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Climate Change may Lead to Higher Rates of Cancer

Climate change will bring an acute toll worldwide, with rising temperatures, wildfires and poor air quality, accompanied by higher rates of cancer, especially lung, skin and gastrointestinal cancers, according to a new report from UC San Francisco.

6 Nov 2020

Climate Change Will Have an Increasing Impact on Species' Geographical Ranges

Mammals, birds and amphibians worldwide have lost on average 18% of their natural habitat range as a result of changes in land use and climate change, a new study has found. In a worst-case scenario this loss could increase to 23% over the next 80 years.

6 Nov 2020

Atmospheric Observations Detect Reduction in Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions due to COVID-19 Restrictions

Tracking emissions of anthropogenic greenhouse gases by atmospheric observations is a major challenge for policymaking, such as the Paris Agreement.

6 Nov 2020

New Database Shows How Warming Climate Affects the Behavior of Arctic Animals

Three decades of data on animal migration and movements in the Arctic, tracked through a massive database developed by environmental engineers, shows that animals in one of Earth's coldest regions are shifting their behaviors because of climate change.

6 Nov 2020

Paleoclimate Data Could Help Scientists Better Predict Scenarios for Future Climate

An international team of climate scientists suggests that research centers around the world using numerical models to predict future climate change should include simulations of past climates in their evaluation and statement of their model performance.

6 Nov 2020

Plastic Pollution and Ocean Acidification Could Pose Combined Threat to Marine Species

The combined environmental threat of plastic pollution and ocean acidification are having significant impacts on species living in our oceans, according to new research.

6 Nov 2020

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Food Systems Key to Achieving Climate Goals

Reducing fossil fuel use is essential to stopping climate change, but that goal will remain out of reach unless global agriculture and eating habits are also transformed, according to new research from the University of Minnesota and University of Oxford.

6 Nov 2020

New Project Establishes a Record of Soil Changes Related to Climate, Human Activity in the Amazon

Conservation efforts on the edges of the Amazon forest, especially in light of recent deforestation by human disturbance, could help the region weather the storm of climate change, researchers say.

6 Nov 2020

Species can Become Extinct When Climate Change Happens Quickly

The climate seems to be getting warmer. This could be bad news for species that depend on stable and abundant access to food at certain times of the year.

6 Nov 2020

Higher CO2 Levels may not be Beneficial to Corn and Other Crops

Despite the continuous increase in carbon dioxide (CO2), the United States has backed out from the Paris climate accord

6 Nov 2020

Bioplastic Disposable Dishes can Damage the Marine Environment

A new Tel Aviv University study compares the effects of two types of disposable dishes on the marine environment -- regular plastic disposable dishes and more expensive bioplastic disposable dishes certified by various international organizations -- and determines that the bioplastic dishes had a similar effect on marine animals as regular plastic dishes. Moreover, the study finds that bioplastic does not degrade rapidly in the marine environment.

5 Nov 2020