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Drought Stress Changes Microbes Living at Sorghum's Roots
Scientists explore how drought-tolerant plants communicate to nearby microorganisms, suggesting ways to engineer more resilient bioenergy crops.
Small Particles Play Large Role in Tropical Thunderstorms
Ultrafine aerosol particles produce bigger storm clouds and more precipitation than larger aerosols in pristine conditions.
New research suggests forests, like humans, require a balanced diet
West Virginia University - Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
The world's forests are on a fast food diet of carbon dioxide, which is currently causing them to grow faster. But a researcher at West Virginia University, along with an international team of scientists, finds evidence suggesting that forest growth may soon peak as the trees deplete nitrogen in the soil over longer growing seasons.
Microsoft/National Geographic Grant Will Advance Penguin Colony Location Research
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook University Associate Professor Heather J. Lynch is a recipient of a Microsoft/National Geographic AI for Earth Innovation Grant, devised to advance the uses of artificial intelligence in scientific exploration and research on critical environmental challenges.
For These Critically Endangered Marine Turtles, Climate Change Could be a Knockout Blow
Florida State University
Researchers from FSU's Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science suggest that projected increases in air temperatures, rainfall inundation and blistering solar radiation could significantly reduce hawksbill hatching success at a selection of major nesting beaches.
Future Loss of Arctic Sea-Ice Cover Could Contribute to the Substantial Decrease in California's Rainfall
A new modeling framework helps understand the consequences of future sea-ice loss in the Arctic.
An Energy-Efficient Way to Stay Warm: Sew High-Tech Heating Patches to Your Clothes
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
What if, instead of turning up the thermostat, you could warm up with high-tech, flexible patches sewn into your clothes - while significantly reducing your electric bill and carbon footprint? Engineers at Rutgers and Oregon State University have found a cost-effective way to make thin, durable heating patches by using intense pulses of light to fuse tiny silver wires with polyester. Their heating performance is nearly 70 percent higher than similar patches created by other researchers, according to a Rutgers-led study in Scientific Reports.
Climate Change: Wake Forest University Experts
Wake Forest University
Cloud or no cloud, that is the question
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Feature RICHLAND, Wash. -- Kids lying on their backs in a grassy field might scan the clouds for images--perhaps a fluffy bunny here and a fiery dragon over there. Often, atmospheric scientists do the opposite--they search data images for the clouds as part of their research to understand Earth systems.Manually labeling data images pixel by pixel is time-consuming, so researchers rely on automatic processing techniques, such as cloud detection algorithms.
Under snow, underfoot: soils in winter
Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
Chilling sub-zero temperatures. Astounding snowfalls. The weather outside is frightful. Yet under the snow and frost, life in soils carries on! Soils Matter, Soil Science Society of America's science-based blog, provides insights to soils in winter and the organisms that live there.
Sierra Snowpack Could Drop Significantly By End of Century
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
A future warmer world will almost certainly feature a decline in fresh water from the Sierra Nevada mountain snowpack. Now a new study by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that analyzed the headwater regions of California's 10 major reservoirs, representing nearly half of the state's surface storage, found they could see on average a 79 percent drop in peak snowpack water volume by 2100.
Health Experts Call on EPA to Reverse Decision to Eliminate Pollutant-Specific Panels
American Thoracic Society (ATS)
In a letter to EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler members of the scientific community expressed concern about the agency's decision to dissolve pollutant-specific advisory panels, including one charged with setting the National Ambient Air Quality Standard or NAAQS for airborne particulate matter or PM.
UNH Researchers Find Unexpected Impact of Hurricanes on Puerto Rico's Watershed
University of New Hampshire
Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found unprecedentedly high levels of nitrate, an essential plant nutrient, in streams and watersheds of Puerto Rico for a year after two consecutive major hurricanes in 2017. This high amount of nitrate may have important climate change implications that could harm forest recovery and threaten ecosystems along Puerto Rico's coastline by escalating algal blooms and dead zones.
Low Oxygen and pH Levels in Estuaries Causing More Death to Larval Blue Crabs
Stony Brook University
Inhabiting a vast network of estuaries along the Atlantic coast, blue crabs are ecologically important and represent one of the valuable and prized fisheries in the United States. Blue crabs spawn in estuaries at a time of year when water-quality issues such as low dissolved oxygen (hypoxia) and low pH (acidification) can be the most persistent and severe. A group from the lab of Christopher Gobler, a professor in the School of Marine Science (SoMAS) at Stony Brook University, investigated the effects of these individual and combined stressors on early life stages of the blue crab. Their study, recently published in PLoS One, provides evidence that larval blue crabs experience increased mortality when exposed to low oxygen and/or low pH conditions at levels routinely found in degraded estuaries.
Animals help mitigate climate change through influence on carbon cycle, according to interdisciplinary team of remote sensing scientists
Northern Arizona University
Scott Goetz and Chris Doughty of Northern Arizona University participated in a study published in the journal Science that shows animals play a significant role in mitigating the effects of climate change by mediating carbon exchange between ecosystems and the atmosphere.
Solar Base Station Gets Upgrade
Brookhaven National Laboratory
The improvements will facilitate solar energy research conducted by scientists from Brookhaven Lab and outside institutions.
Arctic ice model upgrade to benefit polar research, industry and military
Los Alamos National Laboratory
An update for an internationally vital sea-ice computer model developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory with several collaborating groups, called CICE version 6.0, is being released this week, a timely tool that supports more accurate forecasting of ice occurrence and global climate modeling.
Can Sudden Weather Change Cause Strokes?
Rush University Medical Center
Dramatic changes in barometric pressure may increase the incidence of a type of stroke known as spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage, a study found.
WIU Administrator, Students Help with Taylorville Tornado Damage Assessment
Western Illinois University
MACOMB, IL - A Western Illinois University administrator and two students were headed outside the classroom Monday morning to assist with assessing the damage caused by the tornadoes impacting central Illinois Saturday afternoon.
New Experimental Red Tide Respiratory Forecast Will Help Public Know Their Risks When They Visit the Beach
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System-Regional Association (GCOOS-RA)
Pinellas County residents and visitors who are susceptible to the respiratory impacts of Florida's red tide -- especially people with asthma and other chronic lung diseases -- now have a new tool that will help them know their risks before they visit area beaches during red tides.
Bioarchaeologist receives NSF grant to study rise and fall of ancient societies in southern Peru
Northern Arizona University
Corina Kellner of Northern Arizona University will use a Senior Archaeology Award to fund two summers of research in southern Peru to study the development, expansion and collapse of the Nasca and Wari societies during the Andean Middle Horizon period at Huaca del Loro.
Moviemaking mimics nature for creative control and a more realistic look
Dartmouth College
HANOVER, N.H. - November 29, 2018 - A new theory based on the physics of cloud formation and neutron scattering could help animators create more lifelike movies, according to a Dartmouth-led study. Software developed using the technique focuses on how light interacts with microscopic particles to develop computer-generated images.
Wetland Experts Explain Role of Vital Carbon Sinks Carbon Cycle in New Report
Michigan Technological University
UNLV Climate Change Expert Explains the Impacts of Hotter Temperatures in Light of New Climate Assessment
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)
Swapping Bacteria May Help 'Nemo' Fish Cohabitate with Fish-Killing Anemones
The fish killer and the fish live in harmony: But how the clownfish thrive in the poisonous tentacles of the anemone remains a mystery. A new study tackles the iconic conundrum from the microbial side.
Optimal Foraging: How Soil Microbes Adapt to Nutrient Constraints
How microbial communities adjust to nutrient-poor soils at the genomic and proteomic level gives scientists insights into land use.
Threatened Tropical Coral Reefs Form Complex, Ancient Associations with Bacteria, Researchers Say
University of Washington
In a study published Nov. 22 in Nature Communications, scientists at the University of Washington Bothell, Pennsylvania State University and Oregon State University report that coral bacteria are surprisingly diverse and that different sections of the coral body host unique communities of bacteria.
Expert's research shows we've been underestimating soot's effect on global warming
Washington University in St. Louis
How to Convert Climate-Changing Carbon Dioxide into Plastics and Other Products
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Rutgers scientists have developed catalysts that can convert carbon dioxide - the main cause of global warming - into plastics, fabrics, resins and other products. The electrocatalysts are the first materials, aside from enzymes, that can turn carbon dioxide and water into carbon building blocks containing one, two, three or four carbon atoms with more than 99 percent efficiency.
New Jersey Weather Observers Sought for Rutgers-Coordinated Network
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Do you want to help scientists at Rutgers University keep track of the weather in New Jersey? The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS), a nationwide volunteer network for observing precipitation, is seeking volunteer weather observers throughout the Garden State.
Amazonian Peatlands May Soon Switch From a Carbon Sink to a Carbon Source
Arizona State University (ASU)
Until humans can find a way to geoengineer ourselves out of the climate disaster we've created, we must rely on natural carbon sinks, such as oceans and forests, to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. These ecosystems are deteriorating at the hand of climate change. Once destroyed, they may not only stop absorbing carbon from the atmosphere, but start emitting it.
UCI and Singapore Researchers Find Source of 2015 Southeast Asia Smoke Cloud
University of California, Irvine
Smoke from widespread fires in Indonesia in the summer and fall of 2015 hung heavily over major urban centers in Southeast Asia, causing adverse health effects for millions of people. The afflicted could not have known that the polluted air they were breathing contained carbon from plants that were alive during the Middle Ages.
Law of soot light absorption: Current climate models underestimate warming by black carbon aerosol
Washington University in St. Louis
Researchers in the School of Engineering & Applied Science have discovered a new, natural law that sheds light on the fundamental relationship between coated black carbon and light absorption.
Climate change will likely cause darker tropical forests
Northern Arizona University
Christopher Doughty and a team of researchers studied more than 4,000 leaves in the tropics of Peru. Not only did they find that climate change will likely cause leaves to become thinner, but these leaves will become darker and absorb more of the sun's energy as the planet warms.
More Than H2O: Technology Simultaneously Measures 71 Elements in Water, Other Liquids
New York University
A new method for simultaneous measurement of 71 inorganic elements in liquids--including water, beverages, and biological fluids--makes element testing much faster, more efficient, and more comprehensive than was possible in the past.
Ocean Warming
University of Delaware
New research has uncovered a previously unaccounted for pathway transporting heat from the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean, and even further to the Southern Ocean, which surrounds Antarctica. It has implications for climate change and what we know about global warming.
New resources support tribes in preparing for climate change
University of Washington
The University of Washington Climate Impacts Group and regional tribal partners have developed a collection of resources that may be useful to tribes at any stage in the process of evaluating their vulnerability to climate change. The project is a partnership among tribes, tribal associations, universities and the federal government.
First tally of U.S.-Russia polar bears finds a healthy population
University of Washington
The first assessment of polar bears that live in the biologically rich Chukchi Sea region that spans the U.S. and Russia, finds that the population is healthy and not yet suffering from declining sea ice.
Climate Simulations Project Wetter, Windier Hurricanes
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
New supercomputer simulations by climate scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have shown that climate change intensified the amount of rainfall in recent hurricanes such as Katrina, Irma, and Maria by 5 to 10 percent. They further found that if those hurricanes were to occur in a future world that is warmer than present, those storms would have even more rainfall and stronger winds.
Colder, Darker Climates Increase Alcohol Consumption and Liver Disease
People living in colder regions with less sunlight consume more alcohol and experience more alcoholic liver disease.
Kawasaki Disease: One Disease, Multiple Triggers
University of California San Diego Health
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and international collaborators have evidence that Kawasaki Disease (KD) does not have a single cause. By studying weather patterns and geographical distributions of patients in San Diego, the research team determined that this inflammatory disease likely has multiple environmental triggers influenced by a combination of temperature, precipitation and wind patterns.
Evacuation Expert on Wildfires: 'Get Out Before Flames Reach You'
Northwestern University
Disaster Research Experts Can Comment on Wildfires in Northern California
University of Delaware
Surface Water and Flood Dynamics Increase Population Vulnerability to Waterborne Disease and Climate Change
Virginia Tech
They discovered that increases in diarrheal disease cases were closely tied to periods of rainfall, flood recession, and changes in surface water quality, with a 1 meter drop in river height in the dry season associated with a staggering 16.7 percent increase in diarrheal disease in children under 5.
Common allergen, ragweed, will shift northward under climate change
University of Washington
The first study of common ragweed's future U.S. distribution finds the top allergen will expand its range northward as the climate warms, reaching new parts of upstate New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, while retreating from current hot spots.
After a Bad Winter in the Ocean, Female Magellanic Penguins Suffer Most, Study Shows
University of Washington
Research is showing how Magellanic penguins fare during the winter months when they spend months at sea feeding. Oceanographic features are more likely to negatively impact the body conditions of Magellanic penguin females, but not males, when the penguins return to their nesting grounds in spring.
Citrus Advisory System May Help Prevent Losses From Postbloom Fruit Drop
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
A new University of Florida-developed forecasting system could help citrus growers control postbloom fruit drop this winter, despite the predicted El Nino weather pattern that's expected to bring more rain and moderate temperatures.
Warmer Temperatures Lengthen Growing Season, Increase Plants' Vulnerability to Frost
Experimental warming treatments show how peatland forests may respond to future environmental change.
As Evening Commute Gets Darker, It Could Also Become More Dangerous
Cedars-Sinai
The end of daylight saving time--on Nov.4 this year--could create a more dangerous evening commute for people on foot, as darkness falls earlier and drivers find it harder to see on the road, says a Cedars-Sinai trauma physician.
A Clean Water Solution for the Developing World (Podcast)
Oregon State University, College of Engineering
How do you ensure a product designed for the developing world is useful for the people it's intended to help? A team of researchers, led by Nordica MacCarty, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is combining engineering with anthropology in field tests of a water purification system.
What Happened in the Past When the Climate Changed?
University of California San Diego
New computer model shows for the first time how the changing climate in Asia, from 5,000 to 1,000 years ago, transformed people's ability to produce food in particular places. Simulating the probability of crop failures enables the co-authors to get at the causes of some dramatic cultural changes.
A Wilderness "Horror Story"
Wildlife Conservation Society
Producing the first comprehensive fine-scale map of the world's remaining marine and terrestrial wild places, conservation scientists writing in the journal Nature say that just 23 percent of the world's landmass can now be considered wilderness.
Time travel with bat guano
Washington University in St. Louis
A favorite Halloween symbol leaves behind clues to what a tropical landscape looked like thousands of years ago. With support from the Living Earth Collaborative, postdoctoral scholar Rachel Reid of Washington University in St. Louis digs in.
UF/IFAS Research Suggests Improved Erosion Control May Help Reduce Nitrogen Inputs to Australia's Great Barrier Reef
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef and one of Australia's top tourist destinations, but its coral colonies have been dying at a startling rate in recent years and scientists believe that high levels of nitrogen in reef waters have played a role in the crisis.
Energy Expert: Nature Climate Change Paper on Cryptocurrencies Is 'Fundamentally Flawed'
Northwestern University
Machine Learning to Help Optimize Traffic and Reduce Pollution
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Applying artificial intelligence to self-driving cars to smooth traffic, reduce fuel consumption, and improve air quality predictions may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have launched two research projects to do just that.
Improving Climate Models to Account for Plant Behavior Yields 'Goodish' News
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Climate scientists have not been properly accounting for what plants do at night, and that, it turns out, is a mistake. A new study from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has found that plant nutrient uptake in the absence of photosynthesis affects greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere.
Super Typhoon #Yutu, Why Is It So Strong? Changing Ocean Salinity to Blame
Newswise
Increased rainfall from climate change is making the ocean less salty. The areas with the biggest decreases in salinity also experienced increasingly strong storms.
African Fires Wipe Out Endangered Rhino's Favorite Foods
Wake Forest University
Fires in the African savannah - planned by national park staff to regenerate the preferred grasses of grazers such as wildebeests and zebras - are killing the few foods that endangered black rhinos love to eat.
Researchers studying Marshalltown tornado's impact on renter, immigrant households
Iowa State University
A disaster researcher at Iowa State University is examining how the tornado that hit Marshalltown this summer affected housing and different types of households - particularly immigrant households and renters - in order to understand what can be done in the future to address disaster recovery needs in the United States.
Climate change, rising sea levels a threat to farmers in Bangladesh
Ohio State University
Rising sea levels driven by climate change make for salty soil, and that is likely to force about 200,000 coastal farmers in Bangladesh inland as glaciers melt into the world's oceans, according to estimates from a new study.
Do Mussels Reveal the Fate of the Oceans?
Florida Atlantic University
Prior research has suggested that mussels are a robust indicator of plastic debris and particles in marine environments. A new study says that's not the case because mussels are picky eaters and have an inherent ability to choose and sort their food. Instead, the researchers have discovered that marine aggregates also called "marine snow," play a much bigger role in the fate of the oceans when it comes to plastic debris.
Fish give up the Fight After Coral Bleaching
University of Vermont
Researchers found that when water temperatures heat up for corals, fish 'tempers' cool down, providing the first clear evidence of coral bleaching serving as a trigger for rapid change in the behavior of reef fish. Publishing in Nature Climate Change, the researchers show how butterflyfish, considered to be sensitive indicators of reef health, offer an early warning sign that reef fish populations are in trouble.
Rising Temperatures and Human Activity are Increasing Storm Runoff and Flash Floods
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science
Columbia Engineers show for the first time that runoff extremes have dramatically increased in response to climate and human-induced changes. Their findings demonstrate a large increase in precipitation and runoff extremes driven by human activity and climate change.
MSU Sociologist Investigates Community Impacts of Reduction of Goose Population
Mississippi State University
A Mississippi State sociologist's upcoming book explores how one rural community is adapting as shifting climatological conditions have eliminated more than 100,000 geese from a traditional wintering ground.
The Stories Behind the Science: How Does the Ocean's Saltiness Affect Tropical Storms?
Department of Energy, Office of Science
Two researchers with personal experience of hurricanes set out to investigate the role of an underestimated factor in storm's strength - salinity. They found that salinity plays a larger role than anyone thought, including them.
Cleaning up Dirty Water with Microbes and Grease (Podcast)
Oregon State University, College of Engineering
How long will the world's supply of clean fresh water last? Just the fact that we have to ask that question is enough to start worrying, as threats from pollution, climate change, and overpopulation continue to get worse. Fortunately, researchers like Tyler Radniecki are at the vanguard of the search for solutions to revive and restore this precious resource.
S&T Provides Real-Time Technology Solutions in Response to Major Hurricanes
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate
As Hurricane Florence approached the United States East Coast this September and Hurricane Michael approached Florida, emergency managers and responders looked to predictive, situational awareness and decision support tools to help them prepare for the impending landfall and to respond once the storm arrived.
Wind Farms and Reducing Hurricane Precipitation
University of Delaware
New research reveals an unexpected benefit of large-scale offshore wind farms: the ability to lessen precipitation from hurricanes.
Gulf-Wide Sea Grant Team Receives National Award for Oil Spill Science Outreach Efforts
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
The Gulf Sea Grant oil spill science outreach team -- which includes Monica Wilson of UF/IFAS -- -- received the National Superior Programming Award for its work synthesizing research results related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Arctic Greening Thaws Permafrost, Boosts Runoff
Los Alamos National Laboratory
A new collaborative study has investigated Arctic shrub-snow interactions to obtain a better understanding of the far north's tundra and vast permafrost system. Incorporating extensive in situ observations, Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists tested their theories with a novel 3D computer model and confirmed that shrubs can lead to significant degradation of the permafrost layer that has remained frozen for tens of thousands of years. These interactions are driving increases in discharges of fresh water into rivers, lakes and oceans
UNH Researchers Say Winter Ticks Killing Moose at Alarming Rate
University of New Hampshire
As winter in New England seems to get warmer, fall lingers longer and spring comes into bloom earlier, areas like northern New Hampshire and western Maine are seeing an unusual continued increase in winter ticks which are endangering the moose population. Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found that the swell of infestations of this parasite, which attaches itself to moose during the fall and feeds throughout the winter, is the primary cause of an unprecedented 70 percent death rate of calves over a three-year period.
Any way the wind blows
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne researchers recently partnered in a project to improve short-term wind forecasting in complex terrains in an effort to make wind energy a more reliable resource. They are currently seeking funding to pursue further studies with the data collected.
Two Degrees Decimated Puerto Rico's Insect Populations
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
While temperatures in the tropical forests of northeastern Puerto Rico have climbed two degrees Celsius since the mid-1970s, the biomass of arthropods - invertebrate animals such as insects, millipedes, and sowbugs - has declined by as much as 60-fold, according to new findings published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Global Warming Will Have Us Crying in What's Left of Our Beer
University of California, Irvine
On top of rising sea levels, stronger hurricanes and worsening wildfires, scientists project that human-caused climate change will result in one of the most dire consequences imaginable: a disruption in the global beer supply.
Notre Dame Releases Climate Vulnerability Assessment of More Than 270 US Cities
University of Notre Dame
The Urban Adaptation Assessment is an open-source, free measurement and analysis tool that explores a city's ability to adapt and readiness for adaptation to climate change.
FAU Hurricane Evacuation Expert Available to Discuss Aftermath of Hurricane Michael
Florida Atlantic University
Mars Taps Benson Hill's Crop Design Platform to Help Protect Cacao from Climate Change
Benson Hill Biosystems
"We want to enable farmers to produce more cocoa from less land," said Dr. Howard Shapiro, Chief Agricultural Officer of Mars. "Benson Hill has built an impressive data and machine learning platform designed to provide insights that can improve crops faster.
Study Finds Florida Panhandle Not as Prepared for Hurricane as Other Parts of the State
Florida Atlantic University
A study released today found that the vast majority of counties in the Florida Panhandle were less prepared for emergency evacuation compared to the rest of the state.
Studies Reveal Powerful Links Between Economic Development, Technology and Geopolitical Cooperation to Reduce Climate Change
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook University researchers are trying to determine key links between economic development, technology, politics and human decision making in the context of climate change. Their research published in two peer-reviewed journals helps shed light on the complex topic.
Experts discuss immediate and lasting impacts of hurricanes
West Virginia University
Hurricane Michael: Expert on public and government use social media in a crisis available for interview
Argonne National Laboratory
Hurricane Michael: Expert in modeling/simulation, emergency preparedness and critical and energy infrastructure available
Argonne National Laboratory
Hurricane Michael: UAB experts available for interviews about emergency response and recovery
University of Alabama at Birmingham
UAB experts can comment on the preparation, response and recovery related to Hurricane Michael and how it may impact schools, businesses, hospitals, communities and more.
Social Entrepreneurship Can Lift Communities Before, During and After Severe Weather Events
University of Alabama at Birmingham
People and communities impacted by severe weather can benefit from entrepreneurial activities.
One Key to Climate Change Turnaround Eyed in Antarctic Ocean
University of Delaware
New research could lead to the kind of drastic changes demanded in the UN's climate change report. The study says winds in the Antarctic Ocean strengthen during the austral summer and surface waters acidify faster than can be accounted for by increases in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere alone.
Polar bears gorged on whale carcasses to survive past warm periods, but strategy won't suffice as climate warms
University of Washington
A new study led by the University of Washington found that while dead whales are valuable sources of fat and protein for some polar bears, this resource will likely not be enough to sustain most bear populations in the future when the Arctic becomes ice-free in summers.
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.13 C per decade
University of Alabama Huntsville
Global Temperature Report: September 2018
WVU Researchers Linking Clean Air Act to Soil Composition
West Virginia University
Researchers from WVU have teamed up with collaborators at Lawrence Livermore National Lab to predict the future of these effects on Earth's forest ecosystems and understand why soil under some tree species gain more carbon in response to nitrogen deposition than others.
UCI Study: Reduced Sierra Nevada Snowmelt Runoff to Threaten California Agriculture
University of California, Irvine
An estimated three-quarters of the water used by farms, ranches and dairies in California originates as snow in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, but the future viability of that resource is projected to be at heightened risk due to global climate change.
Global Sea Level Could Rise 50 feet by 2300, Study Says
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Global average sea-level could rise by nearly 8 feet by 2100 and 50 feet by 2300 if greenhouse gas emissions remain high and humanity proves unlucky, according to a review of sea-level change and projections by Rutgers and other scientists.
Berkeley Lab, Oak Ridge, NVIDIA Team Breaks Exaop Barrier With Deep Learning Application
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
A team of computational scientists from Berkeley Lab and Oak Ridge National Laboratory and engineers from NVIDIA has demonstrated an exascale-class deep learning application that exceeded the exaop barrier, using a climate dataset from Berkeley Lab on ORNL's Summit supercomputer.
Model to predict greenhouse gases, carbon storage in coastal wetlands under changing conditions developed at WVU
West Virginia University
A pair of researchers from West Virginia University has developed a new model to reliably predict the greenhouse gas fluxes of carbon dioxide and methane in coastal wetlands under rising temperatures and changing environments.
Scientists Call for Microbial "Noah's Ark" to Protect Global Health
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
A Rutgers University-New Brunswick-led team of researchers is calling for the creation of a global microbiota vault to protect the long-term health of humanity. Such a Noah's Ark of beneficial germs would be gathered from human populations whose microbiomes are uncompromised by antibiotics, processed diets and other ill effects of modern society, which have contributed to a massive loss of microbial diversity and an accompanying rise in health problems. The human microbiome includes the trillions of microscopic organisms that live in and on our bodies, contributing to our health in a myriad of ways.
More Wet and Dry Weather Extremes Projected with Global Warming
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Global warming is projected to spawn more extreme wet and dry weather around the world, according to a Rutgers-led study. Those extremes include more frequent dry spells in the northwestern, central and southern United States and in Mexico, and more frequent heavy rainfall events in south Asia, the Indochinese Peninsula and southern China.
Crowdsourced App Gauges Flood Waters
Michigan Technological University
Communicating flood risk can be more streamlined and an interdisciplinary team of engineers, hydrologists, and computer scientists plan to develop apps to improve monitoring and predictions.
FAU Research Experts Available to Discuss Red Tide, Harmful Algal Blooms Affecting Florida's Coastlines
Florida Atlantic University
In disaster's wake, novel computing techniques support emergency responders
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
As hurricanes barrel toward the coastlines and wildfires rage in arid regions of the United States, scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are providing critical geospatial data to support first responders as they work to save lives and property.
Genome of Sea Lettuce that Spawns Massive "Green Tides" Decoded
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Sea lettuce, a fast-growing seaweed that spawns massive "green tides," is a prolific thief, according to research that for the first time sequenced the genome of a green seaweed