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Climate Change May Cause More Powerful Hurricanes, Tropical Storms

Climate change may be the driving force behind fewer, yet more powerful hurricanes and tropical storms, says a Florida State geography professor.

27 May 2015

New Light on Ice Sheet Evolution and Their Contribution to Sea Level Rise

ULB study sheds a new light on the stability of the Antarctic ice sheet. It shows for the first time that ice rises (pinning points that keep the floating parts of ice sheets in place) are formed during the transition between glacial and interglacial periods, which significantly slows down the response of the ice sheet to climate change.

27 May 2015

Implementation of the Montreal Protocol Benefits the Ozone Layer

We are already reaping the rewards of the Montreal Protocol, with the ozone layer in much better shape than it would have been without the UN treaty, according to a new study in Nature Communications.

27 May 2015

Climate Geoengineering May Help Save Coral Reefs from Mass Bleaching

Geoengineering of the climate may be the only way to save coral reefs from mass bleaching, according to new research.

26 May 2015

New North American Energy Ministers' Working Group on Climate Change and Energy Created

The Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources; Ernest J. Moniz, United States Secretary of Energy; and Pedro Joaquín-Coldwell, Mexico Secretary of Energy, today announced the creation of the North American Energy Ministers' Working Group on Climate Change and Energy.

26 May 2015

Scientists Use Mineral Cave Deposits to Find Clues about Prehistoric Climate Changes

When the conversation turns to the weather and the climate, most people's thoughts naturally drift upward toward the clouds, but Jessica Oster's sink down into the subterranean world of stalactites and stalagmites.

25 May 2015

Increasing Public Knowledge about Energy Issues May Help Improve Energy-Saving Behaviours

Increasing public knowledge and understanding about energy issues is vital if improved energy-saving behaviours are to be encouraged among individuals and organisations, a study suggests.

25 May 2015

Deeper Emissions Cuts Can Limit Climate Change to Less Than 1.5°C, Say Researchers

Limiting temperature rise by 2100 to less than 1.5°C is feasible, at least from a purely technological standpoint, according to the study published in the journal Nature Climate Change by researchers at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), and others. The new study examines scenarios for the energy, economy, and environment that are consistent with limiting climate change to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, and compares them to scenarios for limiting climate change to 2°C.

25 May 2015

Savannahs, Shrublands Play Extremely Important Role in Controlling Carbon Levels

Tropical rainforests have long been considered the Earth's lungs, sequestering large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and thereby slowing down the increasing greenhouse effect and associated human-made climate change. Scientists in a global research project now show that the vast extensions of semi-arid landscapes occupying the transition zone between rainforest and desert dominate the ongoing increase in carbon sequestration by ecosystems globally, as well as large fluctuations between wet and dry years. This is a major rearrangement of planetary functions.

25 May 2015

Arctic Warming Linked with Severe Weather in Other Countries

Professor Edward Hanna and PhD student Richard Hall, from the University of Sheffield’s Department of Geography, are part of a select group of international climate scientists investigating links between Arctic climate change and extreme weather in the northern mid-latitudes.

21 May 2015