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Earth’s Plants are Heading towards a Temperature ‘Tipping Point’

A new study has indicated that plants’ ability to absorb atmospheric carbon could be halved within the next two decades if global temperatures continue to rise at the current rate.

15 Jan 2021

Study Reports Highest Ocean Temperatures in 2020

Even with the COVID-19-related small dip in global carbon emissions due to limited travel and other activities, the ocean temperatures continued a trend of breaking records in 2020.

15 Jan 2021

Many Lakes in the Northern Hemisphere may Permanently Lose Ice Cover

Close to 5,700 lakes in the Northern Hemisphere may permanently lose ice cover this century, 179 of them in the next decade, at current greenhouse gas emissions, despite a possible polar vortex this year, researchers at York University have found.

15 Jan 2021

Melting Icebergs in the Antarctic are the Key Triggering Ice Age Conditions

Scientists claim to have found the 'missing link' in the process that leads to an ice age on Earth.

15 Jan 2021

Study Explores How Large-Scale Land Acquisitions Affect Carbon Emissions

In 2007, an increase in world food prices led to a global rush for land in the form of land grabs or large-scale land acquisitions.

15 Jan 2021

Terrestrial Methane Cycle Perturbations Occurred During Ancient Global Warming Event

Wetlands are the dominant natural source of atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas which is second only to carbon dioxide in its importance to climate change.

15 Jan 2021

Rising Temperatures Could Dramatically Alter Carbon Storage in Terrestrial Ecosystems

Rising temperatures could trigger Earth's terrestrial ecosystems to transition from carbon sinks to carbon sources in the next 20 to 30 years, according to data from the world's largest continuous carbon monitoring network.

15 Jan 2021

Study Examines the Effects of Acidic Water on Octopuses

With the impact of climate change increasing by the day, scientists are studying the ways in which human behavior contributes to the damage.

15 Jan 2021

Study: Earth to Reach Temperature Tipping Point in Next Two Decades

Earth's ability to absorb nearly a third of human-caused carbon emissions through plants could be halved within the next two decades at the current rate of warming, according to a new study in Science Advances by researchers at Northern Arizona University, the Woodwell Climate Research Center and the University of Waikato, New Zealand.

15 Jan 2021