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Study Predicts More Intense Droughts Due to Climate Change

An analysis of new climate model projections by Australian researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes shows southwestern Australia and parts of southern Australia will see longer and more intense droughts due to a lack of rainfall caused by climate change.

3 Jun 2020

Study Predicts Impact of Climate Change on Future Snowstorms

A new study led by Northern Illinois University scientists suggests American winters late this century could experience significant decreases in the frequency, intensity and size of snowstorms.

3 Jun 2020

New Synthesis of Refugia Science Developments in the Climate Change Context

The idea of preserving climate change refugia—regions pretty much buffered from existing climate change for sheltering valuable ecosystems, wildlife, and other natural resources—is only around 10 years old.

2 Jun 2020

Climate Change Could Have Serious, Irreversible Impacts on Glass Sponge Reefs

Warming ocean temperatures and acidification drastically reduce the skeletal strength and filter-feeding capacity of glass sponges, according to new UBC research.

2 Jun 2020

Study Looks at CO2 Uptake, Acidification in Coastal Oceans of North America

One of the earth's biggest allies in the fight against global warming is the world's oceans. Since the industrial revolution, the burning of fossil fuels has caused carbon dioxide, the dominant greenhouse gas, to be released into the atmosphere.

2 Jun 2020

Study Tests how Human Factors Shape Economic Outcomes of Climate Geoengineering

Climate engineering provides solutions that directly affect the incoming radiation from the sun and are able to rapidly offset the temperature increase.

2 Jun 2020

Land Sector Plays Crucial Role in EU's Climate Change Mitigation

In 2014, EU leaders agreed that all sectors should contribute to the European 2030 emission reduction target, including the land use sector, which did not count towards the achievement of the previous climate change mitigation goals.

1 Jun 2020

Using Satellite and Census Data to Improve Climate Change Policy

Bangladesh is on track to lose all of its forestland in the next 35-40 years, leading to a rise in CO2 emissions and subsequent climate change, researchers said.

1 Jun 2020

Study Analyzes Climate-Driven Abrupt Shifts in Vegetation

According to a new study by researchers from the University of Exeter, climate change could lead to sudden changes in the amount of vegetation grown in various parts of Great Britain.

1 Jun 2020

Research Project Seeks to Understand how Climate Change Affects Migration Patterns

The Hugo Observatory (University of Liège, Belgium) will coordinate the largest research project on climate change and migration to have ever been funded by the EC's Horizon 2020 programme.

29 May 2020