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Climate Change Impacts Aging Rates of Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles

Climatic conditions are changing at an unprecedented rate, affecting mainly fish, amphibians and reptiles, ectothermic animals that are unable to generate their own internal heat.

17 Sep 2020

Short Intrusions of Cooler Deep Water can Mitigate Thermal Stress in Corals

The risk of severe coral bleaching--a condition in which corals lose their symbiotic algae, called zooxanthellae--is five times more frequent today than it was forty years ago.

17 Sep 2020

High-Resolution Map Reveals Changes in the Condition of European Forests

Rupert Seidl and his colleague Cornelius Senf for the first time produced a high-resolution map of all openings in the canopy of European forests.

16 Sep 2020

Climate Researchers Examine Links Between Droughts and Heat Waves

As wildfires continue to ravage the West Coast, UMass Lowell researchers analyzing the reasons behind hot and dry conditions hope their work will offer greater understanding of extreme weather events across the country.

16 Sep 2020

Research Recommends Federal Government to Increase Funding for Clean Energy Innovation

Research released today recommends that the U.S. federal government triple its annual investment in energy innovation over the next five years to speed clean energy transitions around the world and build advanced energy industries at home.

16 Sep 2020

Johns Hopkins Professor Explores the Effect of Climate Elements on COVID-19 Transmission

Johns Hopkins University expert Ben Zaitchik is a professor of Earth and planetary sciences and is currently available to discuss with the media about the intense studies that are still required to conclusively establish if and how meteorological, environmental, and climatic elements affect the spread of the ongoing COVID-19.

16 Sep 2020