Early spring rain boosts methane from thawing permafrost by 30 percent
Credit: Kiyomi Taguchi/University of Washington Arctic permafrost is thawing as the Earth warms due to climate change. In some cases, ...
Tag: Climate Change
A warming world increases air pollution
Climate change is warming the ocean, but it's warming land faster and that's really bad news for air quality Climate ...
Study: Environmental regulations may have unintended consequences in energy production
Many countries have passed environmental laws to preserve natural ecosystems. Although the regulations seem to have improved preservation efforts, they ...
Pika survival rates dry up with low moisture
In the Pacific Northwest, dry air interacts with low snow conditions to affect pika abundances at different elevationsCredit: Photo courtesy ...
Rapid gene cloning technique will transform crop disease protection
Credit: Ruby O'Grady Researchers have pioneered a new method which allows them to rapidly recruit disease resistance genes from wild ...
Poor diet may have caused nosedive in major Atlantic seabird nesting colony
Credit: Roger Dickey The observed population crash in a colony of sooty terns, tropical seabirds in one of the UK ...
Scientists strategize for better conservation plans
New research estimates species' niche by treating above, below taxonomic levelsCredit: Dr. Hsiao-Hsuan "Rose " Wang, Texas A&M University COLLEGE ...
The Harvard Museum of Natural History presents a new Climate Change exhibit exploring the global impact of the warming climate on the planet
Credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., January 31-- The Harvard Museum of Natural History announces the ...
Factors in 'alarming rate' of cold-stranded sea turtles in Cape Cod Bay
A recent study looked into what variables are most important in predicting The number of cold-stunning and stranding events among ...
Warmer water, chemical exposure influence gene expression across generations in a coastal fish
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Warmer water temperatures, combined with low-level exposure to chemicals already known to be harmful to aquatic life, ...
Climate change could make corals go it alone
Credit: Opencage/Wikimedia and Anna Weiss/ The University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences. Climate change is bad news for coral ...
Earth's largest extinction event likely took plants first
Credit: Christopher Fielding Little life could endure the Earth-spanning cataclysm known as the Great Dying, but plants may have suffered ...
Mean streets: Self-driving cars will 'cruise' to avoid paying to park
Autonomous vehicles 'have every incentive to create havoc,' transportation planner saysCredit: UC Santa Cruz If you think traffic in city ...
Leipzig researchers on Spanish Antarctic expedition
Focus on interactions between ocean and atmosphere around the Antarctic PeninsulaCredit: Marcel Köning, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Ushuaia/Leipzig. During the next ...
Climate change and infertility — a ticking time bomb?
Credit: Joaquim Alves Gaspar, Charles Sharp, Toby Hudson, and David Glass. Rising temperatures could make some species sterile and see ...
Crossbreeding threatens conservation of endangered milky storks: NUS study
Recommended steps to preserve genetic composition include isolating pure species and removal of hybrids from the wildCredit: Eddy Lee Kam ...
Hurricane Katrina's aftermath included spike in heart disease hospitalizations
Increase in hospitalization rates lasted more than a month; higher among older black population compared to older white populationCredit: Elena ...
Carbon dioxide emissions from global fisheries larger than previously thought
Credit: O roxo, Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0. Carbon dioxide emissions from fuel burnt by fishing boats are 30 per cent ...
Rewilding: Can it foster human coexistence with nature?
Rewilding may have the potential to drastically improve biodiversity but remains a highly controversial and divisive topic. A new book ...
Hybrid electricity system would reduce rates, improve service
A new distribution system designed by researchers at the University of Waterloo would reduce electricity prices by more than five ...