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Limiting Global Warming to 1.5 Degrees Celsius is Not Plausible, Study Says

Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is currently not plausible, as is shown in a new, central study released by Universität Hamburg's Cluster of Excellence "Climate, Climatic Change, and Society" (CLICCS).

2 Feb 2023

New Analysis Reveals the Increased Destructiveness of Western Wildfires in 2010-2020

More than three times as many houses and other structures burned in Western wildfires in 2010-2020 than in the previous decade, and that wasn't only because more acreage burned, a new analysis has found.

2 Feb 2023

Significance of Benzene and Toluene Emissions in Climate Change

Plankton in polar oceans discharges benzene and toluene, two biological gases that contribute to cloud formation and impact climate, according to ICM-CSIC researchers.

1 Feb 2023

Underground CO2 Storage: A Safe Solution to Climate Change?

Research headed by the Spanish National Research Council’s (CSIC) Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA) and the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA CSIC-UIB) found that injecting billions of tons of atmospheric CO2 (carbon dioxide) underground has a low risk of leakage back to the surface.

1 Feb 2023

Understanding the Impact of Tipping Behavior Across Ecosystems

The tipping of one element of the Earth’s system has been speculated to catalyze the tipping of others in a cascade. A study provides an example of an alternative option in which the breakdown of one component may reduce the likelihood of another system tipping.

31 Jan 2023

Role of Ancestral Plasticity in Genetic Adaptations

The rate of environmental change is exceptionally hard for wild organisms. Individual plants and animals can possibly adapt their biology to effectively cope with new pressures when confronted with a new environment; this is known as phenotypic plasticity.

30 Jan 2023