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Scientists Successfully Develop ‘Heat Resistant’ Coral to Fight Bleaching

A team of scientists has successfully produced in a laboratory setting a coral that is more resistant to increased seawater temperatures.

14 May 2020

Using Remote Sensing Methods to Estimate Methane Emissions

The greenhouse gas methane is a crucial factor of climate change in the Arctic and globally as well. Yet, methane emissions in the far north are difficult to measure across large regions.

13 May 2020

New Interactive Website Provides Climate Knowledge for Everyone

MIT Professor Kerry Emanuel has made it a personal mission to speak publicly about climate change. He felt a new and surprising duty to speak up after the scientific issue became politicized in the United States.

13 May 2020

New Study Analyzes Impacts of Global Warming on Hydropower Potential

A new study by researchers from IIASA and China investigated the impacts of different levels of global warming on hydropower potential and found that this type of electricity generation benefits more from a 1.5 °C than a 2 °C climate scenario.

12 May 2020

New Way To Gauge Methane Release Could Support Climate Change Predictions

A University of Alaska Fairbanks-led research team has developed a way to use satellite images to determine the amount of methane being released from northern lakes, a technique that could help climate change modelers better account for this potent greenhouse gas.

12 May 2020

Effects of Climate Change on Peatlands Could Worsen Wildfires, Global Warming

A group of 59 international scientists, led by researchers at Canada's McMaster University, has uncovered new information about the distinct effects of climate change on boreal forests and peatlands, which threaten to worsen wildfires and accelerate global warming.

12 May 2020

New AI Algorithm Could Help Study Effects of Climate Change on Oceans

Sonar is commonly used to map the ocean floor, and seabed composition (e.g. mud, clay or rock) affects the way the sound is reflected back.

11 May 2020

Study Predicts Sea-Level Rise of over 1 m by 2100 and over 5 m by 2300

An international study led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore scientists found that the global mean sea-level rise could exceed 1 metre by 2100 and 5 metres by 2300 if global targets on emissions are not achieved.

11 May 2020

Study Shows Extreme Heat/Humidity Combinations are Already Appearing

Most everyone knows that humid heat is harder to handle than the "dry" kind. And recently, some scientists have projected that later in the century, in parts of the tropics and subtropics, warming climate could cause combined heat and humidity to reach levels rarely if ever experienced before by humans.

11 May 2020

Study Investigates Impact of European Union Emissions Trading Scheme

A new study published in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists investigates the impact of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme, the largest international cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emissions in the world, on power plant fuel efficiency.

11 May 2020