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Seagrass Meadows can Mitigate Climate Change

Seagrass meadows can be a powerful nature-based climate solution and help sustain communities hard-hit by stressors such as the COVID-19 pandemic, but these important ecosystems continue to decline.

9 Jun 2020

Study Shows Impact of Climate Change on Shelf Seafood Webs

In the past six decades, the changing climate has resulted in a shortage of summer nutrients that has contributed to a 50% reduction in crucial North-East Atlantic plankton.

8 Jun 2020

Ocean Warming Caused by Climate Change may Impact Habitat of Lobsters, Sea Scallops

Researchers have projected significant changes in the habitat of commercially important American lobster and sea scallops on the Northeast U.S. continental shelf.

8 Jun 2020

Weir Crowdfunding for Fish and Renewable Energy #WorldEnvironmentDay

Coinciding with World Environment Day 2020, Settle Hydro has launched a new crowdfunding campaign to protect migrating fish and improve generation of clean electricity at the site, which has seen the effects of climate change reflected in the unprecedented extremes of high and low river levels this year.

5 Jun 2020

New Data Show Previous Estimates of the Climate Impact of Cattle Grazing are off

Scientists have shown that direct emissions of a powerful greenhouse gas from certain pasture types are lower than previously thought - meaning the climate impact of grass-fed cattle herds may be overestimated.

5 Jun 2020

New Tool Helps Understand Underlying Climate Scenarios

To make climate scenarios work for decision-makers, an international team of researchers developed a comprehensive interactive online platform.

5 Jun 2020

Drainage of Peatlands in Southeast Asia Contributes to Climate Change

In less than three decades, most of Southeast Asia's peatlands have been wholly or partially deforested, drained, and dried out.

5 Jun 2020

Coastal Population Highly Vulnerable to Climate Change-Driven Changes

A new study finds that about 31 million people worldwide live in coastal regions that are "highly vulnerable" to future tropical storms and sea-level rise driven by climate change.

5 Jun 2020

Mangroves Will Not Survive Rising Sea-Levels if Carbon Emissions Go Unchecked

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), and an international research team have predicted that by 2050, mangroves will not be able to survive rising sea-levels if global carbon emissions are not reduced.

5 Jun 2020

‘Starting Gun Fired’ on Region’s Own Climate Change Strategy to Eradicate Emissions by 2050

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, led by Mayor James Palmer, has today announced Baroness Brown of Cambridge as Chair of a new independent Climate Change Commission for the region, which will begin work this month.

4 Jun 2020