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Study Explores Factors that Influence People's Levels of Concern over Climate Change

A University of Otago study explored factors which influence Americans' levels of concern over climate change, providing discussion on how those factors could impact mitigation efforts.

29 Jan 2021

Thinning Surface Layer of Ocean Points to More Intense, Frequent Marine Heatwaves

When thick, the surface layer of the ocean acts as a buffer to extreme marine heating--but a new study from the University of Colorado Boulder shows this "mixed layer" is becoming shallower each year. The thinner it becomes, the easier it is to warm. The new work could explain recent extreme marine heatwaves, and point at a future of more frequent and destructive ocean warming events as global temperatures continue to climb.

29 Jan 2021

Increased Use of Antiviral Medication Could be Detrimental to the Enviroment

The increased global use of antiviral and antiretroviral medication could have a detrimental impact on crops and potentially heighten resistance to their effects, new research has suggested.

29 Jan 2021

Trade Restrictions by a Few Key Countries Could Increase Global Food Prices

Recent events such as the Covid-19 pandemic, locust infestations, drought and labour shortages have disrupted food supply chains, endangering food security in the process. A recent study published in Nature Food shows that trade restrictions and stockpiling of supplies by a few key countries could create global food price spikes and severe local food shortages during times of threat.

29 Jan 2021

New Catalyst Efficiently Produces Drinking Water, Hydrogen from Seawater

Seawater constitutes nearly 96% of all water on planet Earth, a fact that makes it an enticing resource to address the world’s ever-increasing demand for carbon-free energy and clean drinking water.

29 Jan 2021

Research Opens Up the Possibility of More Climate Efficient Trees, Sturdier Building Materials

A genetic engineering method makes it possible to observe how woody cell walls are built in plants. The new research in wood formation, conducted by the University of Copenhagen and others, opens up the possibility of developing sturdier construction materials and perhaps more climate efficient trees.

29 Jan 2021

Using Food Waste Byproducts for Agricultural Purposes

There's a better end for used food than taking up space in landfills and contributing to global warming.

28 Jan 2021

Newly Merged Global Surface Temperature Dataset Shows Consistent Increased Warming Trends

Earth is warming rapidly, but there is too little observational data in some regions such as the Arctic or high-altitude areas like the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau to adequately and consistently assess temperature variations across the globe.

28 Jan 2021

Smaller Hydropower Plants are More Responsible for River Fragmentation than Larger Projects

The development of small hydropower dams is widespread throughout Brazil and elsewhere in the world, vastly overshadowing large hydropower projects. The proliferation of these smaller dams is a response to growing energy and security needs.

28 Jan 2021

Rising Emissions from Global Land-Use Jeopardize Paris Climate Agreement Goals

One of President Joe Biden's first post-inauguration acts was to realign the United States with the Paris climate accord, but a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine demonstrates that rising emissions from human land-use will jeopardize the agreement's goals without substantial changes in agricultural practices.

28 Jan 2021

Devonian Marine Faunas Shine New Light on Mystery of Warming Seas

Members of Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences are shining new light on an enduring mystery--one that is millions of years in the making.

28 Jan 2021

Tackling Short-Lived Climate-Forcing Pollutants Could Provide Benefits

Climate change mitigation is about more than just CO2. So-called "short-lived climate-forcing pollutants" such as soot, methane, and tropospheric ozone all have harmful effects. Climate policy should be guided by a clearer understanding of their differentiated impacts.

28 Jan 2021

Leading Scientists Release a Compilation of Top 10 Insights in Climate Science

With impacts from climate change threatening to be as abrupt and far-reaching in the coming years as the current pandemic, leading scientists have released a compilation of the 10 most important insights on the climate from the last year to help inform collective action on the ongoing climate crisis.

28 Jan 2021

Achieving Carbon-Neutrality by 2050 is Feasible and Affordable

Reaching zero net emissions of carbon dioxide from energy and industry by 2050 can be accomplished by rebuilding U.S. energy infrastructure to run primarily on renewable energy, at a net cost of about $1 per person per day, according to new research published by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), the University of San Francisco (USF), and the consulting firm Evolved Energy Research.

28 Jan 2021

Newly Discovered Phenomenon in the Soil Could Exacerbate the Pace of Climate Change

Much of the earth's carbon is trapped in soil, and scientists have assumed that potential climate-warming compounds would safely stay there for centuries. But new research from Princeton University shows that carbon molecules can potentially escape the soil much faster than previously thought.

28 Jan 2021