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Study Shows How Plague and Climate Change Undermined Ancient Economy

While we all try to understand the new reality imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, many look to the past for historical precedents such as the Spanish flu of 1918 and the Black Plague of the 14th century.

28 Jul 2020

Mountain Stoneflies can Tolerate Warmer Water Temperatures, But Still Face Danger

An endangered aquatic insect that lives in icy streams fed by glaciers might not mind if the water grows warmer due to climate change.

28 Jul 2020

Anti-Statements on Climate Action Get More News Coverage

When organizations take a stand against actions to combat climate change, they get more news coverage than their pro-climate action peers, according to a new study by a Brown University researcher.

28 Jul 2020

Climate Simulation Reveals the Impact of Global Warming on Asian Weather Conditions

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University studied how the weather will change with global warming in Asian monsoon regions using a high-resolution climate simulation.

27 Jul 2020

Study Explores the Role of Oceans in Global Climate

The climate represents the set of atmospheric conditions that characterize a region. Yet these conditions are the result of global interaction between dry land, vegetation, ice, atmosphere and ocean.

27 Jul 2020

Study Determines Optimum Amount of Methane-Inhibiting Supplement in Cattle Feed

The optimum amount of a methane-inhibiting supplement in dairy cattle feed has been determined by an international team of researchers, indicating that widespread use of the compound could be an affordable climate change-battling strategy, if farmers embrace it.

24 Jul 2020

New Study Could Offer Insights About Potential for Survival of Coral Reefs

Rising ocean temperatures have devastated coral reefs all over the world, but a recent study in Global Change Biology has found that reefs in the Eastern Tropical Pacific region may prove to be an exception.

24 Jul 2020

New Agronomic Technique Minimizes Deforestation and Climate Change

Small farms in Zambia that use the latest hybrid seed for maize, along with improving health on neutral soils, help reduce deforestation and tackle climate change, Cornell University researchers report this month in Global Environmental Change.

24 Jul 2020

New Technique Uses Modified MOF to Capture CO2 from Flue Emissions

A big advance in carbon capture technology could provide an efficient and inexpensive way for natural gas power plants to remove carbon dioxide from their flue emissions, a necessary step in reducing greenhouse gas emissions to slow global warming and climate change.

24 Jul 2020

Rapid Climate Change Will Severely Affect Global Distribution of Biodiversity

All over the world, biodiversity is not uniformly distributed. A majority of the species live in the tropics and very few live toward the North and South Pole. But the fossil record reveals a completely different pattern during the period 252 to 247 million years ago.

23 Jul 2020