Research projects to reduce the impact of carbon emissions on climate
Credit: Virginia Tech The correlation between carbon dioxide emissions and global climate change is a critical issue that has significant ...
Tag: Climate Change
Are cats the ‘canary in the coal mine’ for wildfire effects on human health?
Scientists learn from cats injured in california wildfiresCredit: Rob Warren/UC Davis Cats who suffered burns and smoke inhalation in recent ...
Can a new kind of power plant improve air quality, resilience?
UH engineers join project to study options for deploymentCredit: University of Houston Researchers from the University of Houston, backed by ...
Eat or be eaten
Biodiversity increases the efficiency of energy use in grasslandsCredit: Alexandra Weigelt For the first time, they did not just investigate ...
Hazardous waste or edible food?
Retailers should make a bigger effort in reducing bread wasteCredit: Riikka Kalmi, University of Vaasa More drive and novel and ...
Tropical nations worst hit by climate-related fish shifts
Credit: Kimberly L. Oremus et al., Nature Sustainability. Feb. 24, 2020 Policymakers will need to step up to the challenges ...
New functional indicators to detect human activity impacts in temporary rivers
Beyond traditional metricsCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Functional metrics in ecology -indicators based on the biological features of the organisms, in ...
Seeds in Tibet face impacts from climate change
Warming and increased precipitation tests the resilience of soil seed banks against harm done by climate changeCredit: Photo courtesy of ...
Small farmers sink or swim in globalization’s tsunami
Credit: Sue Nichols, Michigan State University Whether small-time farmers across the world get swept away by globalization or ride a ...
What to expect when you’re expecting electric transportation
Study explores strategies that could help reduce emissions from the transport industryCredit: andreas160578 via pixabay While electric vehicles alone may ...
Scientists call on government to increase ambition to save our ocean
Credit: Lauren Porter, University of Plymouth In the last decade there has been rapid expansion in the area of ocean ...
The dangers facing fireflies
Credit: Mike Lewinski on Unsplash. The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. Worldwide ...
Climate change will cause a loss of olive production in Andalusia
Credit: Universidad de Córdoba We do not have to look as far away as the glaciers in Norway, the fires ...
NSF CAREER recipient Ethan Yang exploring impact of green infrastructure on urban flooding
Prestigious grant supports Lehigh University civil and environmental engineering professor's research into homeowners' interactions with sustainable stormwater containment methods such ...
A genetic map for maize
Researchers uncover the genetics of how corn can adapt faster to new climatesCredit: University of Delaware Maize is a staple ...
Greener spring, warmer air
Credit: Gengsuo Jia Advanced leaf-out, or early sprouting and opening leaves, is a direct response to climate change. In northern ...
Opportunity blows for offshore wind in China
Offshore wind farms could power much of coastal ChinaCredit: Harvard SEAS Under the Paris Climate Agreement, China committed to rely ...
NASA measures rainfall rates in two American Samoa Tropical Cyclones
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL There are two tropical cyclones affecting American Samoa in the South Pacific Ocean on Feb. 21. Tropical ...
NASA sees tropical cyclone 18p form near American Samoa
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview The low-pressure area that has been lingering west-northwest of American Samoa for several days has organized ...
Tools used to study human disease reveal coral disease risk factors
Credit: Dane Hallam In a study published in Scientific Reports, a team of international researchers led by University of Hawai'i ...
