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Coastal Protection Declines as Coral Reef Ecosystems Collapse Under Ocean Warming, Acidification

A new study shows the coastal protection coral reefs currently provide will start eroding by the end of the century, as the world continues to warm and the oceans acidify.

4 Dec 2020

Study Reveals How Climate Change Could Result in Irreversible Sea-Level Rise

A new study has shown how climate change could result in irrevocable sea-level rise with a continuous increase in temperatures and the continuous decline in the Greenland ice sheet.

3 Dec 2020

Study Shows How Coastal Flooding will Increase Across New York Region in Future

The region of New York recorded high flood levels that had not been witnessed for ages. The cause was Superstorm Sandy.

3 Dec 2020

Uber, Rivian, JetBlue, Cabify, and Boom Supersonic Sign The Climate Pledge

Today, during Web Summit 2020, Amazon and Global Optimism announced that Boom Supersonic, Cabify, JetBlue, Rivian, and Uber have joined The Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040—a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement’s goal of 2050.

3 Dec 2020

Accelerating Corporate Climate Action Through Innovation

Our collective climate challenge calls for an innovative spirit and the means to turn it into concrete solutions. The newly launched Climate Innovators Network and the Solar Impulse Foundation are collaborating to accelerate tangible action to tackle climate change.

3 Dec 2020

Study Explores How the Next Supercontinent Could Affect Global Climate

Long ago, all the continents were crammed together into one large land mass called Pangea. Pangea broke apart about 200 million years ago, its pieces drifting away on the tectonic plates -- but not permanently.

2 Dec 2020

A Shift Towards Hydrogen-Powered Mobility Could Help Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

A partial transition of German road transport to hydrogen energy is among the possibilities being discussed to help meet national climate targets. A team of researchers from the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) has examined the hypothetical transition to a hydrogen-powered transport sector through several scenarios.

2 Dec 2020

Cost of Preserving, Planting Trees to Achieve Emissions Reductions Could Accelerate Quickly

Planting trees and preventing deforestation are considered key climate change mitigation strategies, but a new analysis finds the cost of preserving and planting trees to hit certain global emissions reductions targets could accelerate quickly.

2 Dec 2020

Planting and Protecting Trees can Help Mitigate Climate Change

According to a new study, climate change could be mitigated through extensive management and protection of forests from deforestation, but these measures will involve a high cost if deployed at a large scale, as discussed by policymakers.

2 Dec 2020

Groundwater Reservoirs in Bavaria have Turned Warmer due to Climate Change

In the last few decades, groundwater reservoirs in Bavaria have heated up significantly. Scientists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have now compared temperatures at 35 measuring stations, taken at various depths, with the 1990s data.

2 Dec 2020