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Practical Alternatives for the Chemical Industry to Achieve Climate Goals

The Federal Council in Switzerland has made a resolution to make the nation carbon-neutral by 2050.

7 Apr 2020

Climate Change to Impact Complex Food Webs in the Oceans

Global climate change will affect fish sizes in unpredictable ways and, consequently, impact complex food webs in our oceans, a new IMAS-led study has shown.

7 Apr 2020

Study Provides Vital Insight Into How the Ocean Responds to Climate Change

We're familiar with how climate change is impacting the ocean's biology, from bleaching events that cause coral die-offs to algae blooms that choke coastal marine ecosystems, but it's becoming clear that a warming planet is also impacting the physics of ocean circulation.

7 Apr 2020

Ocean's "Biological Carbon Pump" Found to be More Efficient Than Previously Estimated

Every spring in the Northern Hemisphere, the ocean surface erupts in a massive bloom of phytoplankton. Like plants, these single-celled floating organisms use photosynthesis to turn light into energy, consuming carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen in the process.

7 Apr 2020

Study Shows How Stream Pollutants from Mountaintop Mining Get Out of Water

Since the 1980s, a sprawling mountaintop removal mining complex in southern West Virginia has been leaching pollutants -- such as selenium -- into nearby streams at levels deemed unsafe for aquatic life.

7 Apr 2020

England's Protected Coasts Exposed to Litter in the Same Way as Unprotected Areas

Beaches in or near England's Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have the same levels of litter as those in unprotected areas, new research shows.

7 Apr 2020

Methane can be Harvested by Deep-Sea Bacteria and Worms

Researchers at Caltech and Occidental College have identified a methane-fueled symbiosis that exists between bacteria and worms at the seafloor, offering new insights into the ecology of deep-sea environments.

6 Apr 2020

Research Highlights Vulnerability of Drylands to Severe Climate Change

A research team led by Washington State University has found that while drylands around the world will expand at an accelerated rate because of future climate change, their average productivity will likely be reduced.

6 Apr 2020

Study Sheds Light on the Role of Northern Peatlands in Regulating Climate

A Nordic study sheds new light on the role of northern peatlands in regulating the regional climate. According to the researchers, peatlands will remain carbon sinks until the end of this century, but their sink capacity will be substantially reduced after 2050, if the climate warms significantly.

6 Apr 2020

Study Shows How Global Demographic Transition Impacts Food System Sustainability

As rural masses migrate to urban areas, populations grow, and people work toward better living standards, global food system sustainability pays a high price, according to a new analysis spanning low- to high-income countries.

6 Apr 2020

Faster Atlantic Currents Drive Expansion of Temperate Species in the Arctic Ocean

The Arctic Ocean increasingly resembles the Atlantic, not only regarding its temperature but also the species that live there.

6 Apr 2020

Study Shows How Coastal Pollution Impact Genetic Diversity of Corals

A new study by researchers at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) found that human-induced environmental stressors have a large effect on the genetic composition of coral reef populations in Hawai'i.

6 Apr 2020

Low-Carbon Technologies Allow Faster Transition to Net-Zero Emissions

A new study performed by an international group of researchers shows that smaller scale low-carbon technologies that are more cost-effective and can be mass deployed could allow a quicker transition to net-zero emissions.

3 Apr 2020

Ice Sheet Models Predict Higher Rates of Sea-Level Rise

A team of glaciologists has formulated an equation that takes the motion of ice resting on soft, deformable ground beneath strangely fast-moving parts of ice sheets into account.

3 Apr 2020

New Energy Strategy in Cameroon to Help Avert Deaths and Reduce Global Temperatures

A new study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, has found that clean cooking with liquified petroleum gas (LPG) could avert 28,000 premature deaths and reduce global temperatures through successful implementation of a new national household energy strategy in Cameroon.

3 Apr 2020