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Major Deep Carbon Sink Linked to Microbes Found Near Volcano Chains
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Up to about 19 percent more carbon dioxide than previously believed is removed naturally and stored underground between coastal trenches and inland chains of volcanoes, keeping the greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere, according to a study in the journal Nature. Surprisingly, subsurface microbes play a role in storing vast amounts of carbon by incorporating it in their biomass and possibly by helping to form calcite, a mineral made of calcium carbonate, Rutgers and other scientists found.
Global Warming Hits Sea Creatures Hardest
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Global warming has caused twice as many ocean-dwelling species as land-dwelling species to disappear from their habitats, a unique Rutgers-led study found. The greater vulnerability of sea creatures may significantly impact human communities that rely on fish and shellfish for food and economic activity, according to the study published in the journal Nature.
USAID awards an additional $2.14 million to WFU rainforest research center
Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University's Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation (CINCIA) has received $2.14 million in additional funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), supporting the expansion of the research center's study of mercury pollution and reforestation in the Peruvian Amazon.
Climate change has worsened global economic inequality
Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
A new Stanford University study shows global warming has increased economic inequality since the 1960s.
Innovation: Key to Any Green Policy
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
The recent introduction of the Green New Deal by Democratic U.S. congressional leaders on the left has renewed hope among some that Congress might get us back on track. The reality is that the climate change clock is still ticking, and it's more likely that private industry will move faster than legislators to make meaningful progress toward climate goals.
As we celebrate our living planet on Earth Day, the research of Rensselaer scientist Richard Gross offers hope for a more sustainable future.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Those Home-Delivered Meal Kits Are Greener Than You Thought, New Study Concludes
University of Michigan
Meal kit services, which deliver a box of pre-portioned ingredients and a chef-selected recipe to your door, are hugely popular but get a bad environmental rap due to perceived packaging waste.
Climate Change is a Major Concern for Rutgers Senior
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Rutgers senior Lauren Rodgers once dreamed of becoming a fiction writer. But then she enrolled in a high school science and math program in her native Columbia, South Carolina, where she read an article that discussed the ocean's critical role in absorbing carbon dioxide, the major greenhouse gas linked to global warming.
Building emission caps to radically change NYC energy footprint
Cornell University
Snapshot: S&T-funded Innovation Enables Emergency Managers to Excel During 2018 Hurricane Season
DHS S&T's Web-based HURREVAC platform integrates forecast and planning data to provide emergency managers with decision support tools for use in advance of and during tropical weather.
Air Pollution Scientist Available to Discuss EPA Regulations
University at Albany, State University of New York
Media Advisory: URI students depart April 18 for six-day oceanographic research expedition
University of Rhode Island
Student research trip aboard R/V Endeavor, notice of media availability and remote interview capabilities
DePaul University ecologist receives NSF CAREER grant to study dispersal of mycorrhizal fungi
DePaul University
Bala Chaudhary, an assistant professor of environmental science at DePaul University in Chicago, is embarking on a deep dive into mycorrhizal dispersal mechanisms with support from a NSF CAREER grant.
Climate change to blame for Hurricane Maria's extreme rainfall
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Hurricane Maria dropped more rain on Puerto Rico than any storm to hit the island since 1956, a feat due mostly to the effects of human-caused climate warming
Excavating a climate report from the past: Geology team joins multidisciplinary study to investigate ancient warming event
Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University geology professor Michael Smith will map the layers of rock in the Green River Formation in Wyoming to learn about the climate and flooding events during a period 50 to 53 million years ago when the climate was much hotter and carbon dioxide levels spiked.
Solving the mystery of fertilizer loss from Midwest cropland
Michigan State University
Farmers can't predict their annual corn harvest with certainty, but with the help of new research from Michigan State University, they can now pinpoint specific parts of their fields that consistently produce either good or bad yields. Not only will this save them time and money; it will solve one of the most widespread environmental problems facing crop-producing regions - nitrogen loss.
Scientists Use eBird Data to Propose Optimal Bird Conservation Plan
A new paper published today in the journal Nature Communications shows a blueprint for conserving enough habitat to protect the populations of almost one-third of the warblers, orioles, tanagers, and other birds that migrate among the Americas throughout the year. For the research, an international team of scientists used the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's global citizen science database, eBird, to calculate how to sufficiently conserve habitat across the Western Hemisphere for all the habitats these birds use throughout their annual cycle of breeding, migration, and overwintering. The study provides planners with guidance on the locations and amounts of land that must be conserved for 30 percent of the global populations for each of 117 Neotropical migratory bird species.
Earliest life may have arisen in ponds, not oceans
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Primitive ponds may have provided a suitable environment for brewing up Earth's first life forms, more so than oceans, a new MIT study finds.
We now know how insects and bacteria control ice
University of Utah
Nature has come up with ways to control the formation of ice, though, and in a paper published today in the Journal of the American Chemical Society University of Utah professor Valeria Molinero and her colleagues show how key proteins produced in bacteria and insects can either promote or inhibit the formation of ice, based on their length and their ability to team up to form large ice-binding surfaces. The results have wide application, particularly in understanding precipitation in clouds.
Study: How will tropical mammals react to rising temperatures?
Rice University
How wildlife will react to climate change is an open question, but one of the first studies to compare the responses of tropical mammals to warmer habitats suggests the answer won't be as simple as "move to a cooler place."
Clarkson University, ESF to Partner in New Center of Excellence in Healthy Water Solutions
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Clarkson University and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) have been recently designated to launch New York state's new Center of Excellence (CoE) in Healthy Water Solutions.
Got Bird Nests? Report to NestWatch!
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY--Around the world, birds are building nests and raising families--even near homes, offices, or in local parks. Anyone who finds a bird's nest can help scientists by reporting to the free NestWatch project at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. NestWatch collects, analyzes, and distributes data, serving as a warehouse of nesting bird information. NestWatchers, in turn, get to witness the start of new life and help to preserve it with their valuable information.
Tulane anthropologist awarded Guggenheim Fellowship to study Amazon rainforests
Tulane University
Tulane University anthropology professor William Balee has been named a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to document the historical ecology of the lower Amazon basin.
Tulane researcher available to comment on Antarctica's link to past climate history
Tulane University
UNH Researchers Find Unusual Phenomenon in Clouds Triggers Lightning Flash
University of New Hampshire
In a first-of-its-kind observation, researchers from the University of New Hampshire Space Science Center have documented a unique event that occurs in clouds before a lightning flash happens. Their observation, called "fast negative breakdown," documents a new possible way for lightning to form and is the opposite of the current scientific view of how air carries electricity in thunderstorms.
Climate Scientists Partner with San Francisco to be Ready for Future Storms
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) is partnering with experts from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Silvestrum Climate Associates to assess how climate change may influence the intensity of atmospheric rivers and associated precipitation, and how those changes may impact San Francisco and its infrastructure.
CU Boulder's Stable Isotope Laboratory (SIL) studies oxygen and hydrogen from the world's ice cores, a rich paleoclimate archive.
U-M Researchers Use Genomic Data to Map 'Refugia' Where North American Trees Survived the Last Ice Age
University of Michigan
During the last ice age, which peaked around 21,500 years ago, glaciers covered large portions of North America, including the entire Great Lakes region. Once the ice retreated, the land was gradually repopulated by trees that eventually formed dense forests.
Many coastal homes are unprotected from hurricanes and homeowners have no intention of retrofitting, study finds
University of Notre Dame
According to the Notre Dame study, 62 percent of coastal homeowners are not considering taking any action to reduce the vulnerabilities of their homes or enhance protections against future hurricanes.
Protect the land and jobs will grow, new study finds
Amherst College
In a first-of-its-kind analysis, Amherst College economics professor Katharine Sims and colleagues found that when land protection in New England increased, employment rates also rose modestly over the next five-year period even when controlling for other associated factors.
Sea turtles struggle years after unexplained die-off
Ohio State University
New research is detailing how environmental stressors, including heavy metals, brought on by human activity are harming coastal green sea turtle populations - work that researchers hope will inform conservation efforts going forward.
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.13 C per decade
University of Alabama Huntsville
Global Temperature Report: March 2019
Food for thought: Why did we ever start farming?
University of Connecticut
The reason that humans shifted away from hunting and gathering, and to agriculture -- a much more labor-intensive process -- has always been a riddle. It is only more confusing because the shift happened independently in about a dozen areas across the globe.
Coral study traces excess nitrogen to Maui wastewater treatment facility
University of California, Santa Cruz
A new method for reconstructing changes in nitrogen sources over time has enabled scientists to connect excess nutrients in the coastal waters of West Maui, Hawaii, to a sewage treatment facility that injects treated wastewater into the ground.
Rutgers Experts Can Discuss N.J. Pinelands Ecology and Wildfire Risks
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Researchers use artificial intelligence to design flood evacuation plans
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Artificial intelligence may soon help transportation agencies and first responders determine the best evacuation routes during floods such as those affecting portions of Missouri and the Midwest, thanks to the work of researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Drs. Suzanna Long and Steve Corns of Missouri S&T's engineering management and systems engineering department are using a form of AI known as deep learning to develop forecasting tools to integrate water level rate of change as part of evacuation routing planning in flood-prone areas.
Researchers Tap Rare Pristine Air to Reveal Pollution's Impact
Human-caused pollution spurs the production of climate-changing particles known as secondary organic aerosols much more than previously thought. Researchers made the finding by analyzing air samples that were captured aboard a research aircraft as it zig-zagged between pristine air over the Amazon rainforest and polluted air over the city of Manaus.
We've Been Thinking of How Ice Forms in Cirrus Clouds All Wrong
University of Utah
A new paper in PNAS finds that the previously thought mechanism for ice formation in humid but unsaturated conditions (like those in which cirrus clouds form) doesn't work. Instead, another mechanism better explains ice (and thus cloud) formation - and the details are far from foggy.
Research connects big data marketing tools, land conservation
University of Montana
The same data used by digital marketers to sell products can also help inspire conservation behaviors, according to new research from the University of Montana.
Ocean Visions: Leading Institutions Come Together to Cultivate Innovative, Scalable, Science-Driven Solutions to Ocean Challenges
Georgia Institute of Technology
Leading ocean science and engineering institutions are joining forces to create Ocean Visions, an innovative scientist-driven ocean conservation venture that fosters collaboration between top researchers, conservationists and entrepreneurs committed to solving some of the biggest challenges facing ocean health.
First-confirmed occurrence of a lambeosaurine dinosaur found on Alaska's North Slope
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Paleontologists from Hokkaido University in Japan, in cooperation with paleontologists from the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas
Ice Sheet Modeling Probes Antarctic Vulnerabilities
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The BISICLES ice sheet model uses high performance computing resources at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) to systematically examine where the Antarctic Ice Sheet is vulnerable and the resulting potential for large contributions to sea level rise.
Sarcasm Detectors and the Drama of Global Warming: Halicioğlu Data Science Institute Awards Innovative Scholarships
Developing how the heart forms and brain works. How to analyze sarcasm computationally. Harnessing computers to develop campaign rhetoric that delivers voters across the spectrum. Halicioğlu Data Science Institute at UC San Diego announced innovative research projects for undergraduates helping develop the next generation in data science leadership.
Changing the timing and frequency of deliveries could have significant environmental and economic benefits
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
A Billion People Will Be Newly Exposed to Diseases Like Dengue Fever as World Temperatures Rise
Georgetown University Medical Center
As many as a billion people could be newly exposed to disease-carrying mosquitoes by the end of the century because of global warming, says a new study that examines temperature changes on a monthly basis across the world.
In Ancient Oceans that Resembled Our Own, Oxygen Loss Triggered Mass Extinction
Florida State University
Researchers provide first conclusive evidence linking widespread ocean oxygen loss and rising sea levels to a 430-million-year-old mass extinction event.
Video: Don't Let Ticks Torment as Temps Rise -- Experts Share Advice, Latest Research
Cornell University
As the Arctic Warms, Temperate Regions Dry Out, with Likely Effects on Society
Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University researchers used climate records dating back thousands of years to demonstrate that warming in the Arctic is associated with fewer storms and increased aridity in a huge swath of the Northern Hemisphere, which could lead to dramatic effects on agriculture and population centers throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Codifying the universal language of honey bees
Virginia Tech
In a paper appearing in April's issue of Animal Behaviour, researchers decipher the instructive messages encoded in the insects' movements, called waggle dances.
White People's Eating Habits Produce Most Greenhouse Gases
University of Illinois at Chicago
White individuals disproportionately affect the environment through their eating habits by eating more foods that require more water and release more greenhouse gases through their production compared to foods black and Latinx individuals eat, according to a new report published in the Journal of Industrial Ecology.The report takes an in-depth look at what different demographic populations eat, how much greenhouse gas those foods are responsible for, and how much land and water they require.
Argonne National Laboratory works with AT&T on climate resiliency project
Argonne National Laboratory
AT&T and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory are teaming up on a climate resiliency project that will help AT&T better prepare for and adapt to the impacts of changing weather patterns and extreme weather events.
To the Ends of the Earth
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office
Antarctica is among the best places in the world to see the effects of climate change in action. Meet four women of the CSU whose work is taking them here on an urgent quest to find solutions.
Climate models should consider people's perceptions of climate risk, UB expert says
University at Buffalo
Study Suggests Trees Are Crucial to the Future of Our Cities
University of Wisconsin-Madison
The shade of a single tree can provide welcome relief from the hot summer sun. But when that single tree is part of a small forest, it creates a profound cooling effect. According to a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, trees play a big role in keeping our towns and cities cool.
International Climate Scientists Seek Refined Understanding of Climate System
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Climate scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) announced today the release of new data sets that will provide fresh insights into past and future climate change.
Study Shows How Electricity-Eating Microbes Use Electrons to Fix Carbon Dioxide
Washington University in St. Louis
New research from Washington University in St. Louis explains the cellular processes that allow a sun-loving microbe to "eat" electricity -- transferring electrons to fix carbon dioxide to fuel its growth. The work is led by Arpita Bose, assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, and Michael Guzman, a PhD candidate in her laboratory.
EPA Administrator says unsafe drinking water is a greater threat than climate change. Jerry Kauffman, Director of the Water Resources Center at the University of Delaware wants to talk about that
University of Delaware
Federal Drilling Ruling Shows 'Invisible' Threat of Climate Change Matters Most
Cornell University
Predicted deforestation in Brazil could lead to local surface temperature increase of up to 1.45 deg.C by 2050
PLOS
A new model quantifies how forest change affects local surface temperatures by altering sunlight-reflection and evapotranspiration properties, and predicts that Brazilian deforestation could result in a 1.45 deg.C increase by 2050, in a study published March 20, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Jayme A. Prevedello from the Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil, and colleagues.
Managed Retreat Due to Rising Seas Is a Public Health Issue
University of Washington
Sea-level rise associated with climate change is a concern for many island and coastal communities. While the dangers may seem far off for large coastal cities like Miami or New Orleans, the advancing oceans are already displacing some small indigenous communities, and many others are at risk around the world.
Climate Change Communication: Building Consensus
DePaul University
From frigid cold in the Midwestern U.S. to melting heat in Australia, extreme weather and climate change are making news around the world. Yet, the topic of climate change continues to be politicized, and journalists often struggle to cover it in a way that's accurate and evidence-based, according to Jill Hopke, an assistant professor of journalism in DePaul University's College of Communication.
Meet the Director: Jim Mather, ARM User Facility
As the director of the ARM user facility, Mather and his facility make it possible to gather never-before-seen atmospheric data at sites around the world.
The politics of climate change: Lawmakers sign weak environmental treaties to get re-elected
Cornell University
Why do the world's politicians keep signing weak environmental treaties? Because it helps them get re-elected, according to a new study by Cornell University economist Marco Battaglini and a colleague.
Fighting leaf and mandible
University of Utah
What is the primary driver in tropical forest diversity-competition for resources, or herbivore pests? For the first time, biologists compared the two mechanisms in a single study, analyzing how neighboring trees influence the growth and survival of species of the tree genus Inga in the Panama rainforest.
Study Suggests Climate Change Limits Forest Recovery After Wildfires
University of Montana
New University of Montana research suggests climate change makes it increasingly difficult for tree seedlings to regenerate following wildfires in low-elevation forests, which could contribute to abrupt forest loss.
Climate Change Could Devastate Painted Turtles, According to New Study
Iowa State University
Climate change could contribute to the demographic collapse of the painted turtle, a species that undergoes temperature-dependent sex determination. An Iowa State University scientist is sounding the alarm about the painted turtle's future in a new study.
'On the Front Lines': Youth Show Influence, Once Again, Through School Strikes for Climate
Cornell University
Researchers discover new nitrogen source in Arctic
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Scientists have revealed that the partnership between an alga and bacteria is making the essential element nitrogen newly available in the Arctic Ocean. The microbial process of "nitrogen fixation" converts the element into a form that organisms can use, and was discovered recently in the frigid polar waters. This shift may be a result of climate change and could affect global chemical cycles, according to the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Few Pathways to an Acceptable Climate Future Without Immediate Action, According to Study
Tufts University
A new comprehensive study of climate change has painted over 5 million pictures of humanity's potential future, and few foretell an Earth that has not severely warmed. But with immediate action and some luck, there are pathways to a tolerable climate future, according to a research team led by Tufts University
Dallas Ecopark a teaching tool for public, industry, governments
Texas A&M AgriLife's ecopark in Dallas will welcome visitors for tours and lessons in "green" development beginning late 2019.
Atmospheric scientists reveal the effect of sea-ice loss on Arctic warming
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Enhanced warming in the Arctic (north of 67 deg.N) is found in both recent observational investigations and model simulations with greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions increasing. Global warming is occurring twice as fast in the Arctic than anywhere else on Earth. However, why the largest the Arctic amplification (AA) only occurs in certain periods over areas with significant sea-ice loss is still under great debate.
Chimps Are Losing Their Culture, Study Says
Wildlife Conservation Society
A sweeping new study published in the journal Science says that chimpanzee's complex cultures - including the use of tools and other behaviors - are being lost as human disturbance expands into previously wild areas.
It's raining on the Greenland ice -- in the winter
Earth Institute at Columbia University
Rainy weather is becoming increasingly common over parts of the Greenland ice sheet, triggering sudden melting events that are eating at the ice and priming the surface for more widespread future melting, says a new study. Some parts of the ice sheet are even receiving rain in winter--a phenomenon that will spread as climate continues to warm, say the researchers. The study appears this week in the European scientific journal The Cryosphere.
University of North Florida Engineering Professor Recognized for Lifetime Achievement
University of North Florida
Dr. Don Resio, University of North Florida professor of ocean engineering and director of the Taylor Engineering Research Institute in UNF's College of Computing, Engineering and Construction, has been recognized for his lifetime achievements in marine meteorology.
Predicting Hope
University of Oklahoma, Gallogly College of Engineering
The devastation of the Peruvian floods of March 2017 caused native and University of Oklahoma Electrical and Computer Engineering Assistant Professor, Salazar-Cerreno, to look for ways to apply his expertise to help improve weather decision making and warnings.
Using Tiny Organisms to Unlock Big Environmental Mysteries
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
When you hear about the biological processes that influence climate and the environment, such as carbon fixation or nitrogen recycling, it's easy to think of them as abstract and incomprehensibly large-scale phenomena. Yet parts of these planet-wide processes are actually driven by the tangible actions of organisms at every scale of life, beginning at the smallest: the microorganisms living in the air, soil, and water. And now Berkeley Lab researchers have made it easier than ever to study these microbial communities by creating an optimized DNA analysis technique.
Houston, we're here to help the farmers
American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
International Space Station's ECOSTRESS gathers plant data
Tornado Experts at Texas Tech Available to Give Insight on Severe Weather
Texas Tech University
Maximizing Ozone Signals
New technique enables more efficient and precise estimates of trends in ozone and other atmospheric constituents within selected geographical regions and timeframes.
Global Analysis of Billions of Wikipedia Searches Reveals Treasure Trove of Biodiversity Secret
PLOS
An international team of researchers from the University of Oxford, the University of Birmingham and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have found that the way in which people use the internet is closely tied to patterns and rhythms in the natural world.
Rutgers Experts Can Comment on NJ Back Bays Flooding Study
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
The secret behind maximum plant height: water!
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Physiological coordination between plant height and xylem hydraulic traits is aligned with habitat water availability across Earth's terrestrial biomes, according to a new study.
A faster, more accurate way to monitor drought
Duke University
More than 2 billion people worldwide are affected by water shortages, wildfires, crop losses, forest diebacks or other environmental or economic woes brought on by drought.
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.13 C per decade
University of Alabama Huntsville
Global Temperature Report: February 2019
US remains stagnant in climate change vulnerability and readiness, new data show
University of Notre Dame
For the fourth year in a row, the United States has ranked 15th in the University of Notre Dame's Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN) Country Index.
Study: Climate Change is Leading to Unpredictable Ecosystem Disruption for Migratory Birds
Cornell University
Using data on 77 North American migratory bird species from the eBird citizen-science program, scientists at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology say that, in as little as four decades, it may be very difficult to predict how climate change will affect migratory bird populations and the ecosystems they inhabit. Their conclusions are presented in a paper published in the journal Ecography.
Risk communication and tornado threat expert Julie Demuth, a scientist at National Center for Atmospheric Research, available for media requests.
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Behind the Scenes of Coastal Flood Modeling
University of Oklahoma, Gallogly College of Engineering
From its lifesaving properties that bind humanity to its geographical connections through tributaries, rivers and waterways eventually flowing into the ocean, water is a connecting force. It can also be a destructive power that connects people through disaster response and recovery.
Red Tide Rolling: Harmful Algae Found to Flourish in Both High-, Low-CO2 Environments
Florida State University
Researchers found the Florida specific red tide-causing algae thrives in both high and low CO2 concentrations.
Assessing riverside corridors -- the "escape routes" for animals under climate change -- in the Northwest
University of Washington
Lands surrounding rivers and streams offer natural migration routes that will take on a new importance as temperatures rise. A new, open-access study pinpoints which riverside routes will be the most important for animals trying to navigate a changing climate.
Climate Change Shrinks Many Fisheries Globally, Rutgers-Led Study Finds
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Climate change has taken a toll on many of the world's fisheries, and overfishing has magnified the problem, according to a Rutgers-led study in the journal Science today.
First Observation of Methane's Increasing Greenhouse Effect at the Earth's Surface
Predictions of the direct impacts of greenhouse gases must account for local temperature and humidity conditions.
Clover improves soil quality, feeds biofuels crop
South Dakota State University
Planting Kura clover, a pasture legume, with prairie cordgrass can improve microbial activity in the soil, thus reducing the amount of fertilizer needed to produce the potential biofuels crop.
Population increases and climate change point to future US water shortages
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
WASHINGTON -- Climate change plus population growth are setting the stage for water shortages in parts of the U.S. long before the end of the century, according to a new study in the AGU journal Earth's Future.
Gust or Bust: Blustery Winds Important for Modeling Tropical Rainfall
Department of Energy, Office of Science
Researchers find gusty winds increase surface evaporation that drives summer rainstorms in the Tropical West Pacific.
Can We Address Climate Change Without Sacrificing Water Quality?
Carnegie Institution for Science
Washington, DC--Strategies for limiting climate change must take into account their potential impact on water quality through nutrient overload, according to a new study from Carnegie's Eva Sinha and Anna Michalak published by Nature Communications. Some efforts at reducing carbon emissions could actually increase the risk of water quality impairments, they found.
Starving the Oceans
Nutrients increasingly moving to the deep ocean with strong climate warming could lead to drastic drops in surface ocean life and fishery yields.
Balancing Power Plant Emissions, Operational Costs
South Dakota State University
Combining emissions modeling with operational cost analyses can help companies select locations for coal-powered electricity plants. That will help reduce the public's exposure to airborne pollutants while providing customers with the electricity they need.
Ancient Poop Helps Show Climate Change Contributed to Fall of Cahokia
University of Wisconsin-Madison
A new study shows climate change may have contributed to the decline of Cahokia, a famed prehistoric city near present-day St. Louis. And it involves ancient human poop.
FSU Receives $8 Million to Revive Apalachicola Bay
Florida State University
Florida State researchers have been awarded $8 million to restore Apalachicola Bay and revive the region's imperiled oyster industry thanks to money the state recovered from the BP oil spill.