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Climate Scientists Propose Sixth Hurricane Classification for Intense Storms

For more than 50 years, the National Hurricane Center has used the Saffir-Simpson Windscale to communicate the risk of property damage; it labels a hurricane on a scale from Category 1 (wind speeds between 74 – 95 mph) to Category 5 (wind speeds of 158 mph or greater).

6 Feb 2024

Daytime Heat Up: New Warming Pattern Could Disrupt Life on Earth

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, have discovered a change in what scientists already knew about global warming dynamics.

5 Feb 2024

Permafrost Constrains and Shapes Arctic Rivers

New research from Dartmouth provides the first evidence that the Arctic's frozen soil is the dominant force shaping Earth's northernmost rivers.

5 Feb 2024

Unpacking the Psychology of Climate Change Denial

Do climate change deniers bend the facts to avoid having to modify their environmentally harmful behavior? Researchers from the University of Bonn and the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) ran an online experiment involving 4,000 US adults, and found no evidence to support this idea.

5 Feb 2024

How to Minimize Pet's Contribution to Water Pollution

Recent research discloses that handwashing in the weeks following spot-on flea and tick treatments is the primary source of pet pesticide pollution in rivers.

5 Feb 2024

2023 Ocean Heatwave: A Glimpse of 3°C Warmer Climate in the Future

Record-high ocean temperatures observed in 2023 could become the norm if the world moved into a climate that is 3.0 deg.C warmer than pre-industrial levels, according to a new study.

2 Feb 2024

Greenland Consumes More Methane Than It Releases, Study Finds

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have concluded that the methane uptake in dry landscapes exceeds methane emissions from wet areas across the ice-free part of Greenland.

1 Feb 2024

Low-Carbon Biofuels Combat Climate Change and Health Risks

The UMA is engaged in a global research initiative alongside the Future Power Systems Group at the University of Birmingham (UK).

1 Feb 2024

Climate Change Threatens Older Elephants Most, Jeopardizing African Elephants’ Future

A collaborative team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which runs the world’s largest field conservation program, has conducted first-of-its kind research into how global climate change affects African elephants.

1 Feb 2024