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Study Results Provide Long View on Global Temperature and Sea Level Rise

The damaging climate consequences of carbon emissions will grow and persist for millennia without a dramatic new global energy strategy, according to a new set of research-based climate change scenarios developed by an international team of scientists.

9 Feb 2016

Study Reveals Long Term Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on Climate Change

The Earth may suffer irreversible damage that could last tens of thousands of years because of the rate humans are emitting carbon into the atmosphere.

9 Feb 2016

Countries Emitting Least Amount of Greenhouse Gases More Vulnerable to Climate Change Effects

A new study by University of Queensland and WCS shows a dramatic global mismatch between nations producing the most greenhouse gases and the ones most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

8 Feb 2016

Dartmouth College-led Study Shows How Frost Induced by Climate Change Affects Early Plant Reproduction

Climate change may harm early-flowering plants not through plant-pollinator mismatch but through frost damage, a Dartmouth College-led study shows.

8 Feb 2016

JRC Scientists Reveal Biophysical Effects of Forest Losses

An article by JRC scientists published today in Science, reveals that the biophysical effects of forest losses substantially affect the local climate by altering the average temperature and even more the maximum summer temperatures and the diurnal and annual variations. These effects are most obvious in arid zones, followed by temperate, tropical and boreal zones.

8 Feb 2016

Clemson University Scientist Contributes to Study on Tropical Forests in Central and South America

Clemson University scientist Saara DeWalt is part of a collaborative study of second-growth tropical forests in Central and South America that will be published Feb. 11 in the journal Nature. DeWalt and dozens of other scientists contributed to the paper titled “Biomass Resilience of Neotropical Secondary Forests.”

5 Feb 2016

University of Alaska Fairbanks Develops Greenland Model to Determine Rise in Sea Levels

Glaciologists and mathematicians from the University of Alaska Fairbanks have carried out a study to discover how sea levels are affected by the glacier ice flowing off Greenland.

4 Feb 2016

Research on Gray Treefrogs Could Lead to Clues Regarding Climate Change

The year 2015 has been labeled as the hottest year on record, based on reports from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). A researcher from the University of Missouri claims that the rising temperatures and climate unpredictability could impact the sounds produced by gray treefrogs.

4 Feb 2016

Edinburgh Scientists Develop Maps to Predict Climate Change

The world’s natural landscapes depicted through detailed maps may help scientists predict climate change impacts in a better manner.

4 Feb 2016

New Study Shows Impact of Burning Fossil Fuels on the World’s Oceans

A University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science-led study shows that the North Atlantic absorbed 50 percent more man-made carbon dioxide over the last decade, compared to the previous decade. The findings show the impact that the burning of fossil fuels have had on the world’s oceans in just 10 years.

3 Feb 2016