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Chicken Feathers: A New Source of Sustainable Clean Energy

New research highlights the potential of transforming a major waste product into a valuable resource while mitigating environmental harm.

From ETH Zurich 24 Oct 2023

New Checklist Helps Commercial Fishers Identify Opportunities to Fight Climate Change

For hundreds of years, business owners engaged in New Jersey’s commercial fisheries industry have weathered adversity, from coastal storms to species shifts.

20 Oct 2023

Understanding How El Niño Responds to Natural Influences Over Extended Periods

El Niño signifies the warm phase of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), one of the most crucial climate phenomena widely covered in the media due to its association with catastrophic weather events.

20 Oct 2023

Global Coastal Adaptations Inadequate to Address the Root Causes of Climate Change Threats

Global coastal adaptations are 'incremental in scale', short-sighted and inadequate to address the root causes of vulnerability to climate change, according to an international team of researchers.

20 Oct 2023

Climate Change Driving More Rapid Intensification of Atlantic Hurricanes

For decades, climate scientists have warned that changes resulting from greenhouse gas emissions are causing worsening and more frequent severe weather patterns, with many studies focusing on trends since the start of the Industrial Revolution.

20 Oct 2023

Discovery Could Help Improve Efforts to Save Corals From Climate Change

In a study published Oct. 18 in the journal Global Change Biology, researchers reveal surprising findings about a species common to Caribbean waters.

19 Oct 2023

Project Hopes to Apply Social Science to Clean and Affordable Hydrogen Energy

The University of Oklahoma's Carbon-Free H2 Production and Storage project, referred to as CHEPS, is set to receive an approximately $3.6 million Growing Convergence Research grant over a span of five years from the National Science Foundation.

19 Oct 2023

How do Corals Adapt to Environmental Changes and Pass on Resilience?

The factors influencing coral resilience, which relates to its capacity to adapt and endure environmental shifts, appear to be more complex than previously thought.

18 Oct 2023

Glaciology and Climatology Meet: New Model Sheds Light on Past Alpine Glaciers

The last glacial period began around 115,000 years ago, and was punctuated by cold and warmer cycles, resulting in the advance and retreat of glaciers that shaped the landscape of the European Alps and their surroundings, carving out valleys.

18 Oct 2023

Adding Social Costs to Carbon Emissions Helps Improve Water Quality in Gulf of Mexico

Climate policies can offer options for putting climate change efforts into place that solve environmental problems like excessive carbon dioxide in the atmosphere created by greenhouse gas emissions.

18 Oct 2023