Tag: Climate Change

Ancient predatory insects discovered in region once thought uninhabitableCredit: Fossil image copyright Zootaxa. Fossil discoveries often help answer long-standing questions ...

Houston flooding polluted reefs more than 100 miles offshore

Flower Garden Banks fouled by runoff from 2017's Harvey and 2016's Tax Day floodsCredit: Photo by Carsten Grupstra/Rice University HOUSTON ...

Mapping North Carolina’s ghost forests from 430 miles up

Rising seas and inland-surging seawater are leaving behind the debris of dying forests. Now, 35 years of satellite images capture ...

Droughts longer, rainfall more erratic over the last 50 years in most of the West

Credit: Joel Biederman, Agricultural Research Service TUCSON, Ariz., April 6, 2021 - Dry periods between rainstorms have become longer and ...

Aquatic biodiversity key to sustainable, nutrient-rich diets

Credit: Image courtesy Juliano Palacios-Abrantes. Seafood is a pillar of global food security--long recognized for its protein content. But research ...

Discovery is key to creating heat-tolerant crops

Researchers identify gene that helps plants sense heatCredit: Meng Chen/UCR By 2050 global warming could reduce crop yields by one-third. ...

How climate change affects Colombia’s coffee production

Credit: College of AC ES, University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. ¬- If your day started with a cup of coffee, ...

Reclamation releases technical reports supporting the 2021 SECURE Water Act Report

Climate change impacts assessed on water supplies in 17 western statesCredit: Bureau of Reclamation The Bureau of Reclamation today released ...

Overfishing of Atlantic cod likely did not cause genetic changes

Study suggests reducing fishing and addressing environmental changes would help cod recoverCredit: NOAA Overfishing likely did not cause the Atlantic ...

Ozone pollution harms maize crops, study finds

Credit: Ainsworth lab Although stratospheric ozone protects us by filtering out the sun's ultraviolet radiation, tropospheric ozone is a harmful ...

Radical proposal to save the planet from disaster

Transformed universities help transform the worldCredit: World Scientific At present universities are devoted to the acquisition of specialized knowledge and ...

Beef industry can cut emissions with land management, production efficiency

Ranchers in United States, Brazil and other regions can help create a more climate-friendly beef systemCredit: Kenton Rowe for The ...

Humans were apex predators for two million years

What did our ancestors eat during the stone age? Mostly meatCredit: Dr. Miki Ben Dor Researchers at Tel Aviv University ...

Rise of oxygen on Earth: Initial estimates off by 100 million years

Permanent oxygenation occurred much later than previously thoughtCredit: Andrey Bekker/UCR New research shows the permanent rise of oxygen in our ...

Hidden diversity of coral more important for conservation than previously thought

April 2, 2021

Researchers say that our framework for classifying coral species needs to be expanded to capture ecological diversity and protect reef ...

Announcing the launch of Global Africa, a new African academic journal

April 2, 2021

Credit: © IRD - Rafaël Almar With Global Africa, the UGB's LASPAD (Laboratoire d'analyse des sociétés et pouvoirs / Afrique ...

Evidence of Antarctic glacier’s tipping point confirmed for first time

Researchers have confirmed for the first time that Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica could cross tipping points, leading to ...

Diversity can prevent failures in large power grids

Integrated power grids offer benefits, but also pose challenges best addressed by leveraging differencesCredit: Matthew Henry The recent power outages ...

UMD helps quantify how climate change has slowed global agricultural productivity growth

Collaborative research shows more severe slowdowns in warmer regions like Africa and Latin AmericaCredit: Edwin Remsberg, University of Maryland The ...

Thicker-leaved tropical plants may flourish as CO2 rises, which could be good for climate