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Climate Change Influences Where Birds Breed

Spring is in full swing. Trees are leafing out, flowers are blooming, bees are buzzing, and birds are singing. But a recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that those birds in your backyard may be changing right along with the climate.

27 May 2020

Deep-Sea Biodiversity Likely to be at Greater Risk Due to Climate Change

Although the ocean’s deeper layers are warming at a slower rate compared to the surface, animals that live in the deep ocean are highly subjected to climate warming and will experience rising challenges to retain their desired thermal habitats in the coming years.

26 May 2020

New Study Predicts Higher Sea-Level Rise than IPCC Projections

According to the predictions of a new international study headed by the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, the faster melting of polar ice sheets than projected earlier may lead to a nearly 1.3 m rise in the ocean levels by 2100.

26 May 2020

Study Examines the Response of Marshes to Sea-Level Rise

Given the present-day rate of global sea-level rise, remaining marshes in the Mississippi Delta are likely to drown, according to a new Tulane University study.

26 May 2020

Study Recommends Steps to Conserve Tropical Forests, Stabilize Climate

All living things have tipping points: points of no return, beyond which they cannot thrive. A new report in Science shows that maximum daily temperatures above 32.2 degrees Celsius (about 90 degrees Fahrenheit) cause tropical forests to lose stored carbon more quickly.

26 May 2020

Global Warming is Causing Marine Species to Look for More Temperate Environments

Global warming is causing species to search for more temperate environments in which to migrate to, but it is marine species - according to the latest results of a Franco-American study mainly involving scientists from the CNRS, Ifremer, the Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier and the University of Picardy Jules Verne (1) - that are leading the way by moving up to six times faster towards the poles than their terrestrial congeners.

26 May 2020