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I'm a public health physician and scientist and I'm blocking the path of an oil pipeline to protect health
American Thoracic Society (ATS)
As a doctor, I didn't expect to find myself living in a tree at the age of 63, but here I am: 82 feet (25 meters) off the ground in a lovely grove of old cotton wood trees trying to stop construction on an oil pipeline.
COVID recovery choices shape future climate
University of Leeds
A post-lockdown economic recovery plan that incorporates and emphasises climate-friendly choices could help significantly in the battle against global warming, according to a new study.
Florida Current is Weaker Now Than at Any Point in the Past Century
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
A key component of the Gulf Stream has markedly slowed over the past century--that's the conclusion of a new research paper in Nature Communications published on August 7.
New Zealand's Southern Alps glacier melt has doubled
University of Leeds
Glaciers in the Southern Alps of New Zealand have lost more ice mass since pre-industrial times than remains today, according to a new study.
Hurricane modeling expert available: Leah E. Talaber, Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.14 C per decade
University of Alabama Huntsville
Global Temperature Report: July 2020
Waning attention to climate change amid pandemic could have lasting effects
University of Colorado Boulder
Attention to climate change has significantly declined in recent months, as the pandemic has monopolized news coverage. That's concerning, say study authors who found that simply directing one's attention to an environmental risk--even briefly and involuntarily--makes people more concerned about it and willing to take action.
NSU Florida Home to Several Subject Matter Experts for Media Working Today's Hot Stories
Nova Southeastern University
To bond with nature, kids need solitary activities outdoors
North Carolina State University
A new study found solitary activities like fishing, hunting or exploring outside are key to building strong bonds between children and nature. Activities like these encourage children to both enjoy being outside and to feel comfortable there.
How Climate Change Affects Allergies, Immune Response and Autism
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
The changes in the environment and biodiversity brought on by climate change could be responsible for increases in allergies, autoimmune diseases and autism, according to a Rutgers researcher
Application of machine learning can optimize hurricane track forecast
Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
When a hurricane approaches, providing a few extra hours' notice can be the difference between life and death. Now, Penn State researchers report that applying a machine learning technique to a group of possible storm paths could help meteorologists provide more accurate medium-term forecasts and issue timely warnings to communities in the path of these potentially deadly storms.
Disparities in a common air pollutant are visible from space
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Researchers reporting in Environmental Science & Technology have used airplanes and a satellite to uncover disparities in nitrogen dioxide amounts in the atmosphere above Houston.
Experts: Prepare for Active 2020 Hurricane Season Amid COVID-19
University at Albany, State University of New York
Story Tips: Pandemic impact, root studies, neutrons confirm, lab on a crystal and modeling fusion
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ORNL Story Tips: Pandemic impact, root studies, neutrons confirm, lab on a crystal and modeling fusion
Rutgers Experts Can Discuss Tropical Storm Isaias Threats, Record N.J. Warmth in July
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
UCI engineers evaluate snow drought in different parts of the world
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, Calif., Aug. 3, 2020 -- Environmental engineers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a new framework for characterizing snow droughts around the world. Using this tool to analyze conditions from 1980 to 2018, the researchers found a 28-percent increase in the length of intensified snow-water deficits in the Western United States during the second half of the study period.
Disaster Research Center offers service, experts to prepare for Tropical Storm Isaias
University of Delaware
Rutgers Expert Can Discuss Global Climate Change Mortality Study
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Tiny plants crucial for sustaining dwindling water supplies: Global analysis
University of New South Wales
A global meta-analysis led by UNSW scientists shows tiny organisms that cover desert soils - so-called biocrusts - are critically important for supporting the world's shrinking water supplies.
Texas Cave Sediment Upends Meteorite Explanation for Global Cooling
Baylor University
Texas researchers from the University of Houston, Baylor University and Texas A&M University have discovered evidence for why the earth cooled dramatically 13,000 years ago, dropping temperatures by about 3 degrees Centigrade. The evidence is buried in a Central Texas cave, where horizons of sediment have preserved unique geochemical signatures from ancient volcanic eruptions -- signatures previously mistaken for extraterrestrial impacts, researchers say.
COVID-19: Social media users more likely to believe false information
McGill University
A new study led by researchers at McGill University finds that people who get their news from social media are more likely to have misperceptions about COVID-19.
US should consider 'stay-at-home' cooling options during pandemic
University of Sydney
A new study from Australian scientists at the forefront of climate and health modelling suggests electric fans and water dousing could be a viable stay-at-home cooling strategy as the United States (US) anticipates extreme heat.
Climate change-influenced refugee crisis may lead to long-term settlement issues
Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
While many models suggest that climate change will prompt a substantial number of people to leave their homes, not all research so clearly finds this is the case. Investigating cases where computer models seemed to indicate only limited impacts of climate change on people leaving rural areas, a team of researchers now suggest that the models may reveal a more nuanced circular migration pattern in areas stricken by climate change impacts.
Plastics, pathogens and baby formula: What's in your shellfish?
University of California, Irvine
The first landmark study using next-generation technology to comprehensively examine contaminants in oysters in Myanmar reveals alarming findings: the widespread presence of human bacterial pathogens and human-derived microdebris materials, including plastics, kerosene, paint, talc and milk supplement powders.
NASA follows potential tropical cyclone 9 into eastern Caribbean
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA's Terra satellite obtained visible imagery of Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 after it moved into the Eastern Caribbean Sea and continued bringing heavy rainfall and gusty winds to the Leeward Islands, the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
Report provides new framework for understanding climate risks, impacts to US agriculture
Colorado State University
Agricultural production is highly sensitive to weather and climate, which affect when farmers and land managers plant seeds or harvest crops. These conditions also factor into decision-making, when people decide to make capital investments or plant trees in an agroforestry system.
Experts available to comment on 2020 Atlantic hurricane season
Indiana University
Indiana University experts are available to comment on the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane season in light of Hurricane Hanna's recent landfall in Texas, the first Atlantic hurricane to make a July landfall in that state since Hurricane Dolly in 2008.
Decreased iron levels in seawater make mussels loosen their grip
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Researchers reporting in Environmental Science & Technology have shown that mussels form weaker attachments in iron-deficient seawater, revealing a possible consequence of altered iron bioavailability in oceans.
How Salt Lake's buildings affect its climate future
University of Utah
With warmer temperatures in both the summer and winter, we'll need less natural gas to heat buildings and more electricity to cool them--but what's the balance between those two effects? University of Utah researchers used hyper-localized climate models and building projections to find out.
For rufous hummingbirds, migration looks different depending on age and sex
Oregon State University
Plucky, beautiful and declining in numbers at about a 2% annual rate, the rufous hummingbird makes its long annual migration in different timing and route patterns based the birds' age and sex, new research by Oregon State University shows.
New soil models may ease atmospheric CO2, climate change
Cornell University
To remove carbon dioxide from the Earth's atmosphere in an effort to slow climate change, scientists must get their hands dirty and peek underground.
Sea Level Rise Report: Impacts to Property and Regional Planning Solutions
Florida Atlantic University
A new study reveals that urgent action is needed to protect billions of dollars in real estate investment across South Florida due to impacts of sea level rise over the next several decades. The report casts light on the issues and clarifies the alternatives available to South Florida, which embraces the four counties of Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. Together, these counties generate more than $337 billion in personal income annually with a combined real property value assessed at more than $833 billion.
Scientists record rapid carbon loss from warming peatlands
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated a direct relationship between climate warming and carbon loss in a peatland ecosystem.
Pristine air over Southern Ocean suggests early industrial era's clouds not so different from today's
University of Washington
A new study led by the University of Washington and the University of Leeds uses satellite data over the Southern Hemisphere to understand the makeup of global clouds since the Industrial Revolution. This research tackles one of the largest uncertainties in today's climate models -- the long-term effect of tiny atmospheric particles on climate change.
Leaving money on the table to stay in the game: New paper squares economic choice with evolutionary survival
Santa Fe Institute
Unlike businesses or governments, organisms can't go into evolutionary debt -- there is no borrowing one's way back from extinction. This can lead to seemingly irrational economic choices that suddenly make sense when viewed as a multiplicative, evolutionary process.
Ocean features and changes in the past are explored to anticipate future climate
University of the Basque Country
The climate represents the set of atmospheric conditions that characterize a region. Yet these conditions are the result of global interaction between dry land, vegetation, ice, atmosphere and ocean.
Discovery of first active seep in Antarctica provides new understanding of methane cycle
Oregon State University
The discovery of the first active methane seep in Antarctica is providing scientists new understanding of the methane cycle and the role methane found in this region may play in warming the planet.
Small-Farm Tech Reduces Deforestation, Climate Change
Cornell University
Small farms in Zambia that use the latest hybrid seed for maize, help reduce deforestation and tackle climate change in a new Cornell University study.
Lightning strikes more than 100 million times per year in the tropics
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama have published dramatic maps showing the locations of lightning strikes across the tropics in Global Change Biology.
Department of Energy Announces $19 Million for New Atmospheric Research
Department of Energy, Office of Science
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $19 million in funding for 31 new projects in atmospheric sciences aimed at improving the power of Earth system models to predict weather and climate.
USDA funds study of dairy cattle's environmental footprint
Cornell University
A new open-source computer model being developed by a Cornell University-led interdisciplinary team will simulate production and quantify the environmental effects of management decisions made on dairy farms.
What Happens in Vegas, May Come From the Arctic?
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)
Climate records from a cave in the southern Great Basin show that Nevada was even hotter and drier in the past than it is today, and that one 4,000-year period in particular may represent a true, "worst-case" scenario for the Southwest and the Colorado River Basin -- and the millions of people who rely on its water supply.
International analysis narrows range of climate's sensitivity to CO2
University of New South Wales
The most advanced and comprehensive analysis of climate sensitivity yet undertaken has revealed with more confidence than ever before how sensitive the Earth's climate is to carbon dioxide.
COVID-19 shutdown led to increased solar power output
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
As the Covid-19 shutdowns and stay-at-home orders brought much of the world's travel and commerce to a standstill, people around the world started noticing clearer skies as a result of lower levels of air pollution.
New international analysis narrows the range in sensitivity of climate to CO2
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
The most advanced and comprehensive analysis of climate sensitivity undertaken has revealed with more confidence than ever how sensitive the Earth's climate is to carbon dioxide. This new research finds that the true climate sensitivity is unlikely to be in the lowest part of the 2.7-8.1 deg.F range. The analysis indicates that if atmospheric carbon dioxide levels double from their pre-industrial levels and are maintained, the world would be likely to experience eventual warming from 4.1-8.1 deg.F. There would be less than 5 percent chance of staying below 3.6 deg.F and a 6-18 percent chance of exceeding 8.1 deg.F.
New research reveals how hurricane Lane brought fire and rain to Hawaiian islands
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Hurricane Lane was an impactful event for the Hawaiian Islands.
Making Comprehensive Water Resources Modeling More Accessible
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
A new large-scale, open source hydrological and water resources model will enable different stakeholder groups and scientific communities to engage with a hydrological model and support their investigations.
The Azores: Exotic insect species increase on islands through human impact
University of Helsinki
Various scientific studies have warned of a global decline in the abundance and diversity of insects.
Native bushland's fertility secret
Flinders University
In hotter, dryer conditions with climate change, a secret agent for more sustainable agricultural production could lie in harvesting the diverse beneficial soil microbiome in native bushland settings, scientists say. New research from CSIRO, Flinders University and La Trobe University highlights the importance of soil biological health and further potential to use organic rather than chemical farm inputs for crop production. "We know antibiotics are very useful in pharmaceuticals, and actinobacteria found plentifully and in balance in various natural environments play a vital role in the plant world," says lead author Dr Ricardo Araujo, a visiting Flinders University researcher from the University of Porto in Portugal. "These actinobacterial communities contribute to global carbon cycling by helping to decompose soil nutrients, increase plant productivity, regulate climate support ecosystems - and are found in abundance in warm, dry soil conditions common in Australia." A n
WHOI names Peter de Menocal President and Director
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) today announced that Dr. Peter de Menocal has been named the eleventh President and Director of the Institution. De Menocal is a marine geologist and paleo-oceanographer who studies deep-sea sediments as archives of past climate change, illuminating centuries of climate history and ocean circulation patterns in the geological record and drawing connections to the human dimensions of climate change today
Free Trade Can Prevent Hunger Caused by Future Shifts in Climate Patterns
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
International trade can compensate for regional reductions in agricultural production and reduce hunger when protectionist measures and other barriers to trade are eliminated.
Rutgers Expert Can Discuss Heat Wave and Hot Summer in N.J.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Geoengineering is Just a Partial Solution to Fight Climate Change
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Could we create massive sulfuric acid clouds that limit global warming and help meet the 2015 Paris international climate goals, while reducing unintended impacts? Yes, in theory, according to a Rutgers co-authored study in the journal Earth System Dynamics. Spraying sulfur dioxide into the upper atmosphere at different locations, to form sulfuric acid clouds that block some solar radiation, could be adjusted every year to keep global warming at levels set in the Paris goals. Such technology is known as geoengineering or climate intervention.
Reduction in commercial flights due to COVID-19 leading to less accurate weather forecasts
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Weather forecasts have become less accurate during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the reduction in commercial flights, according to new research.
Bedrock drilling project to unlock Greenland Ice Sheet's secrets
University at Buffalo
The GreenDrill team aims to unearth new details about the history of the Greenland Ice Sheet. The data could improve predictions of how much global sea levels will rise in the 21st century as ice sheets shrink, researchers say.
Antarctica more widely impacted by humans than previously thought
University of the Witwatersrand
Antarctica is considered one of the Earth's largest, most pristine remaining wildernesses. Yet since its formal discovery 200 years ago, the continent has seen accelerating and potentially impactful human activity.
Baleen whales have changed their distribution in the Western North Atlantic
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Researchers have been using passive acoustic recordings of whale calls to track their movements.
Antarctica more widely impacted than previously thought
Monash University
Antarctica is considered one of the Earth's largest, most pristine remaining wildernesses. Yet since its formal discovery 200 years ago, the continent has seen accelerating and potentially impactful human activity.
COVID-19 lockdown reduced dangerous air pollutants in five Indian cities by up to 54 percent
University of Surrey
A team of 10 interdisciplinary researchers from the University of Surrey's renowned Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE), including PhD students and post-doctoral researchers, have united to develop a rapid assessment of the impact COVID-19 has had on air quality.
Urban Future Lab, Greentown Labs, and the Fraunhofer USA TechBridge Program announce the Carbon to Value Initiative
New York University
The Urban Future Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Greentown Labs, and the Fraunhofer USA TechBridge Program launch the Carbon to Value Initiative (C2V Initiative), a partnership driving the creation of a thriving innovation ecosystem for the commercialization of carbontech
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.
Novel Measurement and Forecasting Systems Make 'Weathering the Storm' More Precise
Florida Atlantic University
In the last several decades, more than half of the deaths associated with tropical cyclones in the U.S. were due to inland flooding. Unfortunately, current forecasting capabilities are limited. Researchers are developing a warning system for more accurate and timely detection and forecasting of inland and coastal floods, under a variety of precipitation regimes. The technology will enable local and state governments to more effectively plan and respond to tropical storms.
Breeding new rice varieties will help farmers in Asia
American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
New research shows enormous potential for developing improved short-duration rice varieties
'Blinking" Crystals May Convert CO2 into Fuels
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Imagine tiny crystals that "blink" like fireflies and can convert carbon dioxide, a key cause of climate change, into fuels. A Rutgers-led team has created ultra-small titanium dioxide crystals that exhibit unusual "blinking" behavior and may help to produce methane and other fuels, according to a study in the journal Angewandte Chemie. The crystals, also known as nanoparticles, stay charged for a long time and could benefit efforts to develop quantum computers.
Dietary guidelines incompatible with global targets
University of Adelaide
A team of researchers, including the University of Adelaide, has found most dietary recommendations provided by national governments are incompatible with global health and environmental targets such as the Paris Climate Agreement, and are in need of reform.
Survey: Most Ophthalmologists Support Efforts to Reduce Medicine's Big Carbon Footprint
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and ASCRS
A just published survey of more than 1,300 U.S. cataract surgeons and nurses shows 93 percent believe that something needs to be done to reduce the excessive amount of waste produced by surgery.
Extinction Rebellion's activists more likely to be new to protesting, study shows
University of Exeter
Ten per cent of those who took part in the group's protests in April 2019 were first-time demonstrators, twice the proportion of "novices" at climate marches a decade before.
Data analytics can help predict global warming trends and heat waves
Arizona State University (ASU)
New data analytics process evaluates how global energy consumption, as well as urban green infrastructure, can affect climate change.
Geoengineering's Benefits Limited for Apple Crops in India
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Geoengineering - spraying sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere to combat global warming - would only temporarily and partially benefit apple production in northern India, according to a Rutgers co-authored study. But abruptly ending geoengineering might lead to total crop failure faster than if geoengineering were not done, according to the study - believed to be the first of its kind - in the journal Climatic Change.
Periods of Ice-Free Arctic Seas Could Bring More Ocean Noise in Changing Marine Habitats
Wildlife Conservation Society
Scientists examining levels of ocean noise in the Bering Sea--an important migratory seascape for whales, walruses, seals, and other acoustically sensitive animals--have confirmed that the presence of sea ice plays a central role in the soundscape of these Arctic waters. A growing concern is that the disappearance of sea ice due to a changing climate could mean a marine realm increasingly filled with shipping and other human-related ocean noise, according to scientists from Southall Environmental Associates, WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), and other groups in a new study.
Iowa State researcher wins Department of Energy early career award for cyclone studies
Iowa State University
An Iowa State University researcher will use a U.S. Department of Energy grant to study tropical cyclones, including global storm numbers and regional storm intensity and rainfall.
Iowa State University joins the international APSIM Initiative
Iowa State University
The Iowa State University Department of Agronomy is the first North American entity to join the Agricultural Production Systems sIMulator (APSIM) Initiative. The computer modeling tools predict crop production in light of climate, genotype, soil and management factors.
Social media inspired models show winter warming hits fish stocks
University of Queensland
Mathematical modelling inspired by social media is identifying the significant impacts of warming seas on the world's fisheries.
Scientists predict active hurricane season, increasing calls for managed retreat from coasts
University of Delaware
Insights into climate change during origin of dinosaurs
University of Utah
In a new study in the journal Gondwana Research demonstrated that the Carnian Pluvial Episode affected the southern hemisphere, specifically South America, which strengthens the case that it was a global climate event.
Revealing winners & losers in projected future climates
Flinders University
New research reveals how winners & losers from climate change can be identified based on their ability to adapt to rising future temperatures.
Alaskan volcano linked to mysterious period with extreme climate in ancient Rome
University of Copenhagen
he cold, famine and unrest in ancient Rome and Egypt after the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE has long been shrouded in mystery.
Farmers' climate change conundrum: Low yields or revenue instability
Cornell University
Climate change will leave some farmers with a difficult conundrum, according to a new study by researchers from Cornell University and Washington State University: either risk more revenue volatility or live with a more predictable decrease in crop yields.
Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Tropical Storm Fay in N.J.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Climate change: Heavy rain after drought may cause fish kills
University of Southern Denmark
Fish kills are a recurring phenomenon in lakes suffering from oxygen depletion. Often the kills are triggered by factors like an algae bloom, but now a new study reports on a new, climate-related cause of fish kills.
Argonne soil carbon research reduces uncertainty in predicting climate change impacts
Argonne National Laboratory
DOE and USDA researchers use new global models to study how environmental controllers affect soil organic carbon, changes in which can alter atmospheric carbon concentrations and affect climate. Predictions could benefit industry mitigation plans.
Rutgers Expert Can Discuss Dry, Warm June in N.J., Potential Drought
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
New study detects ringing of the global atmosphere
University of Hawaii at Manoa
A ringing bell vibrates simultaneously at a low-pitched fundamental tone and at many higher-pitched overtones, producing a pleasant musical sound.
Future Texas hurricanes: Fast like Ike or slow like Harvey?
Rice University
Climate change will intensify winds that steer hurricanes north over Texas in the final 25 years of this century, increasing the odds for fast-moving storms like 2008's Ike compared with slow-movers like 2017's Harvey, according to new research.
Applying rock dust to croplands could absorb up to 2 billion tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere, research shows
University of Sheffield
Major new study shows adding rock dust to farmland could remove carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent to more than the current total emissions from global aviation and shipping combined - or around half of Europe's current total emissions
Lung physiology and immune function in children could be protecting them from severe COVID-19
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Differences in lung physiology and immune function in children could be why they are more often spared from severe illness associated with COVID-19 than adults, according to pediatric and adult physicians at UTHealth and Baylor College of Medicine, who teamed up to investigate the disparity.
1.5 billion people will depend on water from mountains
University of Zurich
Global water consumption has increased almost fourfold in the past 100 years, and many regions can only meet their water demand thanks to essential contributions from mountain regions.
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.
Newer Solar Power Equipment Ages Better Than Older Units
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Utility-scale photovoltaics are the largest sector of the overall solar market within the U.S. and the fastest-growing form of renewable power generation, and this fleet of utility-scale photovoltaic projects is relatively young and hasn't been operating long enough to establish a lengthy history of operational field service. In the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, researchers assess the performance of 411 utility-scale photovoltaic projects built within the U.S. from 2007 through 2016.
How to Tackle Climate Change, Food Security and Land Degradation
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
How can some of world's biggest problems - climate change, food security and land degradation - be tackled simultaneously? Some lesser-known options, such as integrated water management and increasing the organic content of soil, have fewer trade-offs than many well-known options, such as planting trees, according to a Rutgers-led study in the journal Global Change Biology.
Improving wildfire emissions model
South Dakota State University
New satellite instrumentation will help researchers estimate fire emissions every half hour for the United States.
Palm trees most abundant in American rainforests
Uppsala University
Characteristics of palm trees differ from those of other tropical trees in many ways.
Greenhouse gas and particulate pollution emissions drive regional drying around the globe
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Despite devastating impacts of drought on human and natural systems, the reasons why long-term regional drying occurs remain poorly understood. Research led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists have identified two signatures or "fingerprints" that explain why arid conditions are spreading worldwide, and why the Western United States has tended towards drought conditions since the 1980s while the African Sahel has recovered from its prolonged drought. The research appears in the July 6 edition of Nature Climate Change.
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.14 C per decade
University of Alabama Huntsville
Global Temperature Report: June 2020
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.
Story Tips: Predicting fire risk, solid state stability check and images in a flash
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ORNL Story Tips: Predicting fire risk, solid state stability check and images in a flash
Closing the gap: Citizen science for monitoring sustainable development
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Citizen science could help track progress towards all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). An IIASA-led study, for the first time, comprehensively analyzed the current and potential contribution of citizen science data to monitor the SDGs at the indicator level.
In the Arctic, spring snowmelt triggers fresh CO2 production
San Diego State University
Studies have shown the Arctic is warming roughly twice as fast as the rest of the world, and its soil holds twice the amount of carbon dioxide as the atmosphere. New research from San Diego State University finds that water from spring snowmelt infiltrates the soil and triggers fresh carbon dioxide production at higher rates than previously assumed.
Arctic plants may not provide predicted carbon sequestration potential
University of Stirling
The environmental benefits of taller, shrubbier tundra plants in the Arctic may be overstated, according to new research involving the University of Stirling.
Learn from the pandemic to prevent environmental catastrophe, scientists argue
University of Cambridge
* COVID-19 is comparable to climate and extinction emergencies, say scientists from the UK and US - all share features such as lagged impacts, feedback loops, and complex dynamics. * Delayed action in the pandemic cost lives and economic growth, just as it will with environmental crises - but on a scale "too grave to contemplate".