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Transdisciplinary Class Focuses on Climate Change and Water

It's not a typical sentence you'd find on a class schedule, but on April 2, the first action item for one MIT course read: "Check in on each other's health and well-being."

3 Jul 2020

Tropical Plants Closer to Equator are at Greater Risk from Climate Change

Tropical plants closer to the equator are most at risk from climate change because it is expected to become too hot for many species to germinate in the next 50 years, UNSW researchers have found.

3 Jul 2020

Climate Change Threat to Tropical Plants

Half of the world’s tropical plant species may struggle to germinate by 2070 because of global warming, a new UNSW study predicts.

2 Jul 2020

Study Highlights Warming Trends of the South Pole

The South Pole has been warming at more than three times the global average over the past 30 years, according to research led by Ohio University professor Ryan Fogt and OHIO alumnus Kyle Clem.

1 Jul 2020

Climate Change and Other Human Influences are Threatening Survival of Corals

Corals are "part animal, part plant, and part rock - and difficult to figure out, despite being studied for centuries," says Philippe Laissue of University of Essex, a Whitman Scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory.

1 Jul 2020

Study Explores the Ecological Effects of Fire on Forests

One of Jonathan Coop's first vivid memories as a child was watching the flames of the 1977 La Mesa Fire in north-central New Mexico.

1 Jul 2020

Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire is Optimal Site for Carbon Capture, Storage Facilities

New research has shown that Drax power station in North Yorkshire is the optimal site for the carbon capture and storage facilities that will be needed reduce carbon emissions and achieve the targets of 2016 Paris Climate Agreement.

30 Jun 2020

Pesticides and Climate Change are Impacting the Western Bumblebees

A University of Wyoming researcher and her Ph.D. student have spent the last three years studying the decline of the Western bumblebee.

30 Jun 2020

Study Shows Land-Clearing has Degraded Weather in the Brazilian Cerrado

Brazil is one of the top three producers of both soy and corn globally, and its agricultural sector accounts for one-fifth of the country's economy.

30 Jun 2020

Regional Climate Model Provides Global View of Monsoon Changes

Scientists from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a dozen other international research institutions have produced the most elaborate set of projections to date that illustrates possible futures for major monsoon regions.

30 Jun 2020