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Released: 26-Mar-2021 10:05 AM EDT
The persistent danger after landscape fires
University of Vienna

Every year, an estimated four percent of the world's vegetated land surface burns, leaving more than 250 megatons of carbonized plants behind. For the first time, a study by the University of Vienna has now recorded elevated concentrations of environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFR) in these charcoals - in some cases even up to five years after the fire.

11-Mar-2021 8:05 AM EST
Scientists stunned to discover fossil plants beneath mile-deep Greenland ice—indicating risk of rapid sea-level rise
University of Vermont

Scientists found frozen plant fossils, preserved under a mile of ice on Greenland. The discovery helps confirm a new and troubling understanding that the Greenland Ice Sheet has melted entirely during recent warm periods in Earth’s history—like the one we are now creating with human-caused climate change.

Released: 16-Feb-2021 1:25 PM EST
Climate change likely drove the extinction of North America's largest animals
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

A new study published in Nature Communications suggests that the extinction of North America's largest mammals was not driven by overhunting by rapidly expanding human populations following their entrance into the Americas.

Released: 9-Feb-2021 11:55 AM EST
Limiting Warming to 2 C Requires Emissions Reductions 80% Above Paris Agreement Targets
University of Washington

Even if all countries meet their Paris Agreement goals for reducing emissions, Earth has only a 5% chance of staying below 2 C warming this century, a 2017 study showed. But reductions about 80% more ambitious, or an average of 1.8% drop in emissions per year rather than 1% per year, would be enough to meet the agreement's stated goal, analysis shows.

2-Feb-2021 5:05 PM EST
Global Warming Found to Be Culprit for Flood Risk in Peruvian Andes, Other Glacial Lakes
University of Washington

Human-caused warming is responsible for increasing the risk of a glacial outburst flood from Peru’s Lake Palcacocha, threatening the city below. This study is the first to directly link climate change with the risk of flooding from glacial lakes, which are growing in number and size worldwide.

Released: 2-Feb-2021 10:05 AM EST
Research finds link between CO2, big volcano eruptions
University of Georgia

Volcanologists from the University of Georgia and two Swiss universities found a link between carbon dioxide and the volume of gas trapped in magma, which could help predict the intensity and magnitude of a volcanic eruption.

Released: 29-Jan-2021 2:45 PM EST
Arctic warming and diminishing sea ice are influencing the atmosphere
University of Helsinki

The researchers of the Institute for Atmospheric and Earth system research at the University of Helsinki have investigated how atmospheric particles are formed in the Arctic. Until recent studies, the molecular processes of particle formation in the high Arctic remained a mystery.

Released: 21-Jan-2021 1:30 PM EST
Debunking Senator Ted Cruz's Claims on Rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

Rejoining the Paris Agreement signals that the United States intends to do its part to cut global emissions to reduce future warming and, importantly, to reduce future losses from climate-worsened disasters for all Americans.

   
Released: 15-Dec-2020 11:05 AM EST
Climate Change Threatens U.S. Coastal Cities’ Most Affordable Housing With Flooding
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

Research co-authored by University of California scientists has found that by 2050, as many as 24,500 affordable housing units in the United States are projected to be exposed to coastal flooding.

   
Released: 25-Nov-2020 7:30 AM EST
In fire-prone West, plants need their pollinators — and vice versa
Washington University in St. Louis

2020 is the worst fire year on record in the United States. In the face of heartbreaking losses, effort and expense, scientists are still grappling with some of the most basic questions about how fire influences interactions between plants and animals in the natural world. A new study grounded in the northern Rockies explores the role of fire in the finely tuned dance between plants and their pollinators.

Released: 23-Nov-2020 1:50 PM EST
Global warming likely to increase disease risk for animals worldwide
University of Notre Dame

Changes in climate can increase infectious disease risk in animals, researchers found — with the possibility that these diseases could spread to humans, they warn.

Released: 21-Oct-2020 8:05 AM EDT
What cold lizards in Miami can tell us about climate change resilience
Washington University in St. Louis

It was raining iguanas on a sunny morning. Biologist James Stroud’s phone started buzzing early on Jan. 22. A friend who was bicycling to work past the white sands and palm tree edges of Key Biscayne, an island town south of Miami, sent Stroud a picture of a 2-foot-long lizard splayed out on its back. With its feet in the air, the iguana took up most of the sidewalk.

12-Oct-2020 12:25 PM EDT
Ground-breaking discovery finally proves rain really can move mountains
University of Bristol

A pioneering technique which captures precisely how mountains bend to the will of raindrops has helped to solve a long-standing scientific enigma.

22-Sep-2020 10:45 AM EDT
Antarctic Ice Loss Expected to Affect Future Climate Change
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

In a new climate modeling study that looked at the impacts of accelerated ice melt from the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) on future climate, a team of climate scientists reports that future ice-sheet melt is expected to have significant effects on global climate.

Released: 17-Sep-2020 5:20 PM EDT
Up to 15 inches of sea-level rise from ice sheets by 2100 predicted by international modeling collaboration
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory, working with three dozen other institutions from around the world, has helped to create the most accurate prediction of how melting ice in Antarctica and Greenland will contribute to global sea-level rise.

Released: 16-Sep-2020 12:10 PM EDT
Marine animals live where ocean is most ‘breathable,’ but ranges could shrink with climate change
University of Washington

Research shows that many marine animals already inhabit the maximum range of breathable ocean that their physiology allows. The findings are a warning about climate change: Since warmer waters harbor less oxygen, stretches of ocean that are breathable today for a species may not be in the future.

Released: 9-Sep-2020 9:00 AM EDT
Land Development in New Jersey Continues to Slow
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Land development in New Jersey has slowed dramatically since the 2008 Great Recession, but it’s unclear how the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to fight societal and housing inequality will affect future trends, according to a Rutgers co-authored report. Between 2012 and 2015, 10,392 acres in the Garden State became urban land. That’s 3,464 acres a year – far lower than the 16,852 acres per year in the late 1990s and continuing the trend of decreasing urban development that began in the 2008 Great Recession.

Released: 13-Aug-2020 11:35 AM EDT
Warming Greenland ice sheet passes point of no return
Ohio State University

Nearly 40 years of satellite data from Greenland shows that glaciers on the island have shrunk so much that even if global warming were to stop today, the ice sheet would continue shrinking.

Released: 16-Jul-2020 8:45 AM EDT
Breakthrough in studying ancient DNA from Doggerland that separates the UK from Europe
University of Warwick

Thousands of years ago the UK was physically joined to the rest of Europe through an area known as Doggerland. However, a marine inundation took place during the mid-holocene, separating the British landmass from the rest of Europe, which is now covered by the North Sea.

Released: 7-Jul-2020 12:30 PM EDT
Tree rings show unprecedented rise in extreme weather in South America
Earth Institute at Columbia University

Scientists have filled a gaping hole in the world's climate records by reconstructing 600 years of soil-moisture swings across southern and central South America.

6-Jul-2020 9:00 AM EDT
Light a Critical Factor in Limiting Carbon Uptake, Especially in the North
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

A new Columbia Engineering study demonstrates that even when temperatures warm and cold stress is limited, light is still a major factor in limiting carbon uptake of northern high latitudes. The team analyzed satellite observations, field measurements, and model simulations and showed that there is a prevalent radiation limitation on carbon uptake in northern ecosystems, especially in autumn.

Released: 10-Jun-2020 6:05 AM EDT
Antarctic Sea-Ice Models Improve for the Next IPCC Report
University of Washington

A study of 40 sea ice models finds they all project that the area of sea ice around Antarctica will decrease by 2100, but the amount of loss varies between the emissions scenarios.

14-May-2020 1:05 PM EDT
Long term data show hurricanes are getting stronger
University of Wisconsin–Madison

In almost every region of the world where hurricanes form, their maximum sustained winds are getting stronger. That is according to a new study by scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Center for Environmental Information and University of WisconsinMadison Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, who analyzed nearly 40 years of hurricane satellite imagery.

Released: 28-Apr-2020 5:45 PM EDT
Atmospheric scientist says US carbon dioxide emissions have dropped to unprecedented levels during pandemic
Northern Arizona University

As the demand for transportation fuels has plummeted at an unprecedented rate in the last month due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a Northern Arizona University scientist says the dramatic decrease in local air pollution and carbon dioxide (CO2) levels above cities is significant, measurable and could be historic, depending on how long commuters and other drivers stay off the road.

21-Apr-2020 2:00 PM EDT
More Protections Needed to Safeguard Biodiversity in the Southern Ocean
University of Colorado Boulder

Current marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean need to be at least doubled to adequately safeguard the biodiversity of the Antarctic, according to a new CU Boulder study.

10-Apr-2020 12:05 PM EDT
Precipitation Will Be Essential for Plants to Counteract Global Warming
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

A new Columbia Engineering study shows that increased water stress—higher frequency of drought due to higher temperatures, is going to constrain the phenological cycle: in effect, by shutting down photosynthesis, it will generate a lower carbon uptake at the end of the season, thus contributing to increased global warming.

Released: 10-Mar-2020 10:50 AM EDT
Indian Ocean phenomenon spells climate trouble for Australia
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

New international research by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and colleagues has found a marked change in the Indian Ocean’s surface temperatures that puts southeast Australia on course for increasingly hot and dry conditions.

Released: 28-Feb-2020 10:55 AM EST
Study shows rapid sea level rise along Atlantic coast of North America in 18th century
University of York

The study, led by the University of York, found evidence for a period of enhanced pre-industrial sea-level rise of about two to three millimetres per year in three locations: Nova Scotia, Maine and Connecticut.

Released: 24-Feb-2020 11:45 AM EST
As Oceans Warm, Fish Flee
University of Delaware

New research shows that nations in the tropics are especially vulnerable to the loss of fish species due to climate change. But none of the 127 international fisheries agreements have language that prepares countries for the exits of stock, climate change or range shifts.

Released: 6-Feb-2020 8:55 AM EST
Sugar Ants’ Preference for Pee May Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
University of South Australia

An unlikely penchant for pee is putting a common sugar ant on the map, as new research from the University of South Australia shows their taste for urine could play a role in reducing greenhouse gases.

Released: 29-Jan-2020 6:00 AM EST
Scientists Find Far Higher than Expected Rate of Underwater Glacial Melting
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Tidewater glaciers, the massive rivers of ice that end in the ocean, may be melting underwater much faster than previously thought, according to a Rutgers co-authored study that used robotic kayaks. The findings, which challenge current frameworks for analyzing ocean-glacier interactions, have implications for the rest of the world’s tidewater glaciers, whose rapid retreat is contributing to sea-level rise.

20-Jan-2020 7:30 PM EST
New Investments and Research Indicate Multi-Trillion Dollar Market for Climate Restoration Through Carbon-Capture
Thunderbird School of Global Management

Climate restoration is the global movement to remove the trillion tons of excess CO2 from the atmosphere to restore our air to preindustrial levels of carbon dioxide and to preserve the Arctic ice. Given the climate emergency, climate restoration is a critical third pillar of climate action, complementing ongoing mitigation and adaptation efforts. New technologies and natural solutions for reducing CO2 levels in the next 30 years already exist and the costs for global-scale implementation are projected to be less than 1-3% of the global annual GDP.

   
Released: 27-Dec-2019 12:35 PM EST
Snowmageddon warnings in North America come from tropics more than Arctic stratosphere
University of Reading

Winter weather patterns in North America are dictated by changes to the polar vortex winds high in the atmosphere, but the most significant cold snaps are more likely influenced by the tropics, scientists have found.

Released: 19-Dec-2019 12:05 PM EST
Greenland ice loss is at ‘worse-case scenario’ levels, study finds
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Dec. 19, 2019 – Greenland is losing ice mass seven times faster than in the 1990s, a pace that matches the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s high-end warming scenario – in which 400 million people would be exposed to coastal flooding by 2100, 40 million more than in the mid-range prediction. The alarming update resulted from the Ice Sheet Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise, a project involving nearly 100 polar scientists from 50 international institutions, among them two from the University of California, Irvine.

Released: 9-Dec-2019 11:30 AM EST
Study: Favorable Environments for Large Hail Increasing Across U.S.
University at Albany, State University of New York

A group of atmospheric scientists have uncovered an environmental footprint that could help explain why the cost of hailstorm damage is rapidly increasing in the United States.

Released: 1-Dec-2019 7:05 PM EST
Antarctic ice sheets could be at greater risk of melting than previously thought
University of South Australia

Antarctica is the largest reservoir of ice on Earth – but new research by the University of South Australia suggests it could be at greater risk of melting than previously thought.

5-Nov-2019 6:05 AM EST
Plants and fungi together could slow climate change
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

A new global assessment shows that human impacts have greatly reduced plant-fungus symbioses, which play a key role in sequestering carbon in soils. Restoring these ecosystems could be one strategy to slow climate change.

4-Nov-2019 8:05 AM EST
Switching to solar and wind will reduce groundwater use
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

Researchers explored optimal pathways for managing groundwater and hydropower trade-offs for different water availability conditions as solar and wind energy start to play a more prominent role in California.

Released: 29-Oct-2019 9:00 AM EDT
Improving governance is key for adaptive capacity
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

Governance in climate vulnerable countries will take decades to improve, substantially impeding the ability of nations to adapt to climate change and affecting billions of people globally, according to new research published in Nature Sustainability.

   
Released: 25-Oct-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Reframing Antarctica’s Meltwater Pond Dangers to Ice Shelves and Sea Level
Georgia Institute of Technology

Meltwater ponds riddle a kilometer-thick ice shelf, which then shatters in just weeks, shocking scientists and speeding the flow of the glacier behind it into the ocean to drive up sea level. A new study puts damage by meltwater ponds to ice shelves and sea level into cool, mathematical perspective.

Released: 23-Oct-2019 3:05 PM EDT
Ancient Molecules from the Sea Burst Into the Air From Ocean Waves
Stony Brook University

When waves crash in the ocean, they inject tiny particles into the air that carry organic molecules more than 5,000 years old. This discovery, published in Science Advances by a national team of scientists, helps to solve a long-standing mystery as to what happens to ancient marine molecules.

Released: 18-Oct-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Using 'green' approach to manage stormwater runoff
South Dakota State University

Soil and plants, strategically placed, can help reduce stormwater runoff—and, in the long run, help relieve pressure on the city drainage system. However, engaging city officials and community members is integral to implementing these techniques.

Released: 18-Oct-2019 3:50 AM EDT
Assessing the benefits and risks of land-based greenhouse gas removal
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

A new study shows that afforestation and other forms of climate-friendly land use not only helps to remove CO2 from the atmosphere to reduce global warming, but they can also contribute to achieving the SDGs.

Released: 17-Oct-2019 4:55 PM EDT
Planting a Trillion Trees Will Not Halt Climate Change
Texas A&M AgriLife

A group of 46 scientists from around the world, led by Joseph Veldman, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University, are urging caution regarding plans to address climate change through massive tree planting.

Released: 16-Oct-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Types of activities that can help stave off effects of aging on the brain
University of Georgia

Exercise plus some type of cognitive component can impact brain aging

Released: 16-Oct-2019 10:45 AM EDT
3-D Printed Coral Could Help Endangered Reefs
University of Delaware

Threats to coral reefs are everywhere—rising water temperatures, ocean acidification, coral bleaching, fishing and other human activities. But new research from the University of Delaware shows that 3-D printed coral can provide a structural starter kit for reef organisms and can become part of the landscape as fish and coral build their homes around the artificial coral.

Released: 9-Oct-2019 3:05 PM EDT
Narcotics Traffic Devastating Central American Rainforests, Fueling Climate Change
Texas State University

Drug trafficking and, paradoxically, efforts to slow it are rapidly driving the deforestation in Central America's most vulnerable tropical rainforests, new research conducted in part by Texas State University reveals.

10-Sep-2019 11:00 AM EDT
How Can We Feed the World Without Overwhelming the Planet?
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

A new study published in nature Sustainability proposes alternative hunger eradication strategies that will not compromise environmental protection.

   
23-Aug-2019 2:00 PM EDT
WildFires Could Permanently Alter Alaska’s Forest Composition
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

A team of researchers led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory projected that the combination of climate change and increased wildfires will cause the iconic evergreen conifer trees of Alaska to get pushed out in favor of broadleaf deciduous trees, which shed their leaves seasonally.


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