Tag: Climate Change

March 18, 2021

Researchers examine landscape, food supply, predator-prey relationshipsCredit: Caribou Monitoring Unit A new study comparing decades of environmental monitoring records has ...

Algae growing on dead coral could paint a falsely rosy portrait of reef health

New challenges to a once tried-and-true method for assessing reef healthCredit: Image courtesy of Ken Caldeira. Washington, DC-- Algae colonizing ...

Feeding cattle seaweed reduces their greenhouse gas emissions 82 percent

New long-term study could mean more sustainable burgersCredit: Breanna Roque/UC Davis A bit of seaweed in cattle feed could reduce ...

Arctic was once lush and green, could be again, new research shows

Credit: Zach Montes Orijin Media Imagine not a white, but a green Arctic, with woody shrubs as far north as ...

The Blue Economy is more than resources: It has to focus on social equity and governance

Credit: Andres Cisneros-Montemayor The future of an equitable and sustainable global ocean, or "Blue Economy," depends on more than the ...

Polarstern expedition investigates massive calved iceberg

Experts explore for the first time life on the seafloor in a region formerly covered by thick iceCredit: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / ...

Modeling the probability of methane hydrate deposits on the seafloor

Sandia scientists use machine learning to find fuel source, climate-change driverCredit: Image courtesy of William Eymold/Sandia National Laboratories RALEIGH, N.C. ...

New study investigates how life on land recovered after “The Great Dying”

By characterizing how ancient life responded to environmental stressors, researchers gain insights into how modern species might fareCredit: © Xiaochong ...

FSU researchers discover how ‘cryptic species’ respond differently to coral bleaching

Credit: FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory/Scott Burgess Certain brightly colored coral species dotting the seafloor may appear indistinguishable to many ...

First Midwest urban long-term ecological research site established in Twin-Cities

Credit: Yinan Chen from Pixabay The USDA Forest Service is part of a partnership that will establish the first urban ...

Are lakes emitting more carbon dioxide in a warming world?

New research looks to link between carbon dioxide and oxygen to answer the questionCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- ...

Tracking past earthquakes along the Japan Trench

IODP Expedition 386 focuses on the record of giant earthquakes of the past preserved in deep marine sedimentsCredit: Credits © ...

Militarization negatively influences green growth

This was concluded by economists who studied the indicators of 21 OECD countries from 1980 to 2016Credit: UrFU / Ilya ...

Not just CO2: Rising temperatures also alter photosynthesis in a changing climate

Credit: Graphic by Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Agricultural scientists who study climate change often focus on how increasing atmospheric ...

Migration routes of one of Britain’s largest ducks revealed for the first time

Much still remains a mystery as to the Shelduck's migrationCredit: ©Philip Croft/BTO New research, just published in the journal Ringing ...

Lessons learned in Burkina Faso can contribute to a new decade of forest restoration

In 2018, the West African nation decided to restore 5 million hectares of degraded land by 2030. New research shows ...

NASA images reveal important forests and wetlands are disappearing in Belize

Credit: Image from the Landsat 8 archive, NASA/USGS. AUSTIN, Texas -- Using NASA satellite images and machine learning, researchers with ...

Global river flow contingent upon climate change

Credit: Michigan State University More often than ever before, water available in rivers is at the mercy of climate change, ...

Melting glaciers could speed up carbon emissions into the atmosphere

Credit: Lee Brown The loss of glaciers worldwide enhances the breakdown of complex carbon molecules in rivers, potentially contributing further ...

European summer droughts since 2015 unprecedented in past two millennia