Tag: Climate Change

Credit: Artwork by Milan Teunissen van Manen (@MilanTvM). Wherever ecologists look, from tropical forests to tundra, ecosystems are being transformed ...

Earth’s vegetation is changing faster today than it has over the last 18,000 years

Credit: Jack Williams. MADISON - A global survey of fossil pollen has discovered that the planet's vegetation is changing at ...

Multi-story buildings made of wood sell for 9% more than other construction in Helsinki

Study shows for first time that wood construction is economically feasibleCredit: Hans Koistinen/Metsä Wood Building more homes and buildings with ...

Springer Nature supports SDGs with a publication on the impact of climate change in Africa

The African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation will be open access; immediately available to all to build on knowledgeCredit: Springer ...

Airborne radar reveals groundwater beneath glacier

Credit: NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Melting glaciers and polar ice sheets are among the dominant sources of sea-level ...

Yellowstone National Park is hotter than ever

New tree ring method highlights climatic changes over the last 1,250 yearsCredit: Grant L. Harley WASHINGTON--Yellowstone National Park is famous ...

Earthquake creates ecological opportunity

Credit: Felix Vaux A University of Otago study has revealed how earthquake upheaval has affected New Zealand's coastal species. Lead ...

Recruiting participants to the first European Red list of insect taxonomists

Contributors will enable the EU to take action to plug in the essential scientific knowledge to address insect declinesCredit: Royal ...

A safer, greener way to make solar cells: researchers find replacement for toxic solvent

Credit: SPECIFIC, Swansea University Scientists at SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre, Swansea University, have found a way to replace the ...

Birds dealing with change — Mapping migration routes can lead to conservation areas

Credit: Photo: Ginny Chan Tracking migratory birds that carry tiny satellite transmitters in featherlight 'backpacks', can teach us a lot ...

A tale of frozen landscapes is also an urgent call to action

Credit: Jon Ove Hagen The catastrophe Wadham is seeing unfold is the rapid melting and demise of our planet's glaciers. ...

World met target for protected area coverage on land, but quality must improve

UNEP/IUCN Protected Planet Report: over 22 million km2 of land, 28 million km2 of ocean protected or conserved since 2010; ...

Sandia app assesses value of energy storage for businesses, utilities

Energy storage critical for resilient grid, increased renewable energyCredit: Photo by Randy Montoya/Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Utility companies ...

‘Postcode lottery’ of nutrient intake from crops revealed in new study

Credit: The University of Nottingham The amount of nutrients people get from the crops that they eat is a type ...

Rising energy demand for cooling

Keeping it cool despite climate changeCredit: Chromatograph @ unsplash Due to climate change, the average global temperature will rise in ...

Saving the eastern monarch butterfly: SFU research

Researchers analyzed current conservation strategies and recommended changes to how and where declining milkweed (an essential food source for butterfly ...

Mapping the Midwest’s soil topography

Credit: Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences AMES, Iowa - Climate change and soil erosion feed into ...

New model for infectious disease could better predict future pandemics

Potential benefits to health across species, communities and environments are enormousCredit: James Hassell/Smithsonian In the midst of a devastating global ...

Wake steering potentially boosts energy production at US wind plants

U.S. wind plants achieve a predicted annual production gain of 0.8% by using wake steeringCredit: Eric Simley, NREL WASHINGTON, May ...

Iran’s groundwater depletion is reaching crisis levels, warn Concordia researchers