Tag: Climate Change

A team led by a conservation biologist from the University of Kent has successfully relocated threatened Seychelles paradise flycatchers (Terpsiphone ...

Waste materials to be tested as viable options for insulating buildings

The University of Bath is testing a number of waste materials to assess their thermal performance as potential materials for ...

Shifting away from coal is key to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, PSU study finds

The United States could fulfill its greenhouse gas emission pledge under the Paris Climate Agreement by virtually eliminating coal as ...

Hurricane Maria had a significant impact on HIV care outcomes

Hurricane Maria in San Juan, Puerto Rico had a significant impact on HIV outcomes among people living with HIV and ...

NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Haleh weakening

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Tropical Cyclone Haleh continued to move in a ...

Climate-driven evolution in trees alters their ecosystems

Credit: Ian Ware/University of Tennessee, Knoxville. A new study published in Global Change Biology and coauthored by researchers from UT, ...

Good news! Europe’s electric grid will still work even as the world crumbles

Credit: Kozarcanin et al./Joule Scientists at Aarhus University in Denmark studying the effects of climate change on weather-dependent electricity systems ...

Light from an exotic crystal semiconductor could lead to better solar cells

Rutgers-led team finds a new way to control light emitted by a hybrid crystalCredit: Vitaly Podzorov and Yaroslav Rodionov Scientists ...

Vast record of past climate fluctuations now available thanks to laser imaging of shells

Refined techniques for laser imaging of shell growth rings are tapping into previously hidden data of marine climate change; by ...

Dinosaurs were thriving before asteroid strike that wiped them out

Credit: Davide Bonadonna Dinosaurs were unaffected by long-term climate changes and flourished before their sudden demise by asteroid strike. Scientists ...

UM researchers study Alaska forest fires over past 450 years

Credit: Philip Higuera MISSOULA - In a recent study, University of Montana researchers explored the ways forest succession and climate ...

NASA’s infrared vision reveals Tropical Cyclone Haleh’s power

Credit: NASA JPL, Heidar Thrastarson Tropical Cyclone Haleh maintained an eye as NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead and collected temperature ...

Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, March 2019

Credit: Jeff Warren/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy Neutrons--Fighting superbugs As the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as ...

Weather-responsive intersections could ease traffic congestion

Cities could ease congestion and improve safety during snowstorms by tweaking the timing of traffic lights to take road conditions ...

Discovering the next generation of catalysts

Energy The use of solar and wind energy must be doubled to meet the world's demand for clean energy over ...

Study: Climate change is leading to unpredictable ecosystem disruption for migratory birds

Ithaca, NY--Using data on 77 North American migratory bird species from the eBird citizen-science program, scientists at the Cornell ...

UN declares decade of ecosystem restoration

Declaration will 'shine a light on the human and financial resources needed to implement restoration globally.'Credit: Julie Chenot The United ...

A faster, more accurate way to monitor drought

Thermal stress measurements sound the alarm about drought conditions soonerCredit: Duke Univ. DURHAM, N.C. -- More than 2 billion people ...

Forecasting mosquitoes’ global spread

An international team gauges the coming threat of mosquito-borne diseasesCredit: Moritz Kraemer for Nature Microbiology; DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0376-y. Outbreaks of mosquito-borne ...

Research provides insight on survivability of rare Wyoming plant