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HYSETS Database Helps to Better Document the Effects of Climate Change on Water Resources

To better document the repercussions of climate change on regional water resources, researchers from around the world now have access to HYSETS, a database of hydrometric, meteorological and physiographic data created by a team at the École de technologie supérieure, which contains 70 years' worth of data on 14,425 North American watersheds.

30 Sep 2020

Climate Change Affects the Biodiversity of Marine Communities in the Pacific Arctic

Climate warming will alter marine community compositions as species are expected to shift poleward, significantly impacting the Arctic marine ecosystem.

30 Sep 2020

China's Efforts to Reduce Aerosol Pollution Caused Warming Across the Northern Hemisphere

A 10-year effort by China to improve air quality and reduce pollution-related health risks has caused warming in areas across the northern hemisphere, according to new work published in Environmental Research Letters.

30 Sep 2020

Comprehensive Database can Help Assess the Consequences of Climate Change on Water Resources

Scientists across the globe have now access to a database of meteorological, hydrometric, and physiographic data called HYSETS. This database would allow them to record the consequences of climate change on regional water resources in a much better way.

30 Sep 2020

Global Warming Has Caused the Ocean to Become More Layered

In the last few decades, the global ocean has become more stable and layered with global warming, which impacts life in the ocean by decreasing oxygen and nutrients.

30 Sep 2020

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