Unexpected link between air pollutants from plants and manmade emissions
Scientists are a step closer to understanding what controls fine particulate matter in the Earth's atmosphere after identifying new linkages ...
Tag: Climate Change
To solve pollinator health crisis, state governments are key, MU study finds
Insect pollinators are vital to the existence of almost 90 percent of the world's flowering plants, including a large portion ...
Major study could benefit 11 million Thai people living in vulnerable coastal zones
Credit: Suparee Boonmanun A major study aims to improve understanding of the vulnerability of Thailand's shoreline and coastal communities to ...
China's regulations unsuccessful in curbing methane emissions
China, already the world's leading emitter of human-caused greenhouse gases, continues to pump increasing amounts of climate-changing methane into the ...
China not 'walking the walk' on methane emissions
Chinese regulations on coal mining have not curbed the nation's growing methane emissions over the past five years as intendedCredit: ...
Why large forest fires may not be a big threat to some endangered animals
A new study in The Condor: Ornithological Applications shows that certain endangered owls may continue to persist and even flourish ...
Haiti's first-ever private nature reserve created to protect imperiled species
Airline CEO, professor, conservation groups join Grand Bois effortCredit: S. Blair Hedges In a race against time, an American professor ...
Drier mountains pose a double whammy for cold-adapted amphibians, says SFU study
Credit: SFU A species of frog endemic to the Pacific Northwest faces a 50 per cent increase in the probability ...
OU postdoctoral researcher wins Hynes Award from society
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma postdoctoral research fellow, Daniel Nelson, is the 2019 winner of the Hynes ...
How sponges undermine coral reefs from within
Scientists from the Royal NIOZ Netherlands Institute for Sea Research have uncovered how the sponges hollow out and take over ...
Inequality promotes deforestation in Latin America
Credit: Manu Friedrich Tropical deforestation is a major contributor to climate change and loss of local and global ecosystem functions. ...
Fault lines are no barrier to safe storage of CO2 below ground
Carbon dioxide is unlikely to escape through geological faults, study showsCredit: Johannes Miocic Carbon dioxide emissions can be captured and ...
Drought in Lesotho heightened HIV risk in girls
Credit: ICAP at Columbia University Adolescent girls exposed to severe drought conditions in rural Lesotho had higher rates of HIV, ...
Research shows what it takes to be a giant shark
Have you ever wondered why the Megalodon shark became to be so big? Or wondered why some other sharks are ...
Lubricant for oil tankers
Study by the University of Bonn: High-tech surfaces could greatly reduce drag and CO2 emissions of shipsCredit: © Prof. Dr. ...
Study: Lower-carbon diets aren't just good for the planet, they're also healthier
Researchers ranked American diets by the amount of greenhouse gas emissions A new Tulane University study examining the carbon footprint ...
When coral species vanish, their absence can imperil surviving corals
Credit: Georgia Tech / Cody Clements Waves of annihilation have beaten coral reefs down to a fraction of what they ...
An icy forecast for ringed seal populations
New mathematical model shows dramatic decreases in ringed seal populations due to projected low snow conditionsCredit: Ian Stirling Arctic sea ...
Copy cats: When is a bobcat not a bobcat?
Telling similar animals apart challenges even the expertsCredit: James Gagnon Two UBC Okanagan biologists, who have publicly solicited images of ...
New study establishes causal link between climate, conflict, and migration
IIASA-led research has established a causal link between climate, conflict, and migration for the first time, something which has been ...