Vegetation growth in Northern Hemisphere stunted by water constraints in warming climate
Shift may reduce plants' ability to absorb atmospheric CO2, increasing greenhouse gasses INDIANAPOLIS -- A first-of-its-kind large-scale study of vegetation ...
Tag: Temperature-Dependent Phenomena
Greater Yellowstone area expected to become warmer, drier
New report highlights climate change effects on greater Yellowstone ecosystem Temperature significantly increased and snowfall decreased in the iconic Greater ...
Marine sediments explain how part of Brazil’s Northeast region became semi-arid
The phenomenon is linked to gradual contraction of the tropical rain belt over the last 5,000 years, according to a ...
No northern escape route for Florida’s coral reefs
Florida Tech research shows climate change will suppress reef growth from north and south Warming seas are driving many species ...
Metal catalysts used for environmental sustainability found to degrade and become less effective
New research is showing that some tiny catalysts being considered for industrial-scaled environmental remediation efforts may be unstable during operation. ...
New study on climate change impacts on plants could lead to better conservation strategies
The loss of plant species that are especially vulnerable to climate change might lead to bigger problems than previous studies ...
New modeling technique shows greater likelihood, frequency of urban extreme heat events
Extreme heat waves in urban areas are much more likely than previously thought, according to a new modeling approach designed ...
Subsurface geophysics is key to geological carbon dioxide storage
Using unique 3D imaging technology to find a negative carbon solution A crucial step in sequestering carbon dioxide and realizing ...
Reduced microbial stability linked to soil carbon loss in active layer under alpine permafrost degra
Chinese researchers have recently discovered links between reduction in microbial stability and soil carbon loss in the active layer of ...
Most rivers run dry — now and then
Over half of the world's rivers cease to flow for at least one day a year on average A new ...
NASA Snow Campaign Wraps for 2021
As the last snow melts, NASA's SnowEx teams are packing up the snowshoes, skis, and scientific instruments they've used all ...
A quarter of global harvests at risk if agriculture does not adapt to climate change
Shifts in weather patterns induced by climate change will increase extreme heat and reduce rainfall across major crop growing regions, ...
Dinosaurs lived in greenhouse climate with hot summers
New climate reconstruction method provides precise picture of climate 78 million years ago Palaeoclimatologists study climate of the geological past. ...
Climate protection: Deep decarbonization by 2050 currently not plausible
Today the Hamburg-based Cluster of Excellence "Climate, Climatic Change, and Society" (CLICCS) publishes a new, essential study on climate futures. ...
Food systems offer huge opportunities to cut emissions, study finds
Greenhouse gases from food production are systematically underestimated, researchers say A new global analysis says that greenhouse-gas emissions from food ...
Corals tell Arabian Sea story of global warming
Coral insights into 1,000 years of seasonal changes in the Arabian Sea warn of significant impacts caused by global warming. ...
Underwater ancient cypress forest offers clues to the past
When saber-toothed tigers, woolly mammoths and giant sloths roamed North America during the last Ice Age about 18,000 to 80,000 ...
Is Earth’s core lopsided? Strange goings-on in our planet’s interior
Model of how Earth's inner core froze into solid iron implies it may be only 500 million years old For ...
If countries implement Paris pledges with cuts to aerosols, millions of lives can be saved
A strategic approach to reducing both greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution can reap major health and temperature benefits, according ...
Less is more? New take on machine learning helps us “scale up” phase transitions
Features of large systems yielded from tiny simulations with super-resolution techniques Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have ...
