Tag: Climate Change

Climate change enhances carbon dioxide flux from lakes

The carbon cycling in lakes is studied using a process-based model that describes the temporal evolution of temperature distribution and ...

Greentown Labs & BASF start circularity challenge to pursue ideas for a circular economy

Six-month accelerator program seeks innovation in the plastics, energy storage and recycling value chains Greentown Labs and BASF jointly launch ...

Coral bleaching causes a permanent change in fish life

Repeat coral bleaching caused by rising sea temperatures has resulted in lasting changes to fish communities, according to a new ...

Columbia researcher studies how climate change affects crops in India

Kyle Davis is an environmental data scientist whose research seeks to increase food supplies in developing countries. He combines techniques ...

Breakthrough paves way for new Lyme disease treatment

Credit: Virginia Tech Virginia Tech biochemist Brandon Jutras has discovered the cellular component that contributes to Lyme arthritis, a debilitating ...

Past climate change: A warning for the future?

Disruptions rippled out from climate change in South AmericaCredit: Umberto Lombardo, University of Bern, Switzerland A new study of climate ...

U-M researchers testing ways to make aspen-dominated forests resilient to climate change

Credit: Roger Hart, University of Michigan Photography. PELLSTON--In an aspen-dominated hardwood forest at the northern tip of the state's Lower ...

Wheat myth debunked

The pervasive myth that intensive breeding has made modern wheat cultivars weaker and more dependent on pesticides and fertilisers is ...

‘Self-healing’ polymer brings perovskite solar tech closer to market

Solar cell coating minimizes leakage of pollutantsCredit: OIST A protective layer of epoxy resin helps prevent the leakage of pollutants ...

Drones for early detection of forest fires

The UC3M's researchers coordinating the scientific part of the project, Fernando García y Abdulla al-Kaff, from the Department of Systems ...

The complex fate of Antarctic species in the face of a changing climate

Credit: Simon Morley Oxygen concentrations in both the open ocean and coastal waters have declined by 2-5% since at least ...

NASA finds Tropical Cyclone’s Vayu getting stretched

Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Northern Indian Ocean, it captured an infrared image that ...

What drives Yellowstone’s massive elk migrations?

Study finds elk have the means to adapt to changing climate cues, but migratory shifts may have unknown ripple effects ...

Flickering sky islands generate andean biodiversity

Video of paramo moving up and down mountainsides puts climate change in contextCredit: Catalina Giraldo A new video shows how ...

A shady spot may protect species against rapid climate warming

Formula could tell ecologists which species will come to their own 'behavioral rescue'Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (June 14, ...

NASA finds tropical cyclone Vayu off India’s Gujarat coast

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA's Terra satellite showed Tropical Cyclone Vayu still lingering ...

Can we still have fun if the UK goes carbon neutral?

Mainstream strategies generally address the challenge of reducing carbon by reviewing consumption, but a complementary approach looks at how people ...

No evidence for increased egg predation in the Arctic

Published in Science on June 14, 2019 Credit: Jeroen Reneerkens Climate and ecosystems are changing, but predation on shorebird nests ...

Scientists investigate climate and vegetation drivers of terrestrial carbon fluxes