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Scientists Reveal Changing Feedback Mechanisms Between Climate and Carbon Cycle

Man-made global heating has long been presented as a relatively simple chain of cause and effect: humans disrupt the carbon cycle by burning fossil fuels, thereby increase the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, which in turn leads to higher temperatures around the globe.

7 Oct 2020

New Aerosol Field Data can Lead to Improved Climate Models

Smoke from the many wildfires burning in the West have made air quality hazardous for millions of people in the United States.

7 Oct 2020

Climate-Friendly Cooling Could Help Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

A new IIASA-led study shows that coordinated international action on energy-efficient, climate-friendly cooling could avoid as much as 600 billion tonnes CO2 equivalent of greenhouse gas emissions in this century.

7 Oct 2020

Study Highlights the Drastic Effects of Climate Change on Bird Life Cycles

Surviving on a warming planet can be a matter of timing--but simply shifting lifecycle stages to match the tempo of climate change has hidden dangers for some animals, according to new research from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour and Cornell University.

7 Oct 2020

Study Combines Climate and Land-Use Projections to Predict Water Availability

A new study performed by FAMU-FSU College of Engineering integrates the projections of climate and land use to predict the availability of water—data that is significant for preparing land-use planners and resource managers.

7 Oct 2020

Larger Part of the Amazon Could Become a Savanna-Type Ecosystem

A larger part of the Amazon rainforest is at risk of crossing a tipping point where it could become a savanna-type ecosystem than previously thought, according to new research.

6 Oct 2020

New Tool can Help Mitigate CO2 Emissions in the U.S. Landscape

Fierce and frequent hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and intense wildfires in the Western United States have devastated the country again. Such extreme weather-related events are the result of climate change.

6 Oct 2020

Study: Flooding of Rivers Indirectly Results from Rise in Atmospheric Carbon

Relationships play a crucial role in climate change. This was the core point emphasized in a new study by the University of Oregon that explores the interaction between atmospheric carbon dioxide, plants, and rising water levels in the Mississippi River.

5 Oct 2020

Study Shows How Future Climate Change Will Impact Tropical Nature Reserves

The nature reserves of the Earth are the foundation for safeguarding worldwide biodiversity.

5 Oct 2020

Repeated Ice Discharges into the North Pacific Triggered Climate Changes During Last Ice Age

Repeated catastrophic ice discharges from western North America into the North Pacific contributed to, and perhaps triggered, hemispheric-scale changes in the Earth's climate during the last ice age, new research published online today in Science reveals.

5 Oct 2020