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Employing Good Soil Practices Could Help Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Here’s the scientific dirt: Soil can help reduce global warming.

7 Apr 2016

New Study Offers Hope for Cold-Water Species in Face of Climate Change

New study highlights the role of electron diffusivity when turning waste heat into electricity

6 Apr 2016

Researchers Find Tighter Fishery Regulations are Required to Preserve Caribbean Coral Reefs

New science-based fishery regulations are needed if coral reefs are to have a future in the face of climate change.

5 Apr 2016

New Report Outlines Recommendations to Address Increase in Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia

The ocean chemistry along the West Coast of North America is changing rapidly because of global carbon dioxide emissions, and the governments of Oregon, California, Washington and British Columbia can take actions now to offset and mitigate the effects of these changes.

5 Apr 2016

Study Reveals New Cause of Exceptional Melting of Greenland Ice Sheet

A new study by researchers from Denmark and Canada's York University, published in Geophysical Research Letters, has found that the climate models commonly used to simulate melting of the Greenland ice sheet tend to underestimate the impact of exceptionally warm weather episodes on the ice sheet.

4 Apr 2016

Researchers Demonstrate Impact of Climate Change on Abundance of Common Birds

Scientists have shown for the first time that common bird populations are responding to climate change in a similar pronounced way in both Europe and the USA.

1 Apr 2016

Researchers Explore Effects of Weather and Climate on UK Viticulture

The idea of climate change turning the UK into a viable wine-making region may have boosted the industry in recent years. But cold snaps, sharp frosts and downpours threaten productivity – according to University of East Anglia research.

1 Apr 2016

Antarctica's Melting Ice Could Speed Sea-Level Rise

An ice sheet model that includes previously underappreciated processes indicates that sea level may rise almost 50 feet by 2500 due to Antarctic ice sheet melting if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, according to researchers from Penn State and University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

31 Mar 2016

Study Results Provide New Insights into Melting of Greenland Ice Sheet

Vanishing Arctic sea ice. Dogged weather systems over Greenland. Far-flung surface ice melting on the massive island.

29 Mar 2016

Researchers Find Way of Predicting Increased Chance of Summer Heat Waves

The formation of a distinct pattern of sea surface temperatures in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean can predict an increased chance of summer heat waves in the eastern half of the U.S. up to 50 days in advance.

29 Mar 2016