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Scientists Develop New Framework for Predicting the Response of Ecosystems to Marine Heatwaves

Marine heatwaves, driven by climate change, are becoming more frequent and intense worldwide.

11 Oct 2021

NSF-Funded Project to Establish Long-Term Network of Atmospheric Aerosol Monitoring Stations

A site near Delta Junction will be the Alaska research location in a $12 million multi-state project to determine the content of airborne particulate matter.

11 Oct 2021

Climate Models Misinterpret Effects of Black Carbon Aerosols from Seasonal Fires

A study led by the University of Exeter has revealed an underestimation of the complete magnitude of the impact of smoke from seasonal fires in Central Africa by certain climate models over the South-East Atlantic, specifically the potential climate warming caused by the black carbon component of the aerosol.

11 Oct 2021

Life Cycle of Dungeness Crab Offers Lessons on Possible Effects of Climate Change

Timing and seasonality are known to be components of complicated life cycles for several marine animals, such as the Dungeness crab. Hence, disturbances to these components can severely affect their population.

11 Oct 2021

New Online Guide for Home Bushfire Resilience

A new online bushfire best practice guide on how to improve the bushfire resilience of Australian homes and gardens will be launched Monday October 11, at 10.30am AEDT.

11 Oct 2021

Scientists Find Unprecedented Increase in Heat and Rainfall Extremes in Observational Data

A 90-fold increase in the frequency of monthly heat extremes in the past ten years compared to 1951-1980 has been found by scientists in observation data.

8 Oct 2021

Study Reports on a Previously Undocumented Climate-Driven Extinction Event

Sixty-three percent. That's the proportion of mammal species that vanished from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula around 30 million years ago, after Earth's climate shifted from swampy to icy. But we are only finding out about it now.

8 Oct 2021

Novel Framework for Reducing Energy Consumption Related to Residential Buildings

The summer of 2021 in Western Canada was one of the hottest on record. In BC alone, 59 weather stations registered their hottest temperatures ever on June 27.

8 Oct 2021

New Project Investigates the Safety-Relevant Effects of Fires Involving Electric Vehicles

The actual potential danger in the event of an accident with an e-car is still relatively unknown, but unsettling images of e-vehicles on fire are already widespread.

8 Oct 2021

New Effort to Make Honduran Coffee Sustainable Across Environmental, Economic and Social Fronts

Coffee, that savior of the underslept, comes with enormous environmental and social costs, from the loss of forest habitats as woodlands are converted to crops, to the economic precarity of small-scale farmers whose livelihoods depend on the whims of international markets.

8 Oct 2021