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Climate Change Will Bring Erratic Temperature Fluctuations During Summer in Europe

Summers in Europe will feature more unusually cooler days as well as hotter ones in the future due to climate change, new research has revealed.

19 May 2020

Climate Change Threatens Progress in the Fight Against Cancer

Climate change threatens prospects for further progress in cancer prevention and control, increasing exposure to cancer risk factors and impacting access to cancer care, according to a new commentary by scientists from the American Cancer Society and Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.

18 May 2020

Glacial Melting May Increase Ice Extent in the Southern Ocean

Tucked away at the very bottom of the globe surrounding Antarctica, the Southern Ocean has never been easy to study. Its challenging conditions have placed it out of reach to all but the most intrepid explorers.

18 May 2020

Study Finds Vegetation Changes can Outweigh Climate Change

Worldwide, grasslands that feed a majority of the grazing animals have been changing into shrublands in a so-called “woody plant encroachment.”

18 May 2020

Study to Aid Efforts to Model Climate Change and Reduce Pollution

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University collaborated with an international team of researchers and identified a previously unknown mechanism that enables the quick formation of atmospheric particles under specific conditions.

14 May 2020

Study Uncovers Connection Between Tropical Weather and U.S. Rainfall During El Niño

Researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science have uncovered a new connection between tropical weather events and U.S. rainfall during El Niño years.

14 May 2020

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