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Fast-Warming Arctic is Transitioning to a New Climate Regime

The fast-warming Arctic has started to transition from a predominantly frozen state into an entirely different climate, according to a comprehensive new study of Arctic conditions.

15 Sep 2020

Study Provides Insight into How Soil Erosion may be Affecting Lifespan of Soils

A major new international study has provided a first worldwide insight into how soil erosion may be affecting the longevity of our soils.

15 Sep 2020

Dams Worsen the Effects of Climate Change on Fish Communities

A potential response of river fish to environmental changes is to colonize new habitats.

15 Sep 2020

Cracks in Antarctic Glaciers Accelerate Ice Shelf Instability

In recent years, the Pine Island Glacier and the Thwaites Glacier on West-Antarctica has been undergoing rapid changes, with potentially major consequences for rising sea levels.

15 Sep 2020

Human Emissions are Outpacing the Carbon Emitted by Ancient Volcanoes

A new study of an ancient period that is considered the closest natural analog to the era of modern human carbon emissions has found that massive volcanism sent great waves of carbon into the oceans over thousands of years--but that nature did not come close to matching what humans are doing today.

15 Sep 2020

Study Shows Most Europeans are not "Extremely Worried" about Climate Change

A majority of European citizens are not extremely worried about climate change. That was the remarkable finding from a new study on the views of 70,000 haphazardly sampled European men and women.

15 Sep 2020

Researchers Develop Novel Method to Produce Hydrogen from Biosolids

A team of researchers from RMIT University has developed a new technology that enables the use of biosolids to generate hydrogen from wastewater.

15 Sep 2020

New Green Fuel Product for the Off-Road Market Catches Eye of Speedy Hire Plc

FuelBox and Green Biofuels have together launched a brand new renewable, fossil-free, low emission fuel product for off-road vehicles which has already been taken up by Speedy Hire Plc, the UK’s leading tools and equipment hire company.

From Green BioFuels Ltd 15 Sep 2020

Researchers Quantify Worldwide Phosphorus Loss Due to Soil Erosion

Phosphorus is essential for agriculture, yet this important plant nutrient is increasingly being lost from soils around the world.

14 Sep 2020

Study Reveals How Climate Change Affects Insect Communities of the Arctic

Through a unique research collaboration, researchers at the University of Helsinki have exposed major changes taking place in the insect communities of the Arctic.

14 Sep 2020

Global Warming Could Lead to Depletion of Soil Phosphorus

A soil scientist from RUDN University found out that the resources of organic phosphorus in the soils of the Tibetan Plateau could be depleted because of global warming.

14 Sep 2020

New Australian Guidelines Launched to Ensure Consistent Climate Change Risks Assessments and Disclosure

An Australian-first collaboration between climate scientists, insurers and the finance sector has produced new guidance for assessing the physical risks - such as tropical cyclones, bushfires and floods - of climate change to homes, buildings and critical infrastructure.

14 Sep 2020

Historical Analysis from Tree Ring Data Overestimates Climatic Fluctuations

"Was there a warm period in the Middle Ages that at least comes close to today's? Answers to such fundamental questions are largely sought from tree ring data," explains lead author Josef Ludescher of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.

11 Sep 2020

Scientists Compile a High-Fidelity Record of Variations in Earth's Climate

For the first time, climate scientists have compiled a continuous, high-fidelity record of variations in Earth's climate extending 66 million years into the past.

11 Sep 2020