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On the ‘Elevator to Extinction’: Arctic-alpine Plants Endangered in Scottish Highlands

Rare arctic-alpine plants are being driven higher up Scotland’s mountains by climate change and will soon become extinct if we don’t intervene, new research from the University of Stirling has found.

14 Jul 2022

Research Team Detects High Levels of Microplastic Pollution in the Western Pacific Kuril-Kamchatka Trench

High levels of microplastic pollution have been detected by a research team in the Western Pacific Kuril-Kamchatka Trench.

13 Jul 2022

New Study Outlines the Hydrological Impact of Lithium Mining

A groundbreaking new study recently published in the journal Earth's Future and led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in collaboration with the University of Alaska Anchorage, is the first to comprehensively account for the hydrological impact of lithium mining.

13 Jul 2022

Research Provides a Scientific Basis for Nations to Make Legal Climate Liability Claims

A sound scientific basis exists for climate liability claims between individual countries, according to a Dartmouth study.

13 Jul 2022

Could Naming Heatwaves Help the UK Prepare for Them?

According to the leading researchers, the UK must name heatwaves as part of an efficient early warning system to safeguard the most at risk.

13 Jul 2022

Plankton Likely to Store More Carbon in the Next Century

In the coming century, experts at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the University of Bristol expect that the quantity of carbon stored by tiny plankton will grow.

12 Jul 2022

Climate Change Reveals a Treasure Trove of Information in Melting Ice Patches

One day more than 3000 years ago, someone lost a shoe at the place we today call Langfonne in the Jotunheimen mountains. The shoe is 28 cm long, which roughly corresponds to a modern size 36 or 37. The owner probably considered the shoe to be lost for good, but on 17 September 2007 it was found again - virtually intact.

12 Jul 2022

Hallett Group Launches $125m Green Cement Project Across Port Adelaide and Regional SA Today

A green cement project worth $125 million that will reduce Australian carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 300,000 tonnes per annum immediately, growing to approximately one million tonnes per annum in the future, is taking shape across Port Adelaide, Port Augusta, Port Pirie and Whyalla.

12 Jul 2022

Reduced Overseas Travel Helps Lower Event CO2 Emissions in Tokyo 2020 Olympics

If organizers are ready to make certain modifications, major international sporting events may considerably lower their carbon footprint, according to a tourism expert.

11 Jul 2022

Climate Change Likely to Increase Potential for Wine Production

A new study discloses how climate change is increasing the ability of wine production in the United Kingdom.

11 Jul 2022

The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Fishing and Agriculture in Tropical Coastal Communities

A study in partnership with the ICM-CSIC has concentrated on the effects of climate change on 72 coastal communities situated in the Indo-Pacific region, where agriculture and fishing are considered to be essential for local economies.

11 Jul 2022

Computer Model Shows a More Nuanced Relationship Between Sea Level Rise and Barrier Island Retreat

Barrier islands protect the coastline from storms, storm surge, waves and flooding. They can act as a buffer between the ocean and beachfront property. As sea level rises, barrier islands retreat, or move closer toward the shore, which diminishes the buffer and protection.

11 Jul 2022