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Global Warming will Increase Heat-Related Deaths in the Coming Decades

Various studies have suggested that global warming will lead to a decrease in cold-attributable mortality and an increase in deaths caused by heat.

8 Jul 2021

New Details on Possible Climate Changes for the Coming Decades

The GERICS climate outlooks show climate changes at this regional scale for the first time.

8 Jul 2021

Study Reveals Rising Mortality Rates Due to Abnormal Temperatures Over 2 Decades

More than five million extra deaths a year can be attributed to abnormal hot and cold temperatures, according to a world first international study led by Monash University.

8 Jul 2021

Cold-Adapted Arctic Birds are Vulnerable to Heat Stress Caused by Climate Change

The Arctic is warming at approximately twice the global rate. A new study led by researchers from McGill University finds that cold-adapted Arctic species, like the thick-billed murre, are especially vulnerable to heat stress caused by climate change.

8 Jul 2021

Experts Refute River Murray Estuary Claims

A team of scientists, led by The University of Adelaide’s Associate Professor John Tibby, has confirmed that the lower River Murray was not an estuary in the mid-Holocene period (more than 7000 years ago) – reinforcing scientific evidence likely to influence important river management policy decisions.

8 Jul 2021

Research Project for the Use of Hydrogen in Aviation Starts in Hamburg

The aerospace industry is preparing for flying with hydrogen. In Hamburg, the world's third-largest aviation center, a new development platform is being launched to test the new technology from as early as 2022.

8 Jul 2021

Plummeting Cost of Solar Photovoltaics Could Help Revise Plans for Dams

For many countries in Southeast Asia, huge hydropower plants are considered a key source of clean and inexpensive electricity. Yet, dams tend to affect the environment and pose dreadful impacts to local communities.

7 Jul 2021

Healthy Bacteria can Help Plants Sustain Climate Change

At the University of Massachusetts Amherst, scientists recently found that the ability of agricultural grasses to sustain drought conditions is directly associated with the health of the microbial community surviving on their leaves, stems, and seeds.

7 Jul 2021

Night-Time Lighting has Unpredictable Effects on Animal Vision

Changes in the colour and intensity of light pollution over the past few decades result in complex and unpredictable effects on animal vision, new research shows.

7 Jul 2021

New Studies Document the Likelihood of Climate Tipping in Earth Subsystems

Two model studies document the probability of climate tipping in Earth subsystems.

7 Jul 2021

New Algorithm can Make World's Computer Servers More Climate Friendly

An elegant new algorithm developed by Danish researchers can significantly reduce the resource consumption of the world's computer servers.

7 Jul 2021

Researchers Predict the Development of Cod Stocks a Decade in Advance

The future of cod stocks in the North Sea and the Barents Sea may be much easier to predict than before.

7 Jul 2021

Detritivore Diversity Loss may Have Dire Consequences, Study Suggests

The fast-moving decline and extinction of many species of detritivores -- organisms that break down and remove dead plant and animal matter -- may have dire consequences, an international team of scientists suggests in a new study.

7 Jul 2021

New $10 Million Grant Aims to Make U.S. Dairy Industry Carbon Neutral

A new $10 million grant aims to help the U.S. dairy industry become at least carbon neutral while supporting farmer livelihoods - providing important insight for New York state, which ranks fourth in milk production nationwide.

7 Jul 2021

Researchers Find No Single Solution for Dealing with Food Waste Disposal in the U.S.

The expected decline in the number of landfills across the United States coupled with bans on disposing large amounts of organic waste in landfills that have been enacted in multiple states has prompted researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory to examine other ways to grapple with the issue of food waste disposal.

7 Jul 2021