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Increasing opportunities for sustainable behavior
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
A new study shows how even minor changes to available infrastructure can trigger tipping points in the collective adoption of sustainable behaviors.
Rising from the ashes: volunteers and good science will be vital to bush recovery after catastrophic fires
University of South Australia
University of South Australia ecologist Joan Gibbs describes the day that fires tore through her property in the Adelaide Hills, leaving a trail of devastation. One month on, there are signs of recovery.
Sleet? Freezing rain? Polar vortex? Veteran meteorology expert can explain winter weather forecast terms
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Paul Roebber is one of the leading forecasting experts in the United States and the world. He's a leader in bringing new approaches to meteorology, and his research has changed how experts around the world forecast weather.
New Doomsday Clock time signals inability or direct unwillingness of leaders to cooperatively respond to devastating threats to our planet
University of Notre Dame
Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Doomsday Clock and Nuclear and Climate Threats
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Plane travel destroys polar bear habitat
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
We all know we should fly less as a way to reduce our individual and collective effect on the global climate. But transforming that vague understanding into concrete reasons for action can be difficult -- until now.
Efforts to improve vehicle fuel efficiency may come at a high cost to the climate, public health
University of Georgia
New automotive technology that promises enhanced fuel efficiency may have a serious downside, including significant climate and public health impacts, according to research from the University of Georgia College of Engineering.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore Lab Foundation, ClimateWorks to unveil report on California's road to carbon neutrality
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
LLNL will host a briefing to unveil the new report "Getting to Neutral: Options for Negative Carbon Emissions in California," which identifies a robust suite of technologies to help California clear the last hurdle and become carbon neutral by 2045.
Taal volcano threatens life, climate, agriculture
Cornell University
Report reveals 'unseen' human benefits from ocean twilight zone
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
A new report from researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) reveals for the first time the unseen--and somewhat surprising--benefits that people receive from the ocean's twilight zone. Also known as the "mesopelagic," this is the ocean layer just beyond the sunlit surface.
Chemistry finding could make solar energy more efficient
Ohio State University
Scientists for the first time have developed a single molecule that can absorb sunlight efficiently and also act as a catalyst to transform solar energy into hydrogen, a clean alternative to fuel for things like gas-powered vehicles. This new molecule collects energy from the entire visible spectrum, and can harness more than 50% more solar energy than current solar cells can. The finding could help humans transition away from fossil fuels and toward energy sources that do not contribute to climate change.
FSU Research: Despite less ozone pollution, not all plants benefit
Florida State University
Policies and new technologies have reduced emissions of precursor gases that lead to ozone air pollution, but despite those improvements, the amount of ozone that plants are taking in has not followed the same trend, according to Florida State University researchers.
Caterpillar loss in tropical forest linked to extreme rain, temperature events
University of Nevada, Reno
Using a 22-year dataset of plant-caterpillar-parasitoid interactions collected within a patch of protected Costa Rican lowland Caribbean forest, scientists report declines in caterpillar and parasitoid diversity and density that are paralleled by losses in an important ecosystem service: biocontrol of herbivores by parasitoids.
Air pollution in New York City linked to wildfires hundreds of miles away
European Geosciences Union (EGU)
A new study shows that air pollutants from the smoke of fires from as far as Canada and the southeastern U.S. traveled hundreds of miles and several days to reach Connecticut and New York City, where it caused significant increases in pollution concentrations.
Major NSF-sponsored grant will help researchers discover ways to improve urban sustainability
Iowa State University
A new $2.5 million grant will help an interdisciplinary team of researchers analyze innovative approaches to improving urban sustainability. The team will study various approaches to bolstering local food production in Des Moines and the surrounding area and how those approaches could affect nutrition, waste and environmental impacts.
Johns Hopkins Researchers: Climate Change Threatens to Unlock New Microbes and Increase Heat-Related Illness and Death
Johns Hopkins Medicine
The Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI) recently published "Viewpoint" articles by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine professors who warn that global climate change is likely to unlock dangerous new microbes, as well as threaten humans' ability to regulate body temperature.
Genetic marking discovery improves fruit quality, bolsters climate defenses
Cornell University
Transferring genetic markers in plant breeding is a challenge, but a team of grapevine breeders and scientists at Cornell University have come up with a powerful new method that improves fruit quality and acts as a key defense against pests and a changing climate.
Mapping the Path of Climate Change
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Predicting a major transition, such as climate change, is extremely difficult, but the probabilistic framework developed by the authors is the first step in identifying the path between a shift in two environmental states.
Rising global temperatures turn northern permafrost region into significant carbon source
Argonne National Laboratory
A new study that incorporates datasets gathered from more than 100 sites by institutions including the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, suggests that decomposition of organic matter in permafrost soil is substantially larger than previously thought, demonstrating the significant impact that emissions from the permafrost soil could have on the greenhouse effect and global warming.
Arctic sea ice can't 'bounce back'
University of Exeter
Arctic sea ice cannot "quickly bounce back" if climate change causes it to melt, new research suggests.
Ozone-depleting substances caused half of late 20th-century Arctic warming, says study
Earth Institute at Columbia University
A scientific paper published in 1985 was the first to report a burgeoning hole in Earth's stratospheric ozone over Antarctica. Scientists determined the cause to be ozone-depleting substances - long-lived artificial halogen compounds.
UCI, other researchers find collaborative flood modeling process effective
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, Calif., Jan. 21, 2020 - Community collaboration and high-resolution maps are key to effective flood risk management, according to civil engineers and social scientists at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions. In a study published recently in the American Geophysical Union journal Earth's Future, the researchers report on a successful new process called "collaborative flood modeling" for addressing the increasing threat of rising waters brought on by climate change, aging infrastructure and rapid urban development.
New Investments and Research Indicate Multi-Trillion Dollar Market for Climate Restoration Through Carbon-Capture
Thunderbird School of Global Management
Climate restoration is the global movement to remove the trillion tons of excess CO2 from the atmosphere to restore our air to preindustrial levels of carbon dioxide and to preserve the Arctic ice. Given the climate emergency, climate restoration is a critical third pillar of climate action, complementing ongoing mitigation and adaptation efforts. New technologies and natural solutions for reducing CO2 levels in the next 30 years already exist and the costs for global-scale implementation are projected to be less than 1-3% of the global annual GDP.
Banning Food Waste: Lessons for Rural America
University of Vermont
As Vermont prepares to implement the first statewide food waste ban, UVM research shows 72% of Vermonters already compost or feed food scraps to pets/livestock, but few are willing to pay for curbside composting pickup. Study offers important policy lessons for rural communities.
What Is An Endangered Species?
Michigan Technological University
What makes for an endangered species classification isn't always obvious.
Human-caused biodiversity decline started millions of years ago
University of Gothenburg
The human-caused biodiversity decline started much earlier than researchers used to believe. According to a new study published in the scientific journal Ecology Letters the process was not started by our own species but by some of our ancestors.
Climate may play a bigger role than deforestation in rainforest biodiversity
Field Museum
"Save the rainforests" is a snappy slogan, but it doesn't tell the full story of how complicated it is to do just that.
Diverse cropping systems don't increase carbon storage compared to corn-soybean rotations
Iowa State University
Diversified crop rotations protect water quality and have other environmental benefits, but recent experiments show that farms can't rely on such rotations to improve carbon storage in the soil. The findings contradict widely held expectations that the extensive root systems of perennials and cover crops would deposit carbon in soils.
Mobile protected areas needed to protect biodiversity in the high seas
University of Washington
In this week's issue of Science, marine scientists make the case for the United Nations to include mobile marine protected areas in the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, or UNCLOS, now being updated since its last signing in 1982.
Study Weighs Deep-Sea Mining's Impact on Microbes
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The essential roles that microbes play in deep-sea ecosystems are at risk from the potential environmental impacts of mining.
'The blob,' food supply squeeze to blame for largest seabird die-off
University of Washington
When nearly one million common murres died at sea and washed ashore from California to Alaska in 2015 and 2016, it was unprecedented -- both for murres, and across all bird species worldwide. Scientists from the University of Washington, the U.S. Geological Survey and others blame an unexpected squeeze on the ecosystem's food supply, brought on by a severe and long-lasting marine heat wave known as "the blob."
Marine Heatwave Likely Caused Mass Starvation of Seabirds off the U.S. West Coast and Alaska
PLOS
Unprecedented numbers of common murres--North Pacific seabirds--died between 2015 and 2016. A new analysis lays out the scope of this event and suggests a potential culprit: severely reduced food supplies resulting from unusually elevated sea temperatures.
Reconnecting with nature key for sustainability
University of Exeter
People who live in more built up areas and spend less free-time in nature are also less likely to take actions that benefit the environment, such as recycling, buying eco-friendly products, and environmental volunteering.
Endocrine Society applauds EU Green Deal resolution
Endocrine Society
The Endocrine Society praised the European Parliament resolution in response to the European Union's "Green Deal"-- a plan to invest more than EUR1 trillion in environmental initiatives, including important provisions to protect people from exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs).
Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Climate Change Impacts on Land, Wildfires and Solutions
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Are sinking soils in the Everglades related to climate change?
American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
Soils releasing carbon as gas lead to challenges on valuable farmland
NOAA Releases Extended Version of 20th Century Reanalysis Project
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released an updated version of the 20th Century Reanalysis Project - a high-resolution, four-dimensional reconstruction of the global climate that now estimates what the weather was every day back to 1806.
Clothes last longer and shed fewer microfibers in quicker, cooler washing cycles
University of Leeds
Those nice new clothes you got for Christmas or in the new year sales might just last longer, thanks to advice from scientists researching the impact washing machines have on clothes and the environment.
WHOI scientist to provide testimony on climate science and solutions
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Richard Murray, Deputy Director and Vice President for Research at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), will testify before the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the U.S. House of Representatives on January 15, 2020.
Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Earthquakes in Puerto Rico, Need for Preventative Policy Changes in Urban Planning
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Can Solar Geoengineering Mitigate both Climate Change and Income Inequality?
University of California San Diego
New research from the University of California San Diego finds that solar geoengineering--the intentional reflection of sunlight away from the Earth's surface--may reduce income inequality between countries.
Widespread droughts affect southern California water sources six times a century
University of Arizona
Severe droughts happened simultaneously in the regions that supply water to Southern California almost six times per century on average since 1500, according to new University of Arizona-led research.
Mindfulness needed when salting sidewalks, roads
American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
Alternative methods have safer environmental impact
Climate change unlikely to drive sugar maples north
Universite de Montreal
Sugar maples won't be heading north anytime soon, despite climate change, according to a new study published in the Journal of Ecology.
Scientists use ancient marine fossils to unravel long-standing climate puzzle
Cardiff University
Cardiff University scientists have shed new light on the Earth's climate behaviour during the last known period of global warming over 14 million years ago.
New study shows dominance of local air pollution sources in Delhi
University of Surrey
The University of Surrey has revealed results from a new, comprehensive study that suggests that activities such as construction and vehicle traffic contribute significantly to the Delhi National Capital Region's high concentrations of harmful air pollutants and gases.
Cracks in Arctic Sea Ice Turn Low Clouds on and Off
University of Utah
The prevailing view has been that more leads are associated with more low-level clouds during winter. But University of Utah atmospheric scientists noticed something strange in their study of these leads: when lead occurrence was greater, there were fewer, not more clouds.
Queen's University and Belfast City Council launch the Belfast Climate Commission to deliver action on the climate crisis
Queen's University Belfast
Queen's University Belfast and Belfast City Council have today (Friday 10 January, 2020) launched the 'Belfast Climate Commission', to drive action on the climate crisis.
Team led by NUS avian researcher discovered 10 new bird taxa in little-explored islands of Wallacea
National University of Singapore
A research team led by Associate Professor Frank Rheindt from the National University of Singapore found five bird species and five subspecies new to science in three small island groups off Sulawesi, Indonesia. The islands are situated in Indonesia's Wallacea region, an archipelago at the interface between the Oriental and Australian biogeographical realms, named after Sir Alfred Wallace.
Beyond the Bushfires, What Can Teachers Do to Help Their Kids?
University of South Australia
In a little over two weeks, more than three million Australian students will return to school, ready to start a new year. But, amid the packed lunches and book bags, many may also be returning with a sense of anxiety and confusion in the aftermath of Australia's devastating bushfires.
Investigating the Ocean's Influence on Australia's Drought
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2020/01/9/Australia.pngwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /To understand how the relentless heat, blazing wild fires, and bone-dry conditions have reached such extremes, scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) are looking to the ocean.
'It makes no sense': Trump pipeline proposal undercuts climate progress
Cornell University
Environmental Scientists Available to Comment on Australian Bushfires
Indiana University
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Keep or Cancel Holiday Plans on Fire-Ravaged Kangaroo Island?
University of South Australia
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2020/01/8/KangarooIslandbushire.JPGwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Kangaroo Island is one of South Australia's most iconic tourism destinations, but as fires continue to rage across the once pristine environment, many holidaymakers are questioning whether to keep or cancel their travel plans.
Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss 2019 Climate, Weather Events in N.J.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Connector fungi offer new clues to fate of nitrogen in warming tundra
Northern Arizona University
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2020/01/8/Hewitt-newcoverfigure-Ecoss.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Northern Arizona University professors Rebecca Hewitt and Michelle Mack authored the study, published this week in New Phytologist, which could have implications for researchers and computer models that predict where nitrogen and carbon go at both regional and global levels.
Most meat eaters support veganism as 'ethical' and good for the environment
University of Bath
Most meat eaters support veganism as 'ethical' and good for the environment
University of Redlands professor says climate disruption will cause subtropical high pressure over Australia to gain strength, expand desert conditions
University of Redlands
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Australian fires will be 'dwarfed' by future events, continued warming, drying climate
West Virginia University
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As Australia burns, experts available to discuss lasting impacts on wildlife, human health
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Oklahoma Research Team Helps Weather-Weary Ag Industry
University of Oklahoma, Gallogly College of Engineering
You don't have to look far to find news, opinions and studies about our world's changing climate and its effects on humans. But what is less accessible is how a changing climate impacts beef cattle production. A team of scientists and researchers from across the region set out to answer this and other questions during the Great Plains Grazing project funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Biodiverse forests better at storing carbon for long periods, says study
Earth Institute at Columbia University
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=https://media.eurekalert.org/multimedia_prod/pub/web/220800_web.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /As the effects of climate change are increasingly felt around the world, possible solutions, from reducing fossil fuel emissions to capturing carbon, have come to dominate policy discussions.
Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Australian Climate and Wildfires
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.13 C per decade
University of Alabama Huntsville
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2020/01/6/2019_map.pngwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Global Temperature Report: December 2019
Fire Ecologist Available to Comment on Public Health Impact of Australian Bushfires
Missouri University of Science and Technology
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Expert can discuss health risks associated with smoke from Australian bushfires
University of Delaware
New study estimates the global extent of river ice loss as Earth warms
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=https://media.eurekalert.org/multimedia_prod/pub/rel/220586_rel.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /More than half of Earth's rivers freeze over every year. These frozen rivers support important transportation networks for communities and industries located at high latitudes.
Snowmageddon warnings in North America come from tropics more than Arctic stratosphere
University of Reading
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=https://media.eurekalert.org/multimedia_prod/pub/web/220348_web.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Winter weather patterns in North America are dictated by changes to the polar vortex winds high in the atmosphere, but the most significant cold snaps are more likely influenced by the tropics, scientists have found.
Droughts Spell Changes for Soil Microbes
Department of Energy, Office of Science
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/12/20/27drought.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Scientists predict a warming Earth will cause more droughts that are more severe in the grasslands of the central United States. This research found that soil drying affects the microbial community in several ways.
Combating the effects of gloomy weather
UW Medicine
SAD, or seasonal affective disorder, is a type of depression that is related to changes in seasons. There are methods, like light therapy, that can help.
Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Greenland Ice Sheet Study
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Study suggests obesity associated with greater greenhouse gas emissions
Obesity Society
A new analysis suggests that the increasing average body size of people on Earth, in addition to the growing world population may further challenge attempts to reduce man-made carbon dioxide emissions, according to a paper published online in Obesity, the flagship journal of The Obesity Society.
Wetlands will keep up with sea level rise to offset climate change
Marine Biological Laboratory
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=https://media.eurekalert.org/multimedia_prod/pub/web/220281_web.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Coastal wetlands provide stunning views and are hosts to a vast biodiversity. But they provide another service to the warming Earth: they capture carbon from the atmosphere and sequester it in their sediment at high rates. In the United States alone, coastal wetlands can offset the yearly carbon dioxide emissions from 800,000 cars. But as sea level rises with climate change, will coastal wetlands be overwhelmed, or will they retain their power as carbon sinks?
Genetic variation gives mussels a chance to adapt to climate change
University of Chicago Medical Center
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/12/17/ExperimentalSystem.jpegwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Existing genetic variation in natural populations of Mediterranean mussels allows them to adapt to declining pH levels in seawater caused by carbon emissions. A new study by biologists from the University of Chicago shows that mussels raised in a low pH experimental environment grew smaller shells than those grown at normal pH levels, but the overall survival rate of mussels grown under both conditions was the same.
Amazon forest regrowth much slower than previously thought
Lancaster University
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=https://media.eurekalert.org/multimedia_prod/pub/web/220193_web.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /The regrowth of Amazonian forests following deforestation can happen much slower than previously thought, a new study shows.
Greenland ice loss is at 'worse-case scenario' levels, study finds
University of California, Irvine
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=https://news.uci.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/11_Stenzel_Greenland_2014_0824_0895_-768x512.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Irvine, Calif., Dec. 19, 2019 - Greenland is losing ice mass seven times faster than in the 1990s, a pace that matches the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's high-end warming scenario - in which 400 million people would be exposed to coastal flooding by 2100, 40 million more than in the mid-range prediction. The alarming update resulted from the Ice Sheet Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise, a project involving nearly 100 polar scientists from 50 international institutions, among them two from the University of California, Irvine.
Wichita State-based cleantech company reaches $2.1 million in seed funding
Wichita State University
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/12/19/hyperboreanrelease121919.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Creating eco-friendly refrigeration and cooling technology is one of the top concerns when it comes to fighting climate change. Thanks to resources and knowledge at Wichita State University, a Wichita company is one step closer to finding a solution to that problem. HyperBorean announced that it closed its pre-seed angel round of financing totaling $2.1 million.
Altitude Sickness Drug Doesn't Impair Exercise Performance above Sea Level, Study Finds
American Physiological Society (APS)
A new study finds that a medication commonly prescribed to prevent and combat symptoms of acute mountain sickness does not reduce exercise performance at high altitudes. This may be especially important for military personnel and first responders not accustomed to working above sea level. The study is published ahead of print in the Journal of Applied Physiology.
Ice sheet melting: Estimates still uncertain, experts warn
University of Lincoln
Estimates used by climate scientists to predict the rate at which the world's ice sheets will melt are still uncertain despite advancements in technology, new research shows.
If the world can capture carbon, there's capacity to store it
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=https://media.eurekalert.org/multimedia_prod/pub/web/220017_web.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Carbon capture and storage (CCS) will play a vital role in helping the world cut its carbon dioxide emissions, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says.
Australian desalination plant attracts fish
American Chemical Society (ACS)
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/12/13/121819FishDesalination.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Researchers in Environmental Science Technology report that a large desalination plant in Australia has the unexpected benefit of attracting some species of fish, increasing their abundance at the discharge site.
New ice river detected at Arctic glacier adds to rising seas
Cornell University
Geologists, examining the desolate Vavilov ice cap on the northern fringe of Siberia in the Arctic Circle, have for the first time observed rapid ice loss from an improbable new river of ice, according to new research in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
Visualizing 2020: Trends to Watch
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/12/17/REUTERSCarloAllegri.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /CFR experts spotlight some of the most important trends they will be tracking in the year ahead.
Degraded soils mean tropical forests may never fully recover from logging
University of Cambridge
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=https://media.eurekalert.org/multimedia_prod/pub/web/219651_web.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Continually logging and re-growing tropical forests to supply timber is reducing the levels of vital nutrients in the soil, which may limit future forest growth and recovery, a new study suggests. This raises concerns about the long-term sustainability of logging in the tropics.
Ancient events are still impacting mammals worldwide
Rice University
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=https://media.eurekalert.org/multimedia_prod/pub/web/219860_web.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /In the first study of its kind, researchers have discovered that events from 20,000 years ago or more are still impacting the diversity and distribution of mammal species worldwide.
Adirondack's Boreal Birds Heading for Lean Times
Wildlife Conservation Society
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UW scientist to lead NASA field study of East Coast snowstorms
University of Washington
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/12/12/IMPACTS_144dpi.pngwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" / To better understand large, disruptive snowstorms, a University of Washington atmospheric scientist will lead a NASA field campaign this winter to fly through major snowstorms along the East Coast. The multi-institutional team will observe snow as it forms in clouds to help with satellite monitoring of snowfall and ultimately improve forecasts.
Barrels of ancient Antarctic air aim to track history of rare gas
University of Washington
An Antarctic field campaign last winter led by the U.S. and Australia has successfully extracted some of the largest samples of air dating from the 1870s until today. Researchers will use the samples to look for changes in the molecules that scrub the atmosphere of methane and other gases.
An Urbanized Florida Means More Stormwater Ponds, Invasive Plants
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/12/12/StormwaterpondsbyJamesSinclair12119.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /In their first attempt to quantify stormwater ponds, researchers with the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences found about 76,000 such ponds statewide. Many master-planned communities, especially in Florida, rely on stormwater ponds for flood control and water treatment. But the ponds also can be homes to many invasive plant species, which are costly to control.
Rutgers Experts Available to Discuss Report on Rising Seas and Changing Coastal Storms in N.J.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
UCI-led team releases high-precision map of Antarctic ice sheet bed topography
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, Calif., Dec. 12, 2019 - A University of California, Irvine-led team of glaciologists has unveiled the most accurate portrait yet of the contours of the land beneath Antarctica's ice sheet - and, by doing so, has helped identify which regions of the continent are going to be more, or less, vulnerable to future climate warming.
Mountain Goats' Air Conditioning is Failing, Study Says
Wildlife Conservation Society
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/12/10/IMG_6033.JPGwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /A new study in the journal PLOS One says Glacier National Park's iconic mountain goats are in dire need of air conditioning.
Shrinking of Greenland's glaciers began accelerating in 2000, research finds
Ohio State University
Satellite data has given scientists clues about how, when and why Greenland's glaciers are shrinking - and shows a sharp increase in glacial retreat beginning about 2000, according to new research presented this week.
Scientists Link Decline of Baltic Cod to Hypoxia - and Climate Change
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/12/11/Nettedyellowcod3.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /If you want to know how climate change and hypoxia -- the related loss of oxygen in the world's oceans -- affect fish species such as the economically important Baltic cod, all you have to do is ask the fish. Those cod, at least, will tell you that hypoxia is making them smaller, scrawnier and less valuable. A paper published today in the journal Biology Letters points to a link between hypoxia and fish well-being.
UNH Sails into the Next Generation of Ocean Mapping With NOAA Grant
University of New Hampshire
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/12/10/surveyor-bathymetry-composite.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have been awarded a three-year grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in partnership with Saildrone, Inc. of Alameda, CA, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) to develop data quality tools for a new unmanned wind-powered sailboat-like vehicle capable of long-duration missions to collect vital ocean mapping information.
Could dark carbon be hiding the true scale of ocean 'dead zones'?
University of Plymouth
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=https://media.eurekalert.org/multimedia_prod/pub/web/219140_web.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Dead zones within the world's oceans - where there is almost no oxygen to sustain life - could be expanding far quicker than currently thought, a new study suggests.
Technologies and scientific advances needed to track methane levels in atmosphere
University of Bristol
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=https://media.eurekalert.org/multimedia_prod/pub/web/219243_web.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Understanding what influences the amount of methane in the atmosphere has been identified by the American Geophysical Union to be one of the foremost challenges in the earth sciences in the coming decades because of methane's hugely important role in meeting climate warming targets.
Last remaining glaciers in the Pacific will soon melt away
Ohio State University
The last remaining tropical glaciers between the Himalayas and the Andes will disappear in the next decade - and possibly sooner - due to climate change, a new study has found. The glaciers in Papua, Indonesia, are the canaries in the coal mine for other mountaintop glaciers around the world, one of the senior authors of the paper said.
Natural ecosystems protect against climate change
University of Gottingen
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=https://media.eurekalert.org/multimedia_prod/pub/web/219240_web.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /The identification of natural carbon sinks and understanding how they work is critical if humans are to mitigate global climate change. Tropical coastal wetlands are considered important but, so far, there is little data to show the benefits.