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UrduThe European Union will provide 15 million euros from the Horizon 2020 Programme to fund the Arctic PASSION project for the period 2021 to 2025. Under the leadership of the Alfred Wegener Institute, a consortium of 35 partners will promote…
Tag: Climate Science
Most rivers run dry — now and then
Over half of the world’s rivers cease to flow for at least one day a year on average
Greenhouse gas data deep dive reaches new level of ‘reasonable and true’
URBANA, Ill. – For the most accurate accounting of a product’s environmental impact, scientists look at the product’s entire life cycle, from cradle to grave. It’s a grand calculation known as a life cycle assessment (LCA), and greenhouse gas emissions…
Making climate impact science more accessible to the public: ISIpedia launch
“Understanding the problem can be a powerful tool to help build a safe climate future for all,” says Katja Frieler, the ISIpedia project leader from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. “We are all decision-makers on this topic and…
The long view
Ecosphere journal highlights UCSB’s Long-Term Ecological Research sites in the effort to understand and predict the effects of climate change
As climates change, prepare for more mosquitoes in winter, new study shows
Mosquitoes can adjust to rapid changes in temperature, indicating that mosquitoes normally dormant during winter may become active year-round
Climate change leads to unprecedented Rocky Mountain wildfires
June 14, 2021 – Last fall, the Mullen fire west of Laramie raged for the better part of two months, burning more than 176,000 acres and 70 structures in Wyoming’s Carbon and Albany counties, and in Jackson County, Colo. Unfortunately,…
Pine Island Glacier’s ice shelf is ripping apart, speeding up key Antarctic glacier
For decades, the ice shelf helping to hold back one of the fastest-moving glaciers in Antarctica has gradually thinned. Analysis of satellite images reveals a more dramatic process in recent years: From 2017 to 2020, large icebergs at the ice…
UNESCO report calls for increases in investment in science in the face of growing crises
Paris, June 11 – Spending on science worldwide increased (+19%) between 2014 and 2018, as did the number of scientists (+13.7%). This trend has been further boosted by the COVID crisis, according to UNESCO’s new Science Report, The Race against…
Study of harvey flooding aids in quantifying climate change
How much do the effects of climate change contribute to extreme weather events? It’s hard to say–the variables involved are plentiful, each event is unique, and we can only do so much to investigate what didn’t happen. But a new…
Climate protection: Deep decarbonization by 2050 currently not plausible
Today the Hamburg-based Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” (CLICCS) publishes a new, essential study on climate futures. The study represents the first systematic attempt to investigate whether a climate future with net-zero carbon emissions is not only…
Soot from heaters and traffic is not just a local problem
Study from Thuringia shows: 50% of the soot that is harmful to health comes from local sources and 50% from long-distance transport
Coalition of scientists determine cause, scope of February 2021 Uttarakhand disaster
The researchers suggest that climate change is contributing to such events happening more frequently
Dinosaurs lived in greenhouse climate with hot summers
New climate reconstruction method provides precise picture of climate 78 million years ago
Assessing feasibility concerns in climate mitigation scenarios
While the IPCC is in the midst of the drafting cycle of the Sixth Assessment Report, whose publication will start in the second half of 2021 – one of the most relevant events for the global climate change community, there…
Culture shift needed to tackle climate crisis
Tackling the climate crisis will require embracing new ways of thinking and challenging dominant social and economic practices, a new book suggests. Experts from multiple fields argue that alternative approaches – beyond technological advances which do not challenge existing inequities…
Food systems offer huge opportunities to cut emissions, study finds
Greenhouse gases from food production are systematically underestimated, researchers say
Feeling hot and bothered? It’s complicated
Rising temperatures are increasingly affecting the quality of life in many regions, setting new challenges for architects, urban planners and healthcare systems. Researchers at KAUST have analyzed discomfort due to outdoor heat across Saudi Arabia and neighboring regions to help…
Experiment evaluates the effect of human decisions on climate reconstructions
The first double-blind experiment analysing the role of human decision-making in climate reconstructions has found that it can lead to substantially different results. The experiment, designed and run by researchers from the University of Cambridge, had multiple research groups from…
ORNL names new Innovation Crossroads cohort of entrepreneurs
Six science and technology innovators from across the United States will join the fifth cohort of Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Innovation Crossroads program in June. As the Southeast’s only research and development program for entrepreneurs based at a U.S. Department…
CO2 sensors in two urban areas registered big drop in emissions during COVID-19 pandemic
Scientists show they can reliably track changes in urban emissions by directly measuring CO2 in the air above cities
Study shows cities can consider race and income in household energy efficiency programs
Climate change and social inequality are two pressing issues that often overlap. A new study led by Princeton researchers offers a roadmap for cities to address inequalities in energy use by providing fine-grained methods for measuring both income and racial…
Climate warming to increase carbon loss in Canadian peatland by 103 per cent
Carbon loss in Canadian peatland is projected to increase by 103 per cent under a high emission scenario, according to new research led by scientists from the University of Waterloo. The results of the study, which was published today in…
Predicting the ocean: Improved forecast and insights for the Mediterranean and Black Seas
Marine forecasters face the challenge of predicting a very complex and constantly changing marine environment by applying ocean science, knowledge and technological skills to produce predictions of the state of the ocean . Operational forecasts are delivered daily in near…
Substantial carbon dioxide emissions from northern peatlands drained for crop cultivation
A new study shows that substantial amounts of carbon dioxide were released during the last millennium because of crop cultivation on peatlands in the Northern Hemisphere. Only about half of the carbon released through the conversion of peat to croplands…
NTU scientists establish new records of Singapore’s sea-level history
Nation’s ability to predict sea-level rise boosted with record going back to 10,000 years ago
Corals tell Arabian Sea story of global warming
Coral insights into 1,000 years of seasonal changes in the Arabian Sea warn of significant impacts caused by global warming. Every year, the southwesterly winds of the summer monsoon sweep down the Arabian Peninsula, pushing the surface waters of the…
Extreme rainfall: More accurate predictions in a changing climate
To limit the impacts of climate change it is essential to predict them as accurately as possible. Regional Climate Models are high-resolution models of the Earth’s climate that are able to improve simulations of extreme weather events that may be…
Are wind farms slowing each other down?
If the offshore wind turbines are too numerous, they will produce less power; this should be considered when planning the farms
Antarctica wasn’t quite as cold during the last ice age as previously thought
CORVALLIS, Ore. – A study of two methods for reconstructing ancient temperatures has given climate researchers a better understanding of just how cold it was in Antarctica during the last ice age around 20,000 years ago. Antarctica, the coldest place…
Tipping elements can destabilize each other, leading to climate domino effects
Interaction between the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets, the Atlantic overturning circulation, and the Amazon forest
CO2 emissions are rebounding, but clean energy revolutions are emerging
Climate change has worsened each year, but across the globe there are promising signs of real decarbonization, according to UC San Diego researchers
Less aviation during the global lockdown had a positive impact on the climate
Scientific study by scientists at Leipzig University, Imperial College London and the Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace in Paris
Record-breaking temperatures more likely in populated tropics
New research shows that most extreme heat events are going to occur in the tropics rather than the poles
Plastic waste in the sea mainly drifts near the coast
The pollution of the world’s oceans with plastic waste is one of the major environmental problems of our time. However, very little is known about how much plastic is distributed globally in the ocean. Models based on ocean currents have…
Dead zones formed repeatedly in North Pacific during warm climates, study finds
Over the past 1.2 million years, marine life was repeatedly extinguished in low-oxygen ‘dead zones’ in the North Pacific Ocean during warm interglacial climates
Greenhouse gas emissions from reservoirs higher than previously expected
VANCOUVER, Wash. – A new study in Global Biogeochemical Cycles shows per-area greenhouse gas emissions from the world’s water reservoirs are around 29% higher than suggested by previous studies, but that practical measures could be taken to help reduce that…
Ancient volcanic eruption destroyed the ozone layer
A catastrophic drop in atmospheric ozone levels around the tropics is likely to have contributed to a bottleneck in the human population around 60 to 100,000 years ago, an international research team has suggested. The ozone loss, triggered by the…
If countries implement Paris pledges with cuts to aerosols, millions of lives can be saved
A strategic approach to reducing both greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution can reap major health and temperature benefits, according to new UC San Diego research
Study pinpoints key causes of ocean circulation change
Researchers have identified the key factors that influence a vital pattern of ocean currents. The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) carries warm water from the tropics northward. Many scientists think that this heat transport makes areas including north-west Europe and…
Air quality improved during India lockdown, study shows
Research by scientists from University of Southampton (UK) and the Central University of Jharkhand (India) and has shown the first COVID-19 lockdown in India led to an improvement in air quality and a reduction in land surface temperature in major…
Global warming already responsible for one in three heat-related deaths
New estimates suggest Central and South America and South-East Asia most affected regions
Using fossil plant molecules to track down the Green Sahara
New publication: Researchers explain how vegetation was possible in the desert
Newly discovered African ‘climate seesaw’ drove human evolution
While it is widely accepted that climate change drove the evolution of our species in Africa, the exact character of that climate change and its impacts are not well understood. Glacial-interglacial cycles strongly impact patterns of climate change in many…
Extreme CO2 greenhouse effect heated up the young Earth
Very high atmospheric CO2 levels can explain the high temperatures on the still young Earth three to four billion years ago. At the time, our Sun shone with only 70 to 80 per cent of its present intensity. Nevertheless, the…
A fiery past sheds new light on the future of global climate change
Ice core samples reveal significant smoke aerosols in the pre-industrial Southern Hemisphere
Scientists call for international investment to tackle major wheat losses
Urgent investment in new tools is needed to address major global losses of wheat crops which cost £22 billion per year. Leading scientific experts are calling for governments around the world to come together and fund a new international research…
Seabirds’ success reveals asymmetry in ocean health
In a study that uniquely evaluates marine ecosystem responses to a changing climate by hemisphere, researchers report that the fish-eating, surface-foraging bird species of the Northern Hemisphere suffered greater breeding productivity stresses over the last half-century than their Southern Hemisphere…
World needs USD 8.1 trillion investment in nature by 2050 to tackle triple planetary crisis
Triple investments in nature-based solutions by 2030 or face USD 4.1 trillion gap in finance for nature up to 2050, warns new UN report
Climate skeptics not easily persuaded by available evidence, now or later
Quantitative modeling by University of Oregon environmental economist predicts strong skeptics are unlikely to change their beliefs, even in the face of mounting evidence