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Dehydration Caused by Rising Temperatures is Impacting Amphibian Species

Amphibians have few options to avoid the under appreciated one-two punch of climate change, according to a new study from Simon Fraser University researchers and others.

17 Jul 2020

New Process Predicts Global Warming Trends and Heat Waves

New research from Arizona State and Stanford Universities is augmenting meteorological studies that predict global warming trends and heat waves, adding human originated factors into the equation.

16 Jul 2020

Tanglible Guidelines to Make Tourism More Resilient and Climate Friendlier

The global coronavirus pandemic has hit the tourism industry hard worldwide. Not only that, but it has exposed a lack of resilience to any type of downturn, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden.

16 Jul 2020

Researchers Identify Sources of Lethal Pollution in the U.S.

A new study from University of Minnesota researchers provides an unprecedented look at the causes of poor air quality in the United States and its effects on human health.

16 Jul 2020

MIT Campus Climate Resiliency Framework Deals with Sustainability Challenges

Like most offices across MIT, the Office of Sustainability (MITOS) has in recent months worked to pivot projects while seeking to understand and participate in the emergence of a new normal as the result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

16 Jul 2020

Optimized Alarm Helps Mitigate Changes in European Climate

Laura Jackson and Richard Wood, both climate scientists from The Met Office in the United Kingdom, have detected metrics that may provide early warnings of sudden variations in the European Climate.

16 Jul 2020

Fish Reef Domes A Boon for Environment, Recreational Fishing

Manmade reefs can be used in conjunction with the restoration or protection of natural habitat to increase fish abundance in estuaries, UNSW researchers have found.

16 Jul 2020

Sydney Science Trail Virtual Expedition Embarks August 15

Prepare for a great adventure as the Sydney Science Trail gets ready for children across the country (5-15 years), and their adult friends and teachers, to join the mission to help planet Earth. For on...

16 Jul 2020

Spread of Non-Native Species has Negative Consequences on Ecology

An increase of 20 to 30 per cent of invasive non-native (alien) species would lead to dramatic future biodiversity loss worldwide. This is the conclusion of a study by an international team of researchers led by Franz Essl and Bernd Lenzner from the University of Vienna. It has been published in the journal Global Change Biology.

15 Jul 2020

Overexploitation, Climate Change Account for Major Decline in Global Oyster Population

An interdisciplinary team of scientists studying thousands of oyster shells along the Georgia coast, some as old as 4,500 years, has published new insights into how Native Americans sustained oyster harvests for thousands of years, observations that may lead to better management practices of oyster reefs today.

15 Jul 2020