UNH researchers find slowdown in Earth’s temps stabilized nature’s calendar
DURHAM, N.H.--Sometimes referred to as nature's calendar, phenology looks at the seasonal life cycle of plants and animals and is ...
Tag: Climate Change
Research brief: Climate change is already affecting global food production — unequally
The world's top 10 crops -- barley, cassava, maize, oil palm, rapeseed, rice, sorghum, soybean, sugarcane and wheat -- supply ...
Community impacts from extreme weather shape climate beliefs
New study finds that how our community or neighborhood fares in an extreme storm or flood may have a stronger, ...
Native plant species may be at greater risk from climate change than non-natives
Credit: Kellogg Biological Station Long-Term Ecological Research Program at Michigan State University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- As spring advances across the ...
Chasing species’ ‘intactness’
Credit: Rob Wallace/WCS In an effort to better protect the world's last ecologically intact ecosystems, researchers developed a new metric ...
Better conservation through satellites
Credit: A. Vila/WCS The use of satellite telemetry in conservation is entering a "golden age," and is now being used ...
New research shows how habitat loss can destabilise ecosystems
Whole plant and animal communities can be put at risk by different types of habitat lossCredit: Louis Haynes An international ...
Edible insects? Lab-grown meat? The real future food is lab-grown insect meat
Cultured insect tissue could combine the planet-saving best of insect farming, GM livestock, labriculture and plant-based meat substitutes Livestock farming ...
Thinning forests, prescribed fire before drought reduced tree loss
Treatments may reduce loss in future droughts and bark beetle epidemicsCredit: USDA Forest Service Thinning forests and conducting prescribed burns ...
Study finds link between ambient ozone exposure and progression of carotid wall thickness
UB-led research is first to report an association between long-term exposure to ozone and atherosclerosisCredit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. ...
Colombia could lose 60% of land suitable for irrigated rice due to climate change
Unchecked emissions will reduce land suitable for rice in Colombia, underscoring how geography limits options for crops. Unlike China, where ...
Using nature to adapt to climate change
As the effects of a changing climate are felt with growing intensity, researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders are turning their attention ...
Fuels out of thin air: New path to capturing and upgrading CO2
Engineering researchers offer a promising technique for converting atmospheric CO2 into commercially valuable productsCredit: Marit Mitchell A research team from ...
Ocean and space exploration blend at URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography
Credit: Erin Ranney/Ocean Exploration Trust KINGSTON, R.I. -- May 29, 2019 -- Scientists with a NASA-led expedition are operating from ...
More safe havens for native plants and animals needed in New South Wales’ west
Credit: Wikimedia CC/Brisbane City Council Location matters for species struggling to survive under a changing climate. A new study led ...
Farmers and food companies hit the dirt to improve soil health
Big food brands, such as Kellogg, Campbell, Mars Wrigley and General Mills, have started investing in their ingredients by helping ...
Let’s clear the air
New paper details outcomes from long-term environmental justice partnership in east endCredit: Harold Rickenbacker PITTSBURGH (May 29, 2019) -- For ...
Greater transparency needed over lobbyist influence on UK renewable energy schemes
Greater transparency is needed to understand the influence of lobbyists when delivering crucial renewable energy schemes in the UK, new ...
Coral reefs can’t return from acid trip
A new study published today in Nature Climate Change finds coral reefs are under threat from ocean acidification. The study ...
Climate driving new right whale movement
Scientists discover that rapid warming in the gulf of maine's depths is changing food availability and increasing risk to one ...
