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State of the Climate 2020 shows continued warming and increase in extreme weather events

Continued warming of Australia’s climate, an increase in extreme fire weather and length of the fire season, declining rainfall in the southeast and southwest of the continent, and rising sea levels are some of the key trends detailed in the latest State of the Climate report, released today by the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO.

13 Nov 2020

Arctic Researchers Reveal Unseasonably Warm Ocean Temperatures and Active Ecosystem

Arctic researchers Jacqueline Grebmeier and Lee Cooper have been visiting the Bering and Chukchi seas off Alaska for nearly 30 years, collecting information about the biological diversity of the watery world under the sea ice to understand how marine ecosystems are responding to environmental changes.

12 Nov 2020

Warm Atmospheric Rivers Play Key Role in Creating Massive Holes in Antarctic Sea Ice

Warm, moist rivers of air in Antarctica play a key role in creating massive holes in sea ice in the Weddell Sea and may influence ocean conditions around the vast continent as well as climate change, according to Rutgers co-authored research.

12 Nov 2020

Virtual Reality Approach Creates Visceral Experiences of Forests Under Climate Change

The effects of climate change are sometimes difficult to grasp, but now a virtual reality forest, created by geographers, can let people walk through a simulated forest of today and see what various futures may hold for the trees.

12 Nov 2020

Global Warming is Affecting Present-Day Hurricanes

According to a study recently published in a prominent journal, Nature, climate change is causing landfalling hurricanes to take more time to weaken.

12 Nov 2020

Coal Burning Streak Shows Urgent Need for Nuclear Power - NIA

Britain burned coal for electricity for eight consecutive days (3-10 November), according to data published by National Grid, the longest such streak in seven months. Burning gas has been Britain’s leading source of power throughout that time. Fossil fuels together have regularly provided more than 50% of our electricity.

12 Nov 2020

Breakthrough Can Help Drive New Recycling and Manufacturing Prerosperity

Research by the UNSW Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT) Centre has found a way that could start a new ‘green aluminium’ manufacturing revolution and bolster Government 2020 Budget and industry efforts to advance Australian manufacturing, and be more sustainable and create new jobs.

12 Nov 2020

€300 Million Loan from AFD to IFAD to Support Millions of Small-scale Farmers

In an effort to tackle the devastating impact of climate change on rural hunger and poverty, the French development agency, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), today signed a €300 million loan to the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to help small-scale farmers in high-risk countries build their resilience to shocks and increase their productivity.

12 Nov 2020

Researchers Detect Ancient Lake Bed Sealed Under the Greenland Ice

Scientists have detected what they say are the sediments of a huge ancient lake bed sealed more than a mile under the ice of northwest Greenland--the first-ever discovery of such a sub-glacial feature anywhere in the world.

11 Nov 2020

Using Satellites and Field Studies to Maximize the Success of Coral Restoration Efforts

Our planet's coral reef ecosystems are in peril from multiple threats.

11 Nov 2020

Reduced CO2 Emissions in Response to COVID-19 Mobility Restrictions

In the six weeks after the San Francisco Bay Area instituted the nation's first shelter-in-place mandate in response to the growing COVID-19 pandemic, regional carbon dioxide emissions dropped by 25%, almost all of it due to a nearly 50% drop in road traffic, according to new study from the University of California, Berkeley.

11 Nov 2020