UCI, UC Merced: California forest die-off caused by depletion of deep-soil water
Study warns of threats from future concurrent drought and heat eventsCredit: Margot Wholey / UC Merced Irvine, Calif., July 1, ...
Tag: Climate Change
Scientists, students to conduct first live, interactive public broadcasts from arctic ocean
On an 18-day voyage July 18 -- August 4, 2019 US/Canadian team of experts and students to measure vital signs ...
Analysis finds US ecosystems shifting hundreds of miles north
Credit: Craig Chandler/University Communication/University of Nebraska-Lincoln Whole ecosystems are shifting dramatically north in the Great Plains, a phenomenon likely linked ...
NASA finds winds tore Tropical Storm 04W apart
Credit: NASA/NRL Visible imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite showed Tropical Cyclone 04W had been torn apart from wind shear in ...
NASA looks at Tropical Storm Barbara’s heavy rainfall
Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL Tropical Storm Barbara formed on Sunday, June 30 in the Eastern Pacific Ocean over 800 miles from the ...
Two-degree climate goal attainable without early infrastructure retirement
But achieving 1.5-degree climate-stabilizing goal requires power plants and other energy infrastructure to be retired earlyCredit: Public domain Washington, DC--If ...
Current pledges to phase out coal power are critically insufficient to slow climate change
Credit: Udo Schlög The Powering Past Coal Alliance, or PPCA, is a coalition of 30 countries and 22 cities and ...
Our water cycle diagrams give a false sense of water security
Credit: Photo by Ben Abbott EAST LANSING, Mich. - Pictures of the earth's water cycle used in education and research ...
How to protect corals facing climate change
Conserving a wide range of coral habitats is the best strategyCredit: Michelle Stuart/Rutgers University-New Brunswick The best way to protect ...
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, July 2019
Credit: Adam Malin/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy Materials--Soft drink science Oak Ridge National Laboratory has teamed with ...
‘Committed’ CO2 emissions jeopardize international climate goals, UCI-led study finds
Existing, planned fossil fuel-burning infrastructure must be retired early, replaced Irvine, Calif. - The nations that have signed agreements to ...
The 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting has opened its doors
Scientists from 89 countries meet with 39 Nobel Laureates Following the topic cycle, this year's programme is dedicated to physics. ...
New model suggests lost continents for early Earth
Credit: Derrick Hasterok A new radioactivity model of Earth's ancient rocks calls into question current models for the formation of ...
Scientists alarmed by bark beetle boom
Credit: Rainer Simonis / Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald "Bark beetles lay waste to forests" - "Climate change sends beetles into overdrive" ...
Well-meaning climate measures can make matters worse
Lifestyle changes can reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and help protect nature. While some actions offer great potential, some aren't ...
Local solutions to global climate challenges — NSF grant
Credit: Virginia Tech With extreme environmental events, such as drought, coastal and river flooding, and wildfires, increasing in frequency, there ...
UT study shows how to produce natural gas while storing carbon dioxide
Credit: NOAA New research at The University of Texas at Austin shows that injecting air and carbon dioxide into methane ...
Solar energy could turn the Belt and Road Initiative green
Credit: Zhan Wang The region covered by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has significant potential to be powered by ...
Climate impact of clouds made from airplane contrails may triple by 2050
Credit: Bock and Burkhardt, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2019 In the right conditions, airplane contrails can linger in the sky as ...
Scientists discover how plants breathe — and how humans shaped their ‘lungs’
Scientists have discovered how plants create networks of air channels -- the lungs of the leaf -- to transport carbon ...
