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Ocean Bacteria Release Massive Amounts of Sulfur Gases that Influence Earth’s Climate

SAR11, the most abundant plankton in the world’s oceans, are pumping out massive amounts of two sulfur gases that play important roles in the Earth’s atmosphere, researchers announced today in the journal Nature Microbiology.

17 May 2016

World's Poorest Countries Expected to Experience Daily Heat Extremes Sooner than Wealthier Nations

Many of the world’s poorest countries are expected to experience daily heat extremes due to climate change sooner than wealthier nations – according to research from an international team including UEA.

17 May 2016

New Study Provides Key Insights into Sources of Methane

Researchers from the University of Cincinnati recently studied the sources of methane at three sites across the nation in order to better understand this greenhouse gas, which is much more potent at trapping heat in the atmosphere than is carbon dioxide.

17 May 2016

Communities with More Fish Species are More Productive and Resilient to Rising Temperatures

Fish provide protein to billions of people and are an especially critical food source in the developing world. Today marine biologists confirmed a key factor that could help them thrive through the coming decades: biodiversity.

17 May 2016

EcoSpec Project Aims to Make Reliable Forecasts of Future Climate Change

The term climate change is often associated with greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, but researchers want to discover what influence materials on the ground have.

16 May 2016

New Technique Uses Seismic Vibrations to Track Seasonal Changes in Greenland’s Ice Sheet

A novel method has been developed by researchers from Princeton University, MIT, and elsewhere that uses seismic vibrations created by ocean waves to track seasonal changes occurring in Greenland’s ice. The study could enable scientists to identify the ice sheet regions that are the most sensitive to melting.

9 May 2016

Researchers Discover Fossil Primate Species Stressed by Prehistoric Climate Change

Scientists from the University of Kansas have discovered a "mother lode" of six new fossil primate species in parts of southern China. Approximately 34 million years ago, these primate species eked out an existance soon after the Eocene-Oligocene transition.

6 May 2016

Collective Framing of Climate Change Causes More Effective than Individual, UC San Diego Study Suggests

What can you do about climate change? The better question might be: What can we do about climate change? University of California San Diego researchers show in a new study that framing the issue collectively is significantly more effective than emphasis on personal responsibility.

5 May 2016

People Concerned about Economy are More Skeptical about Climate Change

Americans may be more likely to accept the scientific evidence of human-caused climate change and its potentially devastating effects if they believe the economy is strong and stable, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.

5 May 2016

Tropical Cyclones Play Major Role in Increased Carbon Uptake by Southeast U.S. Forests

For people who reside in the southeastern United States, hurricanes continue to be a major source of worry, but according to a new study, residents of this region may now have a major upside on how to offset global warming. Earlier, Duke environmental engineer Ana Barros performed a study, which showed that a steady landfall of tropical cyclones is important for the region’s water supply and this can ultimately help in reducing droughts.

4 May 2016