Tag: Climate Change

New findings from scientists of Bremen will aid in the further development of biogeochemical models that include the marine nitrogen ...

Panayiotis ‘Panos’ Diplas recognized with 2021 Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Award

ASCE's Environmental and Water Resources Institute honors Lehigh University water resources engineering professor for outstanding contributions to the study of ...

Californian smoke drifted as far as Europe in 2020 and caused heavy clouding of sun

ESA's Aeolus wind satellite also provides valuable data on aerosol in the atmosphere Leipzig. The smoke from the extreme forest ...

Trust the machine — it knows what it is doing

New theoretical insights provide a physically sound understanding of machine learning-based simplified climate models Machine learning, when used in climate ...

Browning could make lakes less productive, affecting food webs and fish

Increasing darkness without increasing nutrients will limit plant growth in lakes TROY, N.Y. -- As more dissolved organic matter enters ...

Artificial intelligence enables smart control and fair sharing of resources in energy communities

Energy communities will play a key role in building the more decentralised, less carbon intensive, and fairer energy systems of ...

Air quality improved during India lockdown, study shows

Research by scientists from University of Southampton (UK) and the Central University of Jharkhand (India) and has shown the first ...

Newly discovered African ‘climate seesaw’ drove human evolution

While it is widely accepted that climate change drove the evolution of our species in Africa, the exact character of ...

Using fossil plant molecules to track down the Green Sahara

New publication: Researchers explain how vegetation was possible in the desert The Sahara has not always been covered by only ...

New ‘Swiss Army knife’ cleans up water pollution

First used to soak up oil in water, new sponge sequesters excess phosphate from water Phosphate pollution in rivers, lakes ...

Climate change-resistant corals could provide lifeline to battered reefs

Corals that withstood a severe bleaching event and were transplanted to a different reef maintained their resilient qualities, according to ...

Climate change makes West Nile virus outbreaks ‘plausible’ in UK

Risk of mosquito-borne pathogen spreading to the country will increase as temperatures rise, say scientists Climate change will make outbreaks ...

Seabirds sound alarm: Breeding success corresponds to hemispheric rates of ocean warming

Long-term data show fish-eating species are struggling to raise young in northern hemisphereCredit: Ron LeValley There is heightened public awareness ...

Seabirds face dire threats from climate change, human activity — especially in Northern Hemisphere

Credit: Ron LeValley Many seabirds in the Northern Hemisphere are struggling to breed -- and in the Southern Hemisphere, they ...

Some forams could thrive with climate change, metabolism study finds

Credit: Image credit: J.M. Bernhard. Woods Hole, Mass. (May 27, 2021) - With the expansion of oxygen-depleted waters in the ...

New framework to enhance national climate action and achieve global goals

Credit: Fujimori et al. With the COP Climate conference in Glasgow only a few months away, the ambitions of the ...

Banning the sale of fossil-fuel cars benefits the climate when replaced by electric cars

Credit: Illustration: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology If a ban were introduced on the sale of new petrol and diesel ...

Scientists call for international investment to tackle major wheat losses

Credit: John Innes Centre Urgent investment in new tools is needed to address major global losses of wheat crops which ...

Wildfire monitoring and prevention: Science, innovation and cross-border cooperation

May 26, 2021

Credit: OFIDIA 2 project https://www.interregofidia.eu/ The regions of Puglia and Epirus (Greece) now have new innovative tools for fire danger ...

Research identifies climate-change refugia in dry-forest region