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New Study can Help Reduce Carbon Footprint of Power Systems

A study on big droughts in the Greater Mekong region revealed findings that can help reduce the carbon footprint of power systems while providing insights into better designed and more sustainable power plants.

5 Mar 2021

New Method can Lead to More Eco-Friendly Fungicides That Protect Food Crops

New research reveals an essential step in scientists' quest to create targeted, more eco-friendly fungicides that protect food crops.

5 Mar 2021

Functional Eradication can Limit Impact of Invasive Species

Managing invasive species--not eliminating them altogether--is a better use of time and conservation resources in many cases, according to a study led by a University of Alberta biologist.

5 Mar 2021

Global Ocean Model Offers New Insight into Baby Sea Turtles

An exquisitely detailed global ocean model simulation from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has given scientists rare insight into where baby sea turtles may go in their "lost years" after they scramble off the sandy beaches where they are born and swim into the open ocean.

5 Mar 2021

Traffic Restrictions During Lockdown Led to a Sharp Decline in Air Pollutant Emissions

At the starting of the Corona pandemic in March 2020, the extensive mobility restrictions created a special condition for atmospheric sciences.

5 Mar 2021

Climate Change Possibly Caused Atlantic Warming During Pre-Industrial Era

A group of climate scientists analyzing a wide range of climate modeling experiments have found that volcanic eruptions, and not natural variability, caused an evident “Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation,” a so-called cycle of warming considered to have taken place for about 40 to 60 years during the pre-industrial era.

5 Mar 2021

Monitoring Methane Emissions From Gas Pipelines

For the first time, scientists, using satellite data from the Copernicus Sentinel missions, are now able to detect individual methane plumes leaking from natural gas pipelines around the globe.

5 Mar 2021

Nokia Announces it Will Halve Emissions From 2019 to 2030

Nokia today announced that it will reduce emissions by 50% across both its own operations and products in use by 2030. The company’s new Science Based Targets (SBTs) fulfill its commitment to recalibrate in line with a 1.5°C global warming scenario.

5 Mar 2021

Fossil CO2 Emission Cuts Need to Increase Tenfold to Meet Paris Agreement Climate Targets

New research shows 64 countries cut their fossil CO2 emissions during 2016-2019, but the rate of reduction needs to increase tenfold to meet the Paris Agreement aims to tackle climate change.

4 Mar 2021

Study Links Climatic Fluctuations Over the Past Century with Flower Color Changes

Clemson University scientists have linked climatic fluctuations over the past one and a quarter-century with flower color changes.

4 Mar 2021

Rising Temperatures Likely to Intensify Rainfall Extremes and Increase Short Thunderstorms

Climate experts have revealed that rising temperatures will intensify future rainfall extremes at a much greater rate than average rainfall, with largest increases to short thunderstorms.

4 Mar 2021

Understanding the Diet of Endangered Killer Whales can Help Focus on Recovery Efforts

Endangered Southern Resident killer whales prey on a diversity of Chinook and other salmon. The stocks come from an enormous geographic range as far north as Alaska and as far south as California's Central Valley, a new analysis shows.

4 Mar 2021

Study may Help with Management of Dolphin-Fishery Interactions in the Future

While consumers look out for the Dolphin Safe mark on seafood purchases, a major research stocktake of Australian-New Zealand waters gives new guidelines to managers of dolphin fisheries.

4 Mar 2021

New Center at Yale Focuses on Developing Natural Climate Change Solutions

A $100 million gift from FedEx will help fund a new center at Yale University focused on developing natural solutions for reducing atmospheric carbon. The Center for Natural Carbon Capture will support and accelerate applied research across academic disciplines, helping to establish a more sustainable and healthier future for our planet.

4 Mar 2021

Small-Scale Fisheries Reveal Valuable Approaches for Adaptability, Resilience to Climate Change

Coastal communities at the forefront of climate change reveal valuable approaches to foster adaptability and resilience, according to a worldwide analysis of small-scale fisheries by Stanford University researchers.

4 Mar 2021