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Clouds Likely to Enhance Global Heating, Satellite Data Reveals

A new approach to analyse satellite measurements of Earth's cloud cover reveals that clouds are very likely to enhance global heating.

20 Jul 2021

Research Weighs the Economic, Environmental Pros and Cons of Shorter Arctic Shipping Routes

The economic and environmental pros and cons of melting Arctic ice creating shorter shipping routes through the polar region are weighed up in ground-breaking research from UCL experts in energy and transport.

20 Jul 2021

Study Pinpoints Climate Damage due to Wild Pigs Across Five Continents

Wilds pigs are responsible for the release of about 4.9 million metric tons of carbon dioxide worldwide every year. This is because they uproot carbon sequestered in the soil. The amount released is almost equal to emissions from 1.1 million cars.

20 Jul 2021

Wrap’s Food and Drink Industry Agreement to Halve Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2030

With only four months until COP26, the UK has taken a bold step forward in reducing the impact food has on the natural world with a number of ambitious changes to its ground-breaking Courtauld Commitment voluntary agreement.

20 Jul 2021

Individual Protected Areas in Amazonia Show Variation in Fighting Deforestation and Carbon Emissions

While tropical forests remain threatened and their future is uncertain, the importance of understanding how well individual protected areas avoid deforestation increases.

19 Jul 2021

Wildfire Smoke may Greatly Increase Risk of COVID-19 Infection

Wildfire smoke may greatly increase susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to new research from the Center for Genomic Medicine at the Desert Research Institute, Washoe County Health District, and Renown Health in Reno, Nev.

19 Jul 2021

Study Reveals Corn and Soybean Adaptation to Climate Variations in the U.S.

U.S. corn and soybean varieties have become increasingly heat and drought resistant as agricultural production adapts to a changing climate.

19 Jul 2021

Interactive Online Tool for Planning Flood Prevention in Cities

Heavy rain and flooding are currently making headlines - as they did last winter. Floods like these, but also rising sea levels and storm surges, together with storms, represent the greatest natural hazard in terms of economic damage and can also threaten life and limb.

19 Jul 2021

Climate Change Likely to Increase Intense, Slow-Moving Storms Across Europe

Climate change is driving a large increase in intense, slow-moving storms, a new study by Newcastle University and the Met Office has found.

19 Jul 2021

Study Predicts Significant Increase in Slow-Moving Intense Rainstorms

A detailed study on the intense rainfall patterns induced by climate variations, throughout Europe, has revealed that there might be a notable increase in the occurrence of slow-moving intense rainstorms in the future. The study was performed by climate experts.

19 Jul 2021

Ocean Warming, Acidification Shift Temperate Coastal Reefs into Simpler Ecosystems

The once common kelp forests and abalone fisheries of the Shikine Island in Japan have now vanished. Scientists from Japan identified that these temperate coastal marine ecosystems are transforming into much “simple” ones, deprived of their biodiversity aesthetic values, and complexity.

19 Jul 2021

Automated Mooring Substantially Reduces Harmful Emissions in Helsinki City Centre

A cutting-edge technology for the fast mooring of ships deployed by the Port of Helsinki is estimated by DNV GL Maritime Advisory to reduce carbon dioxide and NOx emissions equivalent to taking some 5,000 diesel cars off the streets.

From Cavotec SA 19 Jul 2021

Emergence of Plant Colonies Altered the Climate Regulation Pattern of Earth

According to a new study by researchers from University College London (UCL) and Yale University, the arrival of plants on Earth around 400 million years ago may have altered the way the planet regulates its climate naturally.

16 Jul 2021

Researchers Advance a Low-Energy Way to Produce Methanol from Methane

A team of researchers from Stanford University and the University of Leuven in Belgium has further elucidated an intriguing process that could be an important step toward a methanol fuel economy with abundant methane as the feedstock, an advance that could fundamentally change how the world uses natural gas.

16 Jul 2021

Proliferation of Marine Animals and Terrestrial Plants Changed Key Mechanism Controlling Earth's Climate

Earth's climate was relatively stable for a long period of time. For three billion years, temperatures were mostly warm and carbon dioxide levels high - until a shift occurred about 400 million years ago.

16 Jul 2021