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New Study Quantifies Impact of Droughts on Emissions Due to Power Generation from Fossil Fuels as Alternative

There was an increase in emissions of harmful air pollutants and carbon dioxide from power generation plants in various western U.S. states due to the recent droughts.

24 Dec 2018

Climate Projections for Northeastern United States Using High-Resolution Regional Model

A new MIT-led study projects a dramatic increase in annual high-heat days in the U.S. Northeast by the century’s end.

21 Dec 2018

Study Shows Forests, Similar to Humans, Require a Balanced Diet

Forests around the world are on a fast food diet of carbon dioxide, which is presently causing them to grow faster.

20 Dec 2018

Even Slight Changes in Oxygen Levels Can have Big Consequences for Tiny Marine Organisms

According to the findings of oceanographers at The University of Rhode Island, even slight levels of ocean oxygen loss, or deoxygenation, have significant impact on tiny marine organisms known as zooplankton.

20 Dec 2018

Hawksbill Turtles are Critically Endangered Due to Effects of Climate Change

Hawksbill turtles are not the only marine turtles vulnerable by the destabilizing effects of climate change, but a new research from scientists at Florida State University reveals that this critically endangered species could be at higher risk.

17 Dec 2018

Applying Information Theory for the Quick Identification of Climate Record Anomalies

The history of Earth’s climate is penned on ice. Interpreting it is a matter of decoding the complex signals extracted from isotopes accumulated tens of thousands of years and frozen miles below the surface of Antarctica.

17 Dec 2018

Study Shows Organically Farmed Food Has Bigger Climate Impact than Conventionally Farmed Food

According to a new international study that involved Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, organically farmed food has a bigger impact on climate when compared to traditionally farmed food because the former process requires greater areas of land.

14 Dec 2018

Research Consortium Makes Efforts to Develop New Climate Model from Scratch

With a most certain change in climate together with the uncertainty that looms with respect to predicting how it will change, engineers and researchers from across the United States are working together to develop an innovative climate model designed to offer highly precise and actionable predictions.

14 Dec 2018

Study Examines the Effect of Climate Change on U.S. Agriculture

A new research headed by Cornell University has revealed that Midwest agriculture is becoming more and more susceptible to climate change owing to the region’s dependence on the cultivation of rain-fed crops.

13 Dec 2018

New MIT Reports Propose Practical Emissions-Reduction Strategies for Latin America and Southeast Asia

The 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), presently assembling in Katowice, Poland, amid grim warnings from the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C and the National Climate Assessment regarding the speed of climate change and severity of its effects, strives to get the world on track to maintain global warming much below 2 °C.

11 Dec 2018