insights into better designed and more sustainable power plants.

5 Mar 2021

Climate Change Possibly Caused Atlantic Warming During Pre-Industrial Era

A group of climate scientists analyzing a wide range of climate modeling experiments have found that volcanic eruptions, and not natural variability, caused an evident “Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation,” a so-called cycle of warming considered to have taken place for about 40 to 60 years during the pre-industrial era.

5 Mar 2021

Fossil CO2 Emission Cuts Need to Increase Tenfold to Meet Paris Agreement Climate Targets

New research shows 64 countries cut their fossil CO2 emissions during 2016-2019, but the rate of reduction needs to increase tenfold to meet the Paris Agreement aims to tackle climate change.

4 Mar 2021

Rising Temperatures Likely to Intensify Rainfall Extremes and Increase Short Thunderstorms

Climate experts have revealed that rising temperatures will intensify future rainfall extremes at a much greater rate than average rainfall, with largest increases to short thunderstorms.

4 Mar 2021

New Center at Yale Focuses on Developing Natural Climate Change Solutions

A $100 million gift from FedEx will help fund a new center at Yale University focused on developing natural solutions for reducing atmospheric carbon. The Center for Natural Carbon Capture will support and accelerate applied research across academic disciplines, helping to establish a more sustainable and healthier future for our planet.

4 Mar 2021

Small-Scale Fisheries Reveal Valuable Approaches for Adaptability, Resilience to Climate Change

Coastal communities at the forefront of climate change reveal valuable approaches to foster adaptability and resilience, according to a worldwide analysis of small-scale fisheries by Stanford University researchers.

4 Mar 2021

Global Ecosystem Respiration Varies in Response to Increasing Temperatures

Land stores vast amounts of carbon, but a new study led by Cranfield University's Dr Alice Johnston suggests that how much of this carbon enters the atmosphere as temperatures rise depends on how far that land sits from the equator.

4 Mar 2021

Slight Increase in Warming Levels Could Significantly Increase Likelihood of Wildfires

Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change agreed to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 2.0 °C and, ideally, to 1.5 °C, over preindustrial levels. However, even before that treaty was signed, scientists had already warned that those "best case" targets were unlikely to be achievable. Consequently, many fire weather studies are built with models that simulate much higher levels of climate warming.

4 Mar 2021