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Greenland Ice Sheet Records Greatest Losses in 2019

The Greenland Ice Sheet recorded a new record loss of mass in 2019. This was the finding of a team of international researchers after evaluating data from satellite observations and modelling data.

21 Aug 2020

NASA Provides Wide-Angle Photos of Hurricane Genevieve

NASA provided a series of photos of Hurricane Genevieve as it affected Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula.

21 Aug 2020

New Measurement Technology Provides Insights into Past Climate

A new measurement technology developed at the University of Bern provides unique insights into the climate of the past.

21 Aug 2020

Rising Temperatures can Cause Greater Damages to Our Economies than Expected

Rising temperatures due to our greenhouse gas emissions can cause greater damages to our economies than previous research suggested, a new study shows.

20 Aug 2020

Climate Change is the Main Culprit for Expansion of Earth's Tropics

Earth's tropics are expanding poleward and that expansion is driven by human-caused changes to the ocean, according to new research.

19 Aug 2020

Complex Climate Models Overestimate Global Warming

Research published this week in Earth System Dynamics reports that the most sensitive climate models overestimate global warming during the last 50 years.

19 Aug 2020

Barriers that Could Limit Climate Mitigation Potential of Reforestation

Reforestation is a promising nature-based climate solution. However, there are practical considerations beyond the suitability of land for planting trees, such as financial, land-use and operational constraints, which can limit its outcomes and thus need to be taken into account.

19 Aug 2020

Exploring the Impact of Climate Change on Solar and Wind Energy Production

As the climate of the planet is changing, as evidenced by record-setting hot summers and extreme weather events, many researchers are looking to more renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind farms.

19 Aug 2020

Intraspecific Cooperation and Competition Shape Organism's Vulnerability to Climate Change

Organisms need to work together to adapt to climate change, especially in the presence of competitors, suggests a new study published today in eLife.

19 Aug 2020

Concordia Student Maps the Effects of Climate Change on Primate Habitats

Stewart began looking at the effects of climate change on primate habitats with spatial data from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5, which estimates regional and seasonal temperature change per unit of CO2 emission, and range data of 426 separate primate species and subspecies, courtesy of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

19 Aug 2020