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Bacteria Contribute to Efficient Carbon Storage in the Ocean

Leipzig, Columbia (SC), Munich. The ocean is a large reservoir of dissolved organic molecules, and many of these molecules are stable against microbial utilization for hundreds to thousands of years.

1 Apr 2015

Climate Change Eats Into Profits of Soybean Farmers

Even during a good year, soybean farmers nationwide are, in essence, taking a loss. That's because changes in weather patterns have been eating into their profits and taking quite a bite: $11 billion over the past 20 years.

1 Apr 2015

Marine Ecosystems Can Take Thousands of Years to Recover from Climate-Related Upheavals

A 30-foot-long core sample of Pacific Ocean seafloor is changing what we know about ocean resiliency in the face of rapidly changing climate. A new study reports that marine ecosystems can take thousands, rather than hundreds, of years to recover from climate-related upheavals.

31 Mar 2015

Study Shows Global Warming Actually Tends to Reduce Temperature Variability

Cold snaps like the ones that hit the eastern United States in the past winters are not a consequence of climate change. Scientists at ETH Zurich and the California Institute of Technology have shown that global warming actually tends to reduce temperature variability.

30 Mar 2015

Natural, Anthropogenic Disturbances Can Reduce Resistance of Ecosystems to Changing Climatic Conditions

Undisturbed ecosystems can be resistant to changing climatic conditions, but this resistance is reduced when ecosystems are subject to natural or anthropogenic disturbances. Plants are particularly sensitive to climatic changes in early life stages and even small climatic changes can cause vegetation shifts when ecosystems are disturbed by fires, insect outbreaks or other disturbances.

30 Mar 2015

Human Intervention Affects Climate Footprint of Wetlands

Natural wetlands usually emit methane and sequester carbon dioxide. Anthropogenic interventions, in particular the conversion of wetlands for agriculture, result in a significant increase in CO2 emissions, which overcompensate potential decreases in methane emission.

27 Mar 2015

Peatlands Taken Into Agricultural Use Have Significant Warming Impact on Climate

Drainage and management of pristine peatlands increase greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. A recent study, based on a new, wide data set collected from northern peatlands indicates that particularly those peatlands which have been taken into agricultural use have significant warming impact on climate.

27 Mar 2015

Climate Change Adaptation Measures Could Further Threaten Local and Global Ecosystems

Adapting to climate change could have profound environmental repercussions, according to a new study from the University of East Anglia.

23 Mar 2015

Vertical Ocean Pipes May Actually Increase Global Warming

To combat global climate change caused by greenhouse gases, alternative energy sources and other types of environmental recourse actions are needed. There are a variety of proposals that involve using vertical ocean pipes to move seawater to the surface from the depths in order to reap different potential climate benefits.

20 Mar 2015

Database of Lake Surface Temperatures May Help Study Ecological Effects of Climate Change

A group of York University investigators and their international counterparts have jointly created a database of lake surface temperatures, to help study ecological effects of climate change.

19 Mar 2015