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Study Urges Transformation of Global Food Systems to Mitigate Climate Change

Since COP24 is slated to start next week—in parallel to meetings held on November 29th, 2018 in relation to food security at the European Commission and FAO/IFPRI in Bangkok—at present, there is a crucially significant opportunity to drive collective action across the world to revolutionize global food systems and mitigate climate change.

29 Nov 2018

MIT Continues Progress Toward Goal of Reducing Campus Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Despite a challenging year marked by a colder-than-usual winter and the construction of major new campus buildings, MIT has continued its progress toward its declared goal of reducing campus greenhouse gas emissions by 32 percent by the year 2030, as outlined in 2015 in the Institute's Plan for Action on Climate Change.

28 Nov 2018

Effective Management of the Marine Ecosystem Could Reduce Impact of Future Global Changes

According to a new study, increased oil and gas activities could merge with ocean acidification and ocean warming to have a major negative effect on marine organisms.

27 Nov 2018

Researcher Exposes Real Costs of Flying

Professor Renate Schubert believes flying is quite cheap. Air tickets would be more expensive if fuel tax, value-added tax (VAT), and CO2 tax were charged. Also, there would be fewer fabricated incentives.

26 Nov 2018

Changing Climatic Conditions Might Have an Impact on Peatlands’ Carbon Cycle

Continuous changes in climatic conditions can lead to various changes. For instance, they can increase microbial activities, modify microbial biomass and community composition, and activate decomposition of the organic matter in the deeper peat layers by altering the processes of microorganisms and by indirectly impacting the availability of substrates.

22 Nov 2018

New Research Exposes Growing Threats of Cumulative Climate Hazards Worldwide

A new research offers one of the most complete assessments yet of the impact of the simultaneous occurrence of many climate hazards. This study exposes that societies face a much greater threat from climate change than preceding studies have indicated.

20 Nov 2018

Study Shows Local Greenhouse Gas Concentrations and Arctic Climate Feedbacks Outweigh Other Processes

An increased surface warming in Alaska, Siberia, Canada, and in the Arctic Ocean in relation to global mean temperature rise has been revealed by long-term observations of surface temperatures.

20 Nov 2018

Scientists Chart Best Course to Save California’s Native Plants from Impacts of Climate Change

In view of the IPCC warnings that humans have merely 12 years to decrease greenhouse gas emissions by almost 50% or face considerably greater effects from climate change, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) are now planning the best route to save the native plants of California from these human threats.

20 Nov 2018

Preventing Problems Related to Climate Change Requires Changes in How Countries Look at Growth and Progress

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) conveyed a strong message to the international community with its recent report, issued in early October in South Korea: the world has to act at once to decrease greenhouse gas emissions.

16 Nov 2018

Outdoor Labs Offer Realistic Insights of Plant Response to Future Climate Change

If a seed is zapped into the future to see how it will react to climate change, how accurate will that prediction be? After all, seeds that essentially grow in the future would have experienced generations of genetic variations and adaptations that these “time traveling” seeds do not experience.

14 Nov 2018