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Ocean Stratification Increase Points to Climate Change

The global ocean has become more stratified and stable over the past few decades with global warming. This has major consequences for life in the ocean by reducing nutrients and oxygen, and it greatly affects climate.

29 Sep 2020

Spread of Ghost Forests on NC Coast may Have Implications for Global Warming

A new study found the spread of ghost forests across a coastal region of North Carolina may have implications for global warming.

29 Sep 2020

Shelled Organisms Have Been More Resilient to Past Ocean Acidification than Currently Thought

Two groups of tiny, delicate marine organisms, sea butterflies and sea angels, were found to be surprisingly resilient--having survived dramatic global climate change and Earth's most recent mass extinction event 66 million years ago, according to research published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

29 Sep 2020

Large-Scale Shift to Electric Vehicles Won't be Enough to Solve Global Climate Crisis

Today there are more than 7 million electric vehicles in operation around the world, compared with only about 20,000 a decade ago.

29 Sep 2020

New Features of Arctic Burning Have Strong Consequences for Global Climate

New features, like burning of fire-resistant vegetation and “zombie fires,” are driving Arctic fires—with serious impacts on the global climate, warned international fire scientists in a commentary recently published in the Nature Geoscience journal.

29 Sep 2020

Major Wind-Driven Ocean Currents are Moving Closer to the Poles

The severe droughts in the USA and Australia are the first sign that the tropics, and their warm temperatures, are apparently expanding in the wake of climate change.

28 Sep 2020

Ocean Heatwaves are More Frequent Due to Human Influence

A marine heatwave (ocean heatwave) is an extended period of time in which the water temperature in a particular ocean region is abnormally high.

28 Sep 2020

Climate Change Increases Risk of Wildfires

The proof that climate change raises the frequency and/or intensity of fire weather in several regions of the world has been strengthened by new scientific publications assessed from January 2020.

25 Sep 2020

Less Complex Models Could be Better for Analyzing Climate Risk

Typically, computer models of climate become more and more complex as researchers strive to capture more details of our Earth's system, but according to a team of Penn State researchers, to assess risks, less complex models, with their ability to better sample uncertainties, may be a better choice.

25 Sep 2020

Marine Heatwaves Like 2015's Pacific "Blob" Increased Due to Climate Change

Severe marine heatwaves, like 2015's Pacific "blob," are far more likely to occur now than before human-induced global warming began, according to a new study.

25 Sep 2020