Tag: Climate Change

Credit: Christopher Garvie About 55 million years ago, a rapidly warming climate decimated marine communities around the world. But according ...

There’s a twist in the story of volcanism & mass extinctions, say CCNY researchers

Credit: Photo credit: B. Black and L.T. Elkins-Tanton An emerging scientific consensus is that gases--in particular carbon gases--released by volcanic ...

NASA examines Tropical Storm Uesi’s heavy rainfall

Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL NASA analyzed Tropical Storm Uesi's rainfall and found moderate to heavy rainfall around the storm's center and in ...

NASA analyzes ex-Tropical Cyclone Damien’s rainfall in Western Australia

Credit: Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL Tropical Cyclone Damien made landfall on Feb. 9 along the northern Pilbara coast of Western Australia. On ...

Understanding forest-water interactions and their impact on New Zealand’s water quality

Credit: Virginia Tech Forest systems, a crucial resource for fresh water around the world, are under increasing pressure from global ...

Reimagining the link between space and species could boost wildlife conservation

Credit: KU News Service LAWRENCE -- In the latest issue of The American Naturalist, University of Kansas investigator Jorge Sobero?n ...

‘Rule breaking’ plants may be climate change survivors

Credit: Dr Annabel Smith Plants that break some of the 'rules' of ecology by adapting in unconventional ways may have ...

Acid-loving microbe can improve understanding of past climate

Research goes to the extremes to record ancient ocean temperaturesCredit: Photo by Wil Leavitt. HANOVER, N.H. - February 10, 2020- ...

Scientists warn humanity about worldwide insect decline

They also suggest ways to recognise and avert its consequencesCredit: Pedro Cardoso Engaging civil society and policy makers is essential ...

New research shows that El Niño contributes to insect collapse in the Amazon

Hotter and drier El Niño events are having an alarming effect on biodiversity in the Amazon Rainforest and further add ...

NASA analyzes tropical cyclone Damien’s water vapor concentration

Credit: Credits: NASA/NRL When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean on Feb. 7, it gathered water vapor ...

Mediterranean sea urchins are more vulnerable than previously thought

Strong selection pressure in a context of progressive warmingCredit: Creu Palacín (University of Barcelona-IRBio) The sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus, an ...

Burrowing mayfly’s decline may serve as a warning system for the health of our environment

Credit: Virginia Tech Mayflies have long been indicators of the ecological health of the lakes, rivers, and streams. The more ...

Mystery of marine recycling squad solved

Nitrogen cycling in shelf waters is crucial to reduce surplus nutrients, which rivers pour out into the ocean. Yet many ...

NASA satellite finds wind shear adversely affecting tropical storm Francisco

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Forecasters use a variety of satellite imagery to ...

NASA sees tropical storm Damien form off Australia’s Pilbara coast

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview The low-pressure area that formed off Australia's Kimberley coast and lingered there for a couple of ...

Humanity’s greatest risk: Cascading impacts of climate, biodiversity, food, water crises: scientists

Survey reveals common concern of global scientists: interlinkages between crises; Part of Our Future on Earth, 2020, a 50-page synthesis ...

Enjoying the View? How computer games can help evaluate landscapes

Geographers from Staffordshire University are stepping into the virtual world of computer games to develop exciting new ways of assessing ...

Trees in the Amazon are time capsules of human history, from culture to colonialism

Credit: Victor Caetano-Andrade As society has progressed, the annals of human history have been recorded through text, art, and oral ...

Lithuanian scientists contributed to creating the world record breaking tandem solar cell