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Solutions to Overcome Seasonal Variations in Urban Heat Island Effect

During the heat of summer, cities tend to swelter more than neighboring rural areas and suburbs. While the size of this urban heat island effect differs broadly among the world’s cities, heat island intensity can fundamentally be explained by a city’s precipitation level and population, scientists stated in a paper published in the journal Nature on September 4th, 2019.

5 Sep 2019

Around 2,000 New Amazon Fires Recorded Despite Burning Ban

New fires are searing through the Amazon forest at an alarming rate which is a cause for global concern.

2 Sep 2019

One-Third of UK Bird Species Affected by Climate Change

Over the past decade, the climate crisis has affected the number of bird species seen in and around the UK.

2 Sep 2019

WVU Researcher Sees Positive Implications of Climate Change

Climate change tends to either elicit end-of-the-world anxiety or brazen cynicism. Jason Hubbart, Director of Institute of Water Security and Science at West Virginia University, offers a more pinpointed approach.

28 Aug 2019

Study on Understanding Ambiguity in Estimates of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

National or other emissions inventories of greenhouse gases (GHGs) that are used to create policies and monitor the progress in emissions reductions for mitigating climate change involve some amount of ambiguity, which unavoidably affects the decisions they inform.

20 Aug 2019

Study Reveals Ice Sheets Influence Important Elements of the Earth’s Carbon Cycle

Ice sheets which presently cover about 10% of the Earth’s land surface, were believed to be frozen wastelands, barren with no life, and with suppressed chemical weathering 20 years ago—unrelated parts of the carbon cycle.

16 Aug 2019

New Study Could Help Develop More Efficient, Affordable Algae-Based Biofuels

Researchers from Rutgers University have found how diatoms—a kind of alga that can generate 20% of the atmospheric oxygen—are able to use solar energy for photosynthesis.

14 Aug 2019

Natural Gas Leakage is the Key Contributor to Atmospheric Methane in Los Angeles

When talking about anthropogenic climate change, carbon dioxide usually grabs the attention; however, it is not the only greenhouse gas emitted into the atmosphere by human activity. Neither is it the most powerful.

13 Aug 2019

New Study May Hold Implications for Mitigation of Climate Change

According to a new study headed by scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), structurally complex forests in the eastern United States sequester more carbon. In other words, the vegetation arrangement is extremely varied.

13 Aug 2019

Creating a Climate for Land-Use Change

As the IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land highlights pressure on dwindling land resources, TNC calls for solutions that work for people, the planet & wildlife.

13 Aug 2019