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NAU research team receives grant to study how trees adapt to insect damage and the changing environment
Northern Arizona University
Scientists with the Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research have received a four-year, $859,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to assess how cottonwood trees have evolved to tolerate environmental stresses, including changing temperature and insect herbivory.
Hope for coral recovery may depend on good parenting
University of Southern California (USC)
The fate of the world's coral reefs could depend on how well the sea creatures equip their offspring to cope with global warming.
UCI scientists project northward expansion of Valley fever by end of 21st century
University of California, Irvine
Valley fever is endemic to hot and dry regions such as the southwestern United States and California's San Joaquin Valley, but scientists at the University of California, Irvine predict that climate change will cause the fungal infection's range to more than double in size this century, reaching previously unaffected areas across the western U.
Eat for Climate Week: Take a Bite Out of Climate Change
Monday Campaigns
Eat for Climate Week is raising awareness about the climate benefits of shifting to a more plant-rich diet. In celebration of Climate Week NYC, restaurants all over New York City will be showcasing delicious and climate-friendly dishes.
New report takes in-depth look at three factors contributing to sea level rise along the U.S. East Coast
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
This new WHOI report provides an in-depth look at three factors contributing to sea level rise along the U.S. East Coast, and how scientists are studying the phenomenon. Learn how new technologies, along with a better understanding of how the oceans, ice sheets, and other components of climate interact, have helped scientists identify these factors.
Volcanic eruption may explain recent purple sunrises
Photographers and others with a keen eye have noticed that sunrises and sunsets have become a lot more purple in the U.S. New measurements from a high-altitude balloon could explain why.
Tulane expert available to speak about the U.S. response to Hurricane Dorian's destruction on The Bahamas
Violence and racism shape views of environmental issues
Washington University in St. Louis
People living in marginalized communities in St. Louis, particularly African Americans, have been enduring, as one study participant said, "real problems" such as violence and racism that are perceived as more immediate than issues of climate change, finds a study from the Brown School at Washington University in St.
Soils Could Be Affected by Climate Change, Impacting Water and Food
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Coasts, oceans, ecosystems, weather and human health all face impacts from climate change, and now valuable soils may also be affected. Climate change may reduce the ability of soils to absorb water in many parts of the world, according to a Rutgers-led study. And that could have serious implications for groundwater supplies, food production and security, stormwater runoff, biodiversity and ecosystems.
How Can We Feed the World Without Overwhelming the Planet?
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
A new study published in nature Sustainability proposes alternative hunger eradication strategies that will not compromise environmental protection.
Chasing storm data: machine learning looks for useful data in U.S. thunderstorm reports
Iowa State University
Iowa State researchers are using machine-learning tools to clean up thunderstorm reports compiled by the National Weather Service. The goal is to determine which reports accurately describe storms that had severe winds. Accurate data could lead to new tools that predict severe thunderstorm winds.
Ask questions before deciding how to select a charity in response to Hurricane Dorian, expert says
Binghamton University, State University of New York
Michigan Tech Researcher at World BioEconomy Forum in Finland to Promote Role of Forest Biomaterials in Sustainable Future
Michigan Technological University
Lightning 'Superbolts' Form Over Oceans From November to February
University of Washington
A study of superbolts, which release a thousand times more electrical energy in the low-frequency range than regular lightning bolts, finds they occur at very different times and places than regular lightning. Superbolts tend to strike over particular parts of the oceans, while regular lightning strikes over land.
Soil scientist researches nature versus nurture in microorganisms
West Virginia University
Ember Morrissey, assistant professor of environmental microbiology in the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, uncovered that nature significantly affects how the tiny organisms under our feet respond to their current surroundings.
Do animals control earth's oxygen level?
University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
No more than 540 million years ago there was a huge boom in the diversity of animals on Earth. The first larger animals evolved in what is today known as the Cambrian explosion. In the time that followed
Scientist Identifies New Species of Giant Flying Reptile
University of Southern California (USC)
A USC scientist and colleagues have identified a new species of giant flying reptile that once soared over what is now North America.
Plastics, Fuels and Chemical Feedstocks From CO2? They're Working on It
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Four SUNCAT scientists describe recent research results related to the quest to capture CO2 from the smokestacks of factories and power plants and use renewable energy to turn it into industrial feedstocks and fuels.
When Scientists Face an Angry Community
Ohio State University
A team of paleoclimatologists on a recent expedition to recover glacier ice in Peru encountered the anger of a local community, fueled by local politics that had nothing to do with science. Here's what happened next.
Trapping atoms to protect Australia's groundwater
University of Adelaide
A unique new facility launched today at the University of Adelaide will help protect Australia's precious groundwater from overuse and contamination, and contribute to our understanding of the impact of climate change through measurements on Antarctic ice cores.
WEBB Banks and Third Wave Volunteers Seek Urgent Support for the Bahamas Hurricane Relief Effort
The current urgent needs of the Bahamian People require a massive infusion of aid. WEBB Banks has taken a leading role in obtaining the necessary donations that will enable Third Wave Volunteers to quickly and efficiently respond to the dire situation currently afflicting the Bahamas.
Orlando Health Launches International Fundraising Campaign To Aid in Bahamian Hurricane Relief Efforts
Orlando Health
Describes how the international community can join with Orlando Health in supporting Hurricane Dorian relief in the Bahamas
Climate Change Could Bring Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain for Loggerhead Turtles
Florida State University
New research from conservation biologists at Florida State University and their collaborators suggests that while some loggerheads will suffer from the effects of a changing climate
Plant Research Could Benefit Wastewater Treatment, Biofuels and Antibiotics
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Chinese and Rutgers scientists have discovered how aquatic plants cope with water pollution, a major ecological question that could help boost their use in wastewater treatment, biofuels, antibiotics and other applications.
Changing the climate conversation in Arizona: NAU joins with ASU, UA and Arizona communities to confront climate crisis
Northern Arizona University
The summit, which will take place Nov. 15-16 in Flagstaff, will bring together more than 30 speakers on a broad range of issues including rural resilience, community climate action and wildfire response and management.
Wind Engineering Expert Available to Speak about Hurricane Dorian
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
While much of the focus on #Dorian has been on the gale force winds, #stormsurge will play a huge role in the #hurricane's catastrophic impact, says Prof @KyleMandli
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science
UTHealth disability rights champion Lex Frieden has hurricane preparedness tips for people in the path of Hurricane Dorian
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Global Temperature Report: August 2019
University of Alabama Huntsville
Global Temperature Report: August 2019
Combining Western Science, Indigenous Knowledge Offers New Approach to Effects of Climate Change
Northern Arizona University
Jaime Yazzie, a member of the Navajo Nation, brought her community's priorities to the scientific process as she studied climate change and took what she learned back to them, sparking a more holistic conversation about what can be done to combat the effects of warming.
Hurricane Dorian: U-M nursing professor can discuss preparedness, long-term health effects of disasters
University of Michigan
Earth Scientist Karthik Balaguru is available as hurricane expert. He works in the Marine Sciences Laboratory @PNNLab
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
New Feedback Phenomenon Found to Drive Increasing Drought and Aridity
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science
A new Columbia Engineering study indicates that the world will experience more frequent and more extreme drought and aridity than currently experienced in the coming century, exacerbated by both climate change and land-atmosphere processes.
UAlbany Atmospheric Scientists Available to Discuss Hurricane Dorian
University at Albany, State University of New York
Developing a richer understanding of natural sciences critical to making better policy decisions
University at Buffalo
To fully understand the challenges of progressive environmental transformation requires that policy makers develop a more sophisticated and nuanced relationship with the various sciences and the kinds of knowledge their work can provide
Expert available to speak about power outages following Hurricane Dorian
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Hurricane Dorian: GW Experts Available to Discuss Disaster Response and Recovery
George Washington University
Hurricane Dorian: WIU Meteorologist Available to Discuss Storm
Western Illinois University
Opinion: Why I Celebrate National Wildlife Day
Mississippi State University
I have been blessed these last three decades to pursue a career as a wildlife scientist at a land-grant university, working daily at the nexus of my vocation and advocation. So, celebrating National Wildlife Day comes naturally. However, in our increasingly urban society, many people may not understand my affinity for wildlife or even why we would celebrate a national day for wildlife.
Oxygen Depletion in Ancient Oceans Caused Major Mass Extinction
Florida State University
Late in the prehistoric Silurian Period, around 420 million years ago, a devastating mass extinction event wiped 23 percent of all marine animals from the face of the planet. For years, scientists struggled to connect a mechanism to this mass extinction, one of the 10 most dramatic ever recorded in Earth's history. Now, researchers from Florida State University have confirmed that this event, referred to by scientists as the Lau/Kozlowskii extinction, was triggered by an all-too-familiar culprit: rapid and widespread depletion of oxygen in the global oceans.
Deep snow cover in the Arctic region intensifies heat waves in Eurasia
Hokkaido University
Persistent abnormally hot weather can cause negative impacts on human health, agriculture, and natural environments.
Amazon deforestation has a significant impact on the local climate in Brazil
University of Leeds
The loss of forest cover in the Amazon has a significant impact on the local climate in Brazil, according to a new study.
Bacteria Feeding on Arctic Algae Blooms Can Seed Clouds
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
New research finds Arctic Ocean currents and storms are moving bacteria from ocean algae blooms into the atmosphere where the particles help clouds form.
Bracing for Hurricane Dorian, coastal experts available to discuss emergency preparation, disaster response and recovery
Virginia Tech
Time to retire the 'pristine myth' of climate change
Washington University in St. Louis
A new, global synthesis of regional archaeological knowledge on land-use changes over the past 10,000 years reveals that humans have reshaped landscapes, ecosystems and potentially climate over millennia in a manner that challenges conventional ideas that man's impact has been "mostly recent."
EPA to ease methane regs for industry, 'single largest culprit' of emissions spike
Cornell University
With #HurricaneDorian's approach comes the threat of power loss, which can disrupt transportation and put lives at risk. @JohnsHopkins engineer Umesh Korde suggests that harnessing energy from ocean waves can help restore power more quickly.
Johns Hopkins University
Burgundy wine grapes tell climate story, show warming accelerated in past 30 years
European Geosciences Union (EGU)
A newly published series of dates of grape harvest covering the past 664 years is the latest line of evidence confirming how unusual the climate of the past 30 years has been.
Global warming may diminish plant genetic variety in Central Europe
Max Planck Society (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft)
Plant genetic varieties in Central Europe could collapse due to temperature extremes and drought brought on by climate change.
Former EPA administrator available to comment on expected rollbacks of methane regulations
Disaster experts available to comment on #HurricaneDorian
University of Delaware
Unusual mucous-like substance found buried within seafloor sediment
CAGE, Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate
When Friederike Grundger and her team cracked open the long, heavy cylinders of black sediment drawn from the ocean floor, they were surprised to find pockets of yellowish-green slime buried within two of the samples.
Europe warming faster than expected due to climate change
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Climate change is increasing the number of days of extreme heat and decreasing the number of days of extreme cold in Europe, posing a risk for residents in the coming decades, according to a new study.
UCI-led team creates first high-resolution global map of surface ocean phosphate
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, Calif., Aug. 28, 2019 - An international team of Earth system scientists and oceanographers has created the first high-resolution global map of surface ocean phosphate, a key mineral supporting the aquatic food chain. In doing so, the University of California
Rutgers Coastal Expert Can Discuss 'King Tide' in N.J.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Tiny Toxins: How Algal Blooms Affect Coastal Systems Through a Complex Web of Interactions
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
A Q&A with scientist Michelle Newcomer on looking for unexpected causes of harmful algal blooms. Harmful and nuisance algal blooms are thought to have a number of contributing causal factors, including a build-up of nutrients, unusually high water temperatures, and extreme weather events such as floods and drought. But an understanding of the connectivity between these triggers is missing, as is an ability to predict the onset of the blooms.
Nuclear Winter Would Threaten Nearly Everyone on Earth
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
If the United States and Russia waged an all-out nuclear war, much of the land in the Northern Hemisphere would be below freezing in the summertime, with the growing season slashed by nearly 90 percent in some areas, according to a Rutgers-led study. Indeed, death by famine would threaten nearly all of the Earth's 7.7 billion people, said co-author Alan Robock, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.
UAlbany Archeologist Leads $1.6 Million Project to Reconstruct Prehistoric Climate Change in Northern Belize
University at Albany, State University of New York
A team of interdisciplinary researchers are turning to a global event 4,200 years ago for insight on human adaptation to climate change.
Hurricane Experts Available to Provide Analysis Throughout the Season
Florida State University
ASU working to save Hawaiian coral reefs during onset of new ocean heatwave
July ended with the hottest recorded average temperature since people have been making daily readings. With the warming, climate change is assured. A huge chunk of Greenland has melted, Arctic seas have opened, and the diversity of life on Earth may be threatened. Now, the effects are spreading across the Hawaiian Islands, with some of the most diverse and abundant life under peril due to a massive coral bleaching event underway.
Study Finds Big Increase in Ocean Carbon Dioxide Absorption Along West Antarctic Peninsula
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Climate change is altering the ability of the Southern Ocean off the West Antarctic Peninsula to absorb carbon dioxide, according to a Rutgers-led study, and that could magnify climate change in the long run.
WildFires Could Permanently Alter Alaska's Forest Composition
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
A team of researchers led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory projected that the combination of climate change and increased wildfires will cause the iconic evergreen conifer trees of Alaska to get pushed out in favor of broadleaf deciduous trees, which shed their leaves seasonally.
Expert Can Discuss the Environmental Threats Posed by the Fires in the Amazon, as Well as the Political Context of These Events
University of Michigan
Climate data scientist maps CO2 emissions for entire Los Angeles Megacity to help improve environmental policymaking
Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University professor Kevin Gurney developed a high-resolution, bottom-up emissions map that records an emissions total of 176 million tons of carbon dioxide a year for Los Angeles, the nation's third-largest metropolitan area.
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.