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The fat of the land: Estimating the ecological costs of overeating
Frontiers
With every unfinished meal since Band Aid, you've heard it: "people are starving in Africa, y'know". True, the UN estimates that rich countries throw away nearly as much food as the entire net production of sub-Saharan Africa - about 230 million tonnes per year.
'100-Year' Floods Will Happen Every 1 to 30 Years, According to New Flood Maps
Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science
A 100-year flood is supposed to be just that: a flood that occurs once every 100 years, or a flood that has a one-percent chance of happening every year.
Study Shows Some Exoplanets May Have Greater Variety of Life Than Exists on Earth
Goldschmidt Conference
A new study indicates that some exoplanets may have better conditions for life to thrive than Earth itself has.
Focusing computational power for more accurate, efficient weather forecasts
Penn State Institute for CyberScience
Penn State researchers are using artificial intelligence to pinpoint those swift-changing weather areas to help meteorologists produce more accurate weather forecasts without wasting valuable computational power.
Eight species of fungus cause corn root rot
South Dakota State University
As many as eight species of a common soil fungus can cause root rot in South Dakota cornfields. Identifying the pathogens will help researchers test seed treatments and breeders develop resistant varieties.
The Case for Retreat in the Battle Against Climate Change
University of Delaware
With sea level rise and extreme weather threatening coastal communities, it's no longer a question of whether they are going to retreat; it's where, when and how. In a new paper, researchers advocate for a managed and planned retreat, not a short-term spur of the moment reaction to a massive storm.
Switching on the Atlantic Heat Pump
Stockholm University
34 million years ago the warm 'greenhouse climate' of the dinosaur age ended and the colder 'icehouse climate' of today commenced.
Amazon Rainforest Researcher with 20+ Years Experience Can Discuss Ecological, Policy Changes Relating to Wildfires
Salisbury University
Water availability determines carbon uptake under climate warming: study
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration is the leading cause of greenhouse effects and global warming.
Larger, more frequent fires in boreal forest threaten previously protected carbon stores, international research team reports in Nature
Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University postdoc Xanthe Walker led a team that found that legacy carbon, while it remained protected from combustion in older tree stands where the historical fire return interval persisted, it burned in tree stands younger than 60 years old, increasing the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere.
Are Wind Farms Being Delayed to Protect Fossil Fuel Industry?
University of Delaware
Origin of Massive Methane Reservoir Identified
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
New research from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) published Aug. 19, 2019, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science provides evidence of the formation and abundance of abiotic methane--methane formed by chemical reactions that don't involve organic matter--on Earth and shows how the gases could have a similar origin on other planets and moons, even those no longer home to liquid water. Researchers had long noticed methane released from deep-sea vents. But while the gas is plentiful in the atmosphere where it's produced by living things, the source of methane at the seafloor was a mystery.
Climate is Changing Faster Than Animal Adaptation
An international team of scientists reviewed more than 10,000 published climate change studies and has reached a sobering conclusion. Birds and other animals cannot adapt fast enough to keep pace with climate change, throwing species survival in doubt.
Amazon Rainforest Absorbing Less Carbon Than Expected
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
An international team of scientists, including climate scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, found that accounting for phosphorus-deficient soils reduced projected carbon dioxide uptake by an average of 50% in the Amazon, compared to current estimates based on previous climate models that did not take into account phosphorus deficiency.
Glacier-Fed Rivers May Consume Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
University of Alberta
Study shows chemical weathering is the cause of CO2 consumption in glacier-fed freshwater systems
Extreme evolution: Researchers find hurricanes drive the evolution of more aggressive spiders
McMaster University
Researchers at McMaster University who rush in after storms to study the behaviour of spiders have found that extreme weather events such as tropical cyclones may have an evolutionary impact on populations living in storm-prone regions, where aggressive spiders have the best odds of survival.
Could Duckweed Feed the World?
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Climate change is threatening the world's food supply and the risk of supply disruptions is expected to grow as temperatures rise, according to a new United Nations report co-authored by Rutgers human ecology professor Pamela McElwee. So, how would we feed everyone if the Earth's population hits 9.7 billion in 2050 as projected? Duckweed, the world's fastest-growing plant, which has more protein than soybeans and is a traditional food source for people living in parts of Southeast Asia, could be one of the key solutions, according to Eric Lam, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Plant Biology in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.
Bioenergy startup licenses ORNL food-waste-to-fuel system
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Electro-Active Technologies, Inc., of Knoxville, Tenn., has exclusively licensed two biorefinery technologies invented and patented by the startup's co-founders while working at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The technologies work as a system that converts organic waste into renewable hydrogen gas for use as a biofuel.
Which city is most polluted? No one knows
Washington University in St. Louis
Of all the reasons why researchers would prefer more robust monitoring of pollutants in the atmosphere, one stands out: Having this basic information is an indication of progress in the realm of environmental science. A McKelvey School of Engineering scientist outlines the extent of the gap between what researchers know and don't know.
Early Species Developed Much Faster Than Previously Thought
Ohio University
When Earth's species were rapidly diversifying nearly 500 million years ago, that evolution was driven by complex factors including global cooling, more oxygen in the atmosphere, and more nutrients in the oceans.
Tiny GPS backpacks uncover the secret life of desert bats
University of Helsinki
A new study from the University of Helsinki using miniaturized satellite-based tags revealed that during drier periods desert bats must fly further and longer to fulfil their nightly needs. According to researchers this signals their struggle in facing dry periods.
Global Urban Water Scarcity Endures as a 'Daily Reality'
Cornell University
More than 40% of residents in 15 cities in the "global south" - developing nations in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Latin America - still lack quality, affordable water that can be piped into dwellings, according to a report released by the World Resources Institute's Ross Center for Sustainable Cities.
Study Examines How Media Around the World Frame Climate Change News
University of Kansas
Rich countries politicize issue, while poor countries present climate change as international concern
Compost key to sequestering carbon in the soil
University of California, Davis
By moving beyond the surface level and literally digging deep, scientists at the University of California, Davis, found that compost is a key to storing carbon in semi-arid cropland soils, a strategy for offsetting CO2 emissions.
A former EPA administrator is available to comment on the lawsuit filed over the Trump Administration's attempts to ease restrictions on coal burning power plants under the Clean Power Plan
Indiana University
Fracking Prompts Global Spike in Atmospheric Methane
Cornell University
As methane concentrations increase in the Earth's atmosphere, chemical fingerprints point to a probable source: shale oil and gas, according to new Cornell University research published in Biogeosciences, a journal of the European Geosciences Union.
Cool Roofs Can Help Shield California's Cities Against Heat Waves
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
A new study by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory shows that if every building in California sported "cool" roofs by 2050, these roofs would help contribute to protecting urbanites from the consequences of dangerous heatwaves.
Europe has the untapped onshore capacity to meet global energy demand
University of Sussex
Europe has the capacity to produce more than 100 times the amount of energy it currently produces through onshore windfarms, new analysis from the University of Sussex and Aarhus University has revealed.
Hard-Working Termites Crucial to Forest, Wetland Ecosystems
Soil bedding increases microbial and termite decomposition activity
Scientists Discover Key Factors in How Some Algae Harness Solar Energy
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Scientists have discovered how diatoms - a type of alga that produce 20 percent of the Earth's oxygen - harness solar energy for photosynthesis. The Rutgers University-led discovery, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could help lead to more efficient and affordable algae-based biofuels and combat climate change from fossil fuel burning.
Doubling down
University of California, Santa Barbara
Over the recent decade, total human impacts to the world's oceans have, on average, nearly doubled and could double again in the next decade without adequate action. That's according to a new study by researchers from the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) at UC Santa Barbara.
Growth of Wind Energy Points to Future Challenges, Promise
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Advances in adapting the technology and better methods for predicting wind conditions have fanned significant growth of the use of wind turbines for electricity in the last 40 years. A new report, in Applied Physics Reviews, takes stock of where the field is now and what lies ahead. Researchers surveyed the growth of wind technology as a source of renewable energy and assessed its viability for continuing to capture larger shares of the electricity market.
Pollutant Linked to Climate Change Can Accelerate Lung Disease as Much as a Pack a Day of Cigarettes
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Long-term exposure to outdoor air pollutants, especially the pollutant ozone, accelerates the development of emphysema and age-related decline in lung function, even among people who have never smoked, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Coca and conflict: the factors fuelling Colombian deforestation
University of Queensland
Deforestation in Colombia has been linked to armed conflict and forests' proximity to coca crops, the plant from which cocaine is derived.
Reducing agricultural emissions, called out in IPCC report, with anaerobic digestion
Michigan Technological University
New study shows impact of largescale tree death on carbon storage
University of Birmingham
Largescale 'disturbances', including fires, harvesting, windstorms and insect outbreaks, which kill large patches of forest, are responsible for more than a tenth of tree death worldwide, according to new research at the University of Birmingham.
Diet change needed to save vast areas of tropics, study warns
University of Edinburgh
One quarter of the world's tropical land could disappear by the end of the century unless meat and dairy consumption falls, researchers have warned.
Climate Change Conversations Can Be Difficult for Both Skeptics, Environmentalists
American Psychological Association (APA)
Having productive conversations about climate change isn't only challenging when dealing with skeptics, it can also be difficult for environmentalists, according to two studies presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association.
Low-Income, Black Neighborhoods Still Hit Hard by Air Pollution
Ohio State University
Disease-causing air pollution remains high in pockets of America - particularly those where many low-income and African-American people live, a disparity highlighted in research presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in New York.
UCI urban planning & public policy professor and director, Water UCI, can comment on IPCC "Climate Change and Land" report
University of California, Irvine
Despite Temperature Shifts, Treehoppers Manage to Mate
Saint Louis University Medical Center
A rare bright spot among dismal climate change predictions, new research findings show that some singing insects are likely to manage to reproduce even in the midst of potentially disruptive temperature changes.
Marine heatwaves a bigger threat to coral reefs than previously thought, scientists find
University of New South Wales
Marine heatwaves are a much bigger threat to coral reefs than previously thought, research revealing a previously unrecognized impact of climate change on coral reefs has shown.
UCI professor of ecology & evolutionary biology and earth system science, can comment on latest UN report on world's food supply
University of California, Irvine
Dramatic Increase in Whales in NJ/NYC Raises Safety Concerns
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
The number of humpback whale sightings in New York City and northern New Jersey has increased dramatically in recent years, by more than 500 percent, as a result of warmer and cleaner waters, raising the risk of dangerous interactions between the huge marine mammals and humans, according to Rutgers-New Brunswick doctoral student Danielle Brown. Find out what she says boaters can do to keep themselves and whales safer as a migration heads closer to shores this fall.
Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss IPCC Report on Climate Change and Land
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Back-to-back low snow years will become more common, study projects
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Consecutive low snow years may become six times more common across the Western United States over the latter half of this century, leading to ecological and economic challenges such as expanded fire seasons and poor snow conditions at ski resorts, according to a study.
Researchers to quantify and reduce harmful black carbon emissions from jet fuels in global aviation
Missouri University of Science and Technology
The number of passengers on airlines almost doubled worldwide from 2007 to 2017 - from 2.2 billion to 4 billion people - according to the World Bank. And the public is increasingly aware of how atmospheric emissions from air travel can negatively impact both human health and climate. Researchers from Missouri University of Science and Technology are helping to establish international standards for jet engine particulate matter emissions that will reduce those impacts. Missouri S&T recently received $1.2 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to determine emissions characteristics of non-volatile particulate matter (nvPM), or black carbon, from burning conventional and sustainable alternative jet fuels (SAJFs) in jet engines at cruise altitudes.
Mega-Cloud from Canadian Wildfires Will Help Model Impacts of Nuclear War
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Extreme wildfires in British Columbia, Canada, pumped so much smoke into the upper atmosphere in August 2017 that an enormous cloud circled most of the Northern Hemisphere - a finding in the journal Science that will help scientists model the climate impacts of nuclear war. The pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) cloud - the largest of its kind ever observed - was quickly dubbed "the mother of all pyroCbs."
More than 100 years of Arctic sea ice volume reconstructed with help from historic ships' logbooks
University of Washington
A new study provides a 110-year record of the total volume of Arctic sea ice, using early U.S. ships' voyages to verify the earlier part of the record. The longer record puts the recent loss into perspective.
Rutgers Scholar Available to Discuss Media Coverage of Climate Change
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
IU experts available to comment on United Nations climate report
Indiana University
Indiana University experts on sustainable agricultural and food production are available to comment on a special U.N.-commissioned report on land and climate. A summary of the report, released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, warns that the large amount of greenhouse gas emissions resulting from agricultural practices focused on meat and dairy production are a significant contributor to global warming.
Climatologist Available to Discuss IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land
University at Albany, State University of New York
Upcoming IPCC Report to Call for Urgent Food System Reforms
Cornell University
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.13 C per decade
University of Alabama Huntsville
Global Temperature Report: July 2019
How the Pacific Ocean influences long-term drought in the Southwestern U.S.
University of Washington
Analyzing the full life cycle of long-term droughts and how they relate to El Nino and La Nina conditions in the Pacific Ocean could eventually lead to better prediction of damaging, multiyear droughts in the Southwestern U.S.
New Study Could Reset How Scientists View Sex Determination in Painted Turtle Populations
Iowa State University
A study that looks at how temperature influences the development of painted turtles may lead biologists to rethink the theoretical frameworks they use when analyzing the topic. The study, led by an Iowa State scientist, found wide variation within local populations, suggesting temperature sensitivity of embryonic development can vary significantly from one turtle nest to another within a single population.
Restoring Forests Means Less Fuel for Wildfire and More Storage for Carbon
Ecological Society of America
"With predictions of widespread mortality of western U.S. forests under climate change," McCauley states, "our study addresses how large-scale restoration of overly-dense, fire-adapted forests is one of the few tools available to managers that could minimize the adverse effects of climate change and maintain forest cover."
New Zealand's Biodiversity Will Take Millions of Years to Recover
University of Groningen
The arrival of humans in New Zealand, some 700 years ago, triggered a wave of extinction among native bird species. Many more species are currently under threat. Recent calculations by scientists from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and Massey University in New Zealand show that it would take at least 50 million years of evolution to restore the biodiversity that has been lost. Their results were published on 5 August in the journal Current Biology.
Geoengineering Versus a Volcano
Carnegie Institution for Science
While it's important to evaluate geoengineering proposals from an informed position, the best way to reduce climate risk is to reduce emissions
In the future, this electricity-free tech could help cool buildings in metro areas
University at Buffalo
Engineers designed a new system to help cool buildings in crowded metropolitan areas without consuming electricity, an important innovation as cities work to adapt to climate change. The system consists of an inexpensive polymer/aluminum film that's installed inside a box at the bottom of a specially designed solar "shelter." The film helps keep its surroundings cool by absorbing heat from the air inside the box and transmitting that energy into outer space
Rutgers Climatologist Can Discuss New Jersey's Unusually Warm, Wet July
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Researchers calculate soil freezing depth from satellite data
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT)
A team of researchers from the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), the Institute for Water and Environmental Problems of the Siberian Branch of RAS, and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) has proposed a way to determine soil freezing depth based on satellite microwave radiometry. The findings were published in Studying the Earth From Space*, a Russian-language journal of RAS.
Ancient plankton help researchers predict near-future climate
University of Arizona
The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawai'i recently recorded the highest concentration of carbon dioxide, or CO2, levels in human history.
Species aren't adapting fast enough to cope with climate change, according to new study
Iowa State University
Many species are adapting to climate change, but those adaptations aren't occurring fast enough to guarantee their long-term survival, according to a recent study that analyzed 10,000 published scientific papers. An Iowa State University biologist contributed to the international research team.
How Roads Can Help Cool Sizzling Cities
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Special permeable concrete pavement can help reduce the "urban heat island effect" that causes cities to sizzle in the summer, according to a Rutgers-led team of engineers. Their study appears in the Journal of Cleaner Production.
Can soil microbes adapt to different climates and regions?
Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
Rhizobia can differ between continents, countries, and even the same farm field!
Climate change alters tree demography in northern forests
Hokkaido University
The rise in temperature and precipitation levels in summer in northern Japan has negatively affected the growth of conifers and resulted in their gradual decline
Biodiversity highest on Indigenous-managed lands
University of British Columbia
More than one million plant and animal species worldwide are facing extinction, according to a recent United Nations report.
Study shows warming Arctic temperatures contributing to North American heat waves
Texas State University
New research, conducted in part at Texas State University, suggests that warming temperatures in the Arctic may be contributing to a rise in North American heat waves.The study highlights a statistical relationship between Arctic sea ice and extreme weather events in the United States. The research suggests that during warmer years in the Arctic when sea ice is low, heat waves are more frequent to the south across much of the eastern half of the U.S. due to North Atlantic ocean-atmosphere interactions involving jet stream currents in the Northern Hemisphere. The evidence suggests these factors allow specific weather patterns, including heat waves, to persist for longer periods than the historical norm.
Krypton reveals ancient water beneath the Israeli desert
Argonne National Laboratory
Getting reliable precipitation data from the past has proven difficult, as is predicting regional changes for climate models in the present. A combination of isotope techniques developed by researchers at Argonne and UChicago may help resolve both.
Researchers develop novel process to study how trees affect building temperatures, air flow in extreme heat
Iowa State University
Researchers at Iowa State University have developed a model to test how shading and air flow can improve indoor temperatures during the sweltering heat of Midwest summers.
The ADCIRC Prediction System
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate
APS uses modeling technology with a 30-year track record of providing accurate representations of coastal water movement, flooding, and storm impacts.
To conserve water, Indian farmers fire up air pollution
Cornell University
A measure to conserve groundwater in northwestern India has led to unexpected consequences: added air pollution in an area already beset by haze and smog.
Investing in energy storage for solar, wind power could greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions
University of Michigan
Drive through nearly any corner of America long enough and giant solar farms or rows of wind turbines come into view, all with the goal of increasing the country's renewable energy use and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Study considers sensory impacts of global climate change
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Studies of how global change is impacting marine organisms have long focused on physiological effects--for example an oyster's decreased ability to build or maintain a strong shell in an ocean that is becoming more acidic due to excess levels of carbon dioxide.
UMD studies green infrastructure to manage more intense stormwater with climate change
University of Maryland, College Park
UMD researchers are connecting climate change to urban and suburban stormwater management, with the ultimate goal of increasing resiliency to major storm events. With models not only predicting more rain, but an increased frequency of particularly intense and destructive storms
National database will enhance public safety during wildfires
South Dakota State University
A national address database with geographical coordinates, known as address point data, can help emergency managers warn and evacuate residents during a wildfire.
UCI, JPL glaciologists unveil most precise map ever of Antarctic ice velocity
University of California, Irvine
Constructed from a quarter century's worth of satellite data, a new map of Antarctic ice velocity by glaciologists from the University of California, Irvine and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is the most precise ever created. Published today in a paper in the American Geophysical Union journal Geophysical Research Letters, the map is 10 times more accurate than previous renditions, covering more than 80 percent of the continent.
Bacteria enhance coral resilience to climate change effects
University of Konstanz
Coral reefs are delicate ecosystems that are particularly sensitive to human influences such as climate change and environmental pollution. Even if the warming of the earth does not exceed 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius - a limit set by the International Panel of Climate Change (IPCC)
Preventing people from abandoning exotic pets that threatened biodiversity
Universidad De Barcelona
Abandoning exotic pets is an ethical problem that can lead to biological invasions that threaten conservation of biodiversity in the environment.
Underwater Glacial Melting Occurring Much Faster Than Predicted
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Underwater melting of tidewater glaciers is occurring much faster than previously thought, according to a new study by researchers at Rutgers and the University of Oregon. The findings, which could lead to improved forecasting of climate-driven sea level rise, are based on a new method developed by the researchers that for the first time directly measures the submarine melting of tidewater glaciers.
Scientists: Recent Global Warming Outpaces Climate Changes of the Past 2,000 Years
Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University climate scientists led an international team in completing new reconstructions of Earth's temperature over the past 2,000 years, placing the exceptional 20th-century warming into a longer-term context.
Elephant Extinction Will Raise Carbon Dioxide Levels in Atmosphere
Saint Louis University Medical Center
Forest elephants engineer the ecosystem of the entire central African forest, and their catastrophic decline toward extinction has implications for carbon policy.
How climate change disrupts relationships
University of Wurzburg
Higher mean temperatures as associated with climate change can have a severe impact on plants and animals by disrupting their mutually beneficial relationship: The pasque flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris), for example
Cold, dry planets could have a lot of hurricanes
Purdue University
Nearly every atmospheric science textbook ever written will say that hurricanes are an inherently wet phenomenon - they use warm
Monarch butterflies rely on temperature-sensitive internal timer while overwintering
University of Michigan
The fact that millions of North American monarch butterflies fly thousands of miles each fall and somehow manage to find the same overwintering sites in central Mexican forests and along the California coast, year after year, is pretty mind-blowing.
Is Deadly Candida auris a Product of Global Warming?
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
A drug-resistant fungus species called Candida auris, which was first identified ten years ago and has since caused hundreds of deadly outbreaks in hospitals around the world, may have become a human pathogen in part due to global warming, according to three scientists led by a researcher at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Infectious Disease Expert Says Global Warming Not the Only Factor Behind Rise of C. auris
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
North Carolina coastal flooding is worsening with climate change, population growth
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
A historic 120-year-old data set is allowing researchers to confirm what data modeling systems have been predicting about climate change: Climate change is increasing precipitation events like hurricanes, tropical storms and floods.
Ozone Threat From Climate Change
University of Delaware
We know the recent extreme heat is something that we can expect more of as a result of increasing temperatures due to climate change. But a new study from the University of Delaware warns that there's another impact--worsened air quality due to an increase in the number and intensity of "ozone alert" days.
Rise of Candida auris blamed on global warming
American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Global warming may have played a pivotal role in the emergence of Candida auris, according to a new study published in mBio, an open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology. C. auris
Reducing farm greenhouse gas emissions may plant the seed for a cooler planet
Penn State Institute for CyberScience
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- By adopting a few beneficial management practices, farms -- and particularly dairy farms -- can play a key role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions that are warming the planet, according to a team of researchers. Based on a series of climate-model projections, the researchers found that if farmers worldwide set a target to adopt practices to reduce their emission of greenhouse gases, particularly methane and nitrous oxide, by just 25 percent over the next 30 years, they could reduce overall warming by 0.21 degrees Celsius, or 6 percent of projected total warming.
Diverse Team Assembles to Protect Iconic US Crop from Climate Change
Using deep learning techniques, we can analyze the effects of weather variability on soybean yield and protein production and work to develop high protein varieties that can withstand the stresses associated with changing climates.
For migrating desert plants, taller means faster: Scientists find traits linked to who can leave a changing climate first
Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University researcher Bradley Butterfield looked at history's packrats to gauge what plant species move during warm, dry periods. The team found a plant's evolutionary build are strong predictors of how quickly it can move to a more favorable climate when its current one becomes hotter or drier.
Smart irrigation model predicts rainfall to conserve water
Cornell University
A predictive model combining information about plant physiology, real-time soil conditions and weather forecasts can help make more informed decisions about when and how much to irrigate. This could save 40 percent of the water consumed by more traditional methods, according to new Cornell University research.
Underwater gliders and marine robots improve hurricane predictions
University of Georgia
Underwater gliders are being used to more accurately predict a storm's intensity.
Climate Change and Shifting Alaskan Forests
Wildlife Conservation Society
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Gov. Cuomo expected to sign NY climate bill, a magnet for green business
Cornell University
New species of tree discovered in Tanzania mountains
University of York
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=https://media.eurekalert.org/multimedia_prod/pub/web/206349_web.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Researchers have discovered a new species of tree in the Usambara Mountains in Tanzania, part of the Eastern Arc Mountains, and a globally important region for species in need of conservation.