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Solar Geoengineering May Fail to Prevent Catastrophic Warming in the Long Run

Seeding the air with aerosols might not prevent high concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) from destabilizing low-lying clouds, which could lead to increased warming.

18 Nov 2020

Not so Fast: Modeling Shows Ecosystems Can Survive Environmental Change — Up to a Point

A Skoltech researcher and her colleagues from Canada and Chile experimented with mathematical evolutionary models to explore how well ecosystems can keep up with changing environmental conditions — a question all too relevant in our current ecological situation.

18 Nov 2020

Artificial Coastal Lighting can Disrupt Coral Reproduction

According to a new study, in coastal regions, pollution by artificial light interrupts coral reproduction, which relies on natural light sources to regulate their behavioral, physiological, and biological activities.

17 Nov 2020

Salk’s HPI Receives $30 Million from Bezos Earth Fund to Offset Climate Change

Salk's Harnessing Plants Initiative (HPI) will receive $30 million from the Bezos Earth Fund to advance efforts to increase the ability of crop plants, such as corn and soybeans, to capture and store atmospheric carbon via their roots in the soil.

17 Nov 2020

New Tool to Better Estimate Environmental Conservation Costs

For decades, scientists have been warning about potential future effects of global climate change, including more frequent wildfires, longer periods of drought, and sharp increases in the number, duration, and intensity of tropical storms.

16 Nov 2020

Study Reveals Types of Forests that Store Carbon Most Effectively

Under the guidance of the University of Geneva (UNIGE), an international research team has analyzed which types of forests, with regards to biodiversity, are the most efficient in storing carbon.

16 Nov 2020

State of the Climate 2020 shows continued warming and increase in extreme weather events

Continued warming of Australia’s climate, an increase in extreme fire weather and length of the fire season, declining rainfall in the southeast and southwest of the continent, and rising sea levels are some of the key trends detailed in the latest State of the Climate report, released today by the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO.

13 Nov 2020

Arctic Researchers Reveal Unseasonably Warm Ocean Temperatures and Active Ecosystem

Arctic researchers Jacqueline Grebmeier and Lee Cooper have been visiting the Bering and Chukchi seas off Alaska for nearly 30 years, collecting information about the biological diversity of the watery world under the sea ice to understand how marine ecosystems are responding to environmental changes.

12 Nov 2020

Warm Atmospheric Rivers Play Key Role in Creating Massive Holes in Antarctic Sea Ice

Warm, moist rivers of air in Antarctica play a key role in creating massive holes in sea ice in the Weddell Sea and may influence ocean conditions around the vast continent as well as climate change, according to Rutgers co-authored research.

12 Nov 2020

Virtual Reality Approach Creates Visceral Experiences of Forests Under Climate Change

The effects of climate change are sometimes difficult to grasp, but now a virtual reality forest, created by geographers, can let people walk through a simulated forest of today and see what various futures may hold for the trees.

12 Nov 2020