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Logging of Native Forests Increases Risk and Severity of Wildfires

Logging of native forests increases the risk and severity of fire and likely had a profound effect on the recent, catastrophic Australian bushfires, according to new research.

6 May 2020

New Webtool Predicts Past, Future Climate Change in European Agricultural Regions

A webtool giving an overview of climate change in Europe and predicting subsequent developments was created as a joint collaboration between French, Spanish, German and Estonian researchers.

6 May 2020

Study Predicts the US will be Exposed to Larger Number of Extreme Climate Events

By 2050, the United States will likely be exposed to a larger number of extreme climate events, including more frequent heat waves, longer droughts and more intense floods, which can lead to greater risks for human health, ecosystem stability and regional economies.

6 May 2020

Enacting Stricter Standard Could Motivate New Green Technology Development

When a government agency considers tightening a standard on a pollutant, it often considers the proportion of firms that can meet the new standard, because a higher proportion suggests a more feasible standard.

6 May 2020

Study Finds Severe Coral Loss is Due to Increase in Fish Biomass, Productivity

Research on the Great Barrier Reef has found severe coral loss to be associated with substantial increases in the size of large, long-living herbivorous fish.

6 May 2020

Sink or Swim: Mismatch Between Land and Seafloor Debris Revealed in Global Study

The Journal of Environmental Pollution has published a study by scientists at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency; Project AWARE, a global non-profit connecting community action and policy; and Ocean Conservancy, a US-based advocacy non-profit, that evaluated the relationship between land-based debris and what is found on corresponding seafloors.

6 May 2020

Mapping the Environmental Impact of Renewable Energy Plants

At the University of Southampton, scientists have successfully plotted the global sites of top renewable energy locations, offering a useful resource to help predict their possible impact on the environment.

5 May 2020

New, Efficient Module to Split Water to Produce Hydrogen Fuel

Researchers at Rice University have developed an efficient and inexpensive device that breaks down water to generate hydrogen fuel.

5 May 2020

Method for Recycling Used Nuclear Fuel Could Reduce Waste

Engineering researchers at Texas A&M University have developed a simple, proliferation-resistant technique for isolating different constituents of nuclear waste.

5 May 2020

Study Aims to Better Perceive How Climate Change in Arctic Impacts People

For people who live in the Arctic, sea ice that forms along shorelines is a vital resource that connects isolated communities and provides access to hunting and fishing grounds.

5 May 2020

Study Analyzes Impacts of Implementing Water Transfer or Waterway Projects

The study "The environmental costs of water transfers", published in Nature Sustaintability, studies the proposals for water roads to face the water crisis that affects Chile.

5 May 2020

Study Estimates Increase in Irrigated Areas by 2050 than Predicted Before

The amount of farmland around the world that will need to be irrigated in order to feed an estimated global population of 9 billion people by 2050 could be up to several billion acres, far higher than scientists currently project, according to new research.

5 May 2020

Warming Ocean Environment Could Increase Fisheries-Related Conflicts

A team of experts, led by a University of Rhode Island researcher, examined how climate change is affecting the ocean environment and found that the changing conditions will likely result in increased fisheries-related conflicts and create new challenges in the management of global fisheries.

5 May 2020

Climate Change Influences Locations of Where Deadly Storms Occur

While the global average number of tropical cyclones each year has not budged from 86 over the last four decades, climate change has been influencing the locations of where these deadly storms occur, according to new NOAA-led research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

5 May 2020

Study Analyzes Relationships Between Climate and Corn, Sorghum, Soybean Yield

If warming continues unabated in the Midwest, in 50 years we can expect the best conditions for corn and soybean production to have shifted from Iowa and Illinois to Minnesota and the Dakotas, according to Penn State researchers.

5 May 2020