Tag: Climate Change

Credit: UTHealth The grim effects that climate change will have on pediatric health outcomes was the focus of a "Viewpoint" ...

A sustainable alternative to crude oil

The synthesis of bio-based high-performance polyamide from biogenic residuesCredit: Cordt Zollfrank / TUM A research team from the Fraunhofer Society ...

Study connects marine heat wave with spike in whale entanglements

Entanglements of humpback whales in fishing gear along the US West Coast increased dramatically during the 2014 to 2016 marine ...

‘Blob’ research shows ecological effects that halted fishing and hiked whale entanglements

Unprecedented environmental changes inspire new online tools to better spot them next timeCredit: John Calambokidis/Cascadia Research Collective An ecological pileup ...

New portable tool analyzes microbes in the environment

Device could be used to find threats to ecosystemsCredit: Jianye Sui Imagine a device that could swiftly analyze microbes in ...

Earth’s most biodiverse ecosystems face a perfect storm

Credit: Nick Graham A combination of climate change, extreme weather and pressure from local human activity is causing a collapse ...

Room for complexity? The many players in the coffee agroecosystem

Credit: Cornellier The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. Agricultural areas are often ...

Chemicals in the environment: A focus on mixtures

Combined chemical and bioanalytical methods are able to efficiently characterize chemical mixturesCredit: Bodo Tiedemann Chemicals have improved our quality of ...

NASA finds wind shear affected new Tropical Cyclone 09S

Credit: NASA Worldview Tropical Cyclone 09S formed on Jan. 22 in the Southern Indian Ocean despite being affected by vertical ...

Plane travel destroys polar bear habitat

Arctic researchers want you to know that each metric ton of CO2 causes a loss of 3 m2 of September ...

Study provides insight on how to minimize the impacts of severe weather on wildlife

Credit: Photo by Elina Garrison, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. When Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida in September ...

Global warming could have a negative impact on biodiversity generation processes

This is one of the conclusions of an international study focused on the causes of the evolutionary success of Carex, ...

Climate-friendly food choices protect the planet, promote health, reduce health costs

Credit: Jono Drew Increased uptake of plant-based diets in New Zealand could substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions while greatly improving ...

Deep diving scientists discover bubbling CO2 hotspot

Credit: University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences Diving 200 feet under the ocean surface to conduct scientific ...

Sea level rise could reshape the United States, trigger migration inland

AI shows climate change-driven sea-level rise could trigger mass migration to cities inland, including Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Denver and Las ...

Major NSF-sponsored grant will help researchers discover ways to improve urban sustainability

Credit: Jan Thompson AMES, Iowa - Dense urban areas use up more energy, water and food resources than they can ...

Mapping the path of climate change

A probabilistic framework is used to understand how climate change progresses under the influence of the greenhouse effect and other ...

Caterpillar loss in tropical forest linked to extreme rain, temperature events

January 21, 2020

Caterpillar loss in tropical forest linked to extreme rain, temperature events Plant, caterpillar, parasitoid interaction studied for 22 years by ...

Human-sparked fires smaller, less intense but more frequent with longer seasons

January 21, 2020

Study sheds light on 'new normal' for firefightersCredit: NASA Fires started by people have steadily increased in recent decades, sparking ...

Air pollution in New York City linked to wildfires hundreds of miles away