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How well will different US forests remove atmospheric carbon in the future?
How well will different US forests remove atmospheric carbon in the future?ClimateNews

How well will different US forests remove atmospheric carbon in the future?

By Wiley Forests absorb carbon by capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, making forest carbon stocks an important resource against climate change. In research published…
SourceSourceAugust 7, 2024 Full article
Disaster plant pathology: solutions to combat agricultural threats from disasters
Disaster plant pathology: solutions to combat agricultural threats from disastersClimate

Disaster plant pathology: solutions to combat agricultural threats from disasters

By American Phytopathological Society An often-overlooked component of natural and human-driven disasters is their potential to affect plant health and thus food security at domestic…
SourceSourceAugust 7, 2024 Full article
Individuals vary in how air pollution impacts their mood
Individuals vary in how air pollution impacts their moodNewsScience

Individuals vary in how air pollution impacts their mood

Statistical models show how daily air pollution is linked to a person’s affective states. By PLOS ONE Affective sensitivity to air pollution (ASAP) describes the…
SourceSourceAugust 7, 2024 Full article
Great Barrier Reef facing catastrophic damage, research shows
Great Barrier Reef facing catastrophic damage, research showsClimate

Great Barrier Reef facing catastrophic damage, research shows

By University of Melbourne The Great Barrier Reef is under significant pressure, with warming sea temperatures and mass coral bleaching events threatening to destroy the…
SourceSourceAugust 7, 2024 Full article
Great Barrier Reef ocean temperatures hit 400-year record: study
Great Barrier Reef ocean temperatures hit 400-year record: studyNewsScience

Great Barrier Reef ocean temperatures hit 400-year record: study

By Laura CHUNG | AFP Sydney, Australia - For the past decade, water temperatures along Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef have been the warmest in…
SourceSourceAugust 7, 2024 Full article
Antarctic-wide survey of plant life to aid conservation efforts
Antarctic-wide survey of plant life to aid conservation effortsScience

Antarctic-wide survey of plant life to aid conservation efforts

The first continent-wide mapping study of plant life across Antarctica reveals growth in previously uncharted areas and is set to inform conservation measures across the…
SourceSourceAugust 6, 2024 Full article
Future enterovirus outbreaks could be exacerbated by climate change
Future enterovirus outbreaks could be exacerbated by climate changeScience

Future enterovirus outbreaks could be exacerbated by climate change

By Brown University Outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), which causes fever and rash in young children, typically occur in the summer months.…
SourceSourceAugust 6, 2024 Full article
Groundwater reserves in southwestern Europe prove more stable than anticipated
Groundwater reserves in southwestern Europe prove more stable than anticipatedClimate

Groundwater reserves in southwestern Europe prove more stable than anticipated

By Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) Groundwater is a vital resource, sustaining plants and ecosystems, ensuring agricultural production and serving as a core component…
SourceSourceAugust 6, 2024 Full article
Rethinking the economy to protect the Amazon and empower its people
Rethinking the economy to protect the Amazon and empower its peopleClimate

Rethinking the economy to protect the Amazon and empower its people

By University of Cambridge To protect the Amazon and support the wellbeing of its people, its economy needs to shift from environmentally harmful production to…
SourceSourceAugust 6, 2024 Full article
Greenland fossil discovery reveals increased risk of sea-level catastrophe
Greenland fossil discovery reveals increased risk of sea-level catastropheNewsScience

Greenland fossil discovery reveals increased risk of sea-level catastrophe

Seeds, twigs and insect parts in ice core stun scientists and confirm that center of ice sheet melted in recent past. By Joshua Brown |…
SourceSourceAugust 6, 2024 Full article
Scientists and climate change: extreme concern and high level of engagement
Scientists and climate change: extreme concern and high level of engagementScience

Scientists and climate change: extreme concern and high level of engagement

By Universiteit van Amsterdam Scientists from across academic disciplines are extremely concerned about climate change. Many of them have already changed their own lifestyles or…
SourceSourceAugust 6, 2024 Full article
Four killed after Storm Debby hits Florida coast
Four killed after Storm Debby hits Florida coastNews

Four killed after Storm Debby hits Florida coast

Miami, United States (AFP) (UPDATED) - Tropical Storm Debby drenched Florida on Monday, killing at least four people and threatening southeastern US states with heavy…
SourceSourceAugust 6, 2024 Full article
Forecasting climate’s impact on a debilitating disease
Forecasting climate’s impact on a debilitating disease

Forecasting climate’s impact on a debilitating disease

By Jamie Hansen, Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health | Stanford University In Brazil, climate and other human-made environmental changes threaten decades-long efforts to…
SourceSourceAugust 5, 2024 Full article
How unplanned development, unusual rain ended in disaster
How unplanned development, unusual rain ended in disasterClimate

How unplanned development, unusual rain ended in disaster

By Sajan Thomas, St. John's College, Anchal in Thiruvananthapuram | 360info The Kerala landslide underscores the importance of preserving human lives in the Western Ghats region amid…
SourceSourceAugust 5, 2024 Full article
Seismic detectors measure soil moisture using traffic noise
Seismic detectors measure soil moisture using traffic noiseNewsScience

Seismic detectors measure soil moisture using traffic noise

By California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Caltech researchers have developed a new method to measure soil moisture in the shallow subterranean region between the surface…
SourceSourceAugust 5, 2024 Full article
EV transition worries French car industry workers
EV transition worries French car industry workersClimateNews

EV transition worries French car industry workers

By Béatrice JOANNIS | AFP Vouziers, France - As France faces a 2035 deadline to phase out new combustion engine cars, workers in the industry…
SourceSourceAugust 4, 2024 Full article
How the rising earth in Antarctica will impact future sea level rise
How the rising earth in Antarctica will impact future sea level riseClimateScience

How the rising earth in Antarctica will impact future sea level rise

Effects will depend on how much global warming is controlled, study finds. By Tatyana Woodall | Ohio State University The rising earth beneath the Antarctic…
SourceSourceAugust 3, 2024 Full article
Scientists find a human “fingerprint” in the upper troposphere’s increasing ozone
Scientists find a human “fingerprint” in the upper troposphere’s increasing ozoneClimate

Scientists find a human “fingerprint” in the upper troposphere’s increasing ozone

Knowing where to look for this signal will help researchers identify specific sources of the potent greenhouse gas. By Jennifer Chu | Massachusetts Institute of…
SourceSourceAugust 2, 2024 Full article
Healthy AI: sustainable artificial intelligence for healthcare
Healthy AI: sustainable artificial intelligence for healthcareClimate

Healthy AI: sustainable artificial intelligence for healthcare

Growing use of AI reveals the need for global sustainability initiatives. By Osaka Metropolitan University Similar to other sectors around the world, the light speed…
SourceSourceAugust 2, 2024 Full article
Tipping risks from overshooting 1.5 °C can be minimised if warming is swiftly reversed
Tipping risks from overshooting 1.5 °C can be minimised if warming is swiftly reversedClimate

Tipping risks from overshooting 1.5 °C can be minimised if warming is swiftly reversed

By Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Human-made climate change can lead to a destabilisation of large-scale components of the Earth system such as…
SourceSourceAugust 2, 2024 Full article
Retreat of tropical glaciers foreshadows changing climate’s effect on the global ice
Retreat of tropical glaciers foreshadows changing climate’s effect on the global iceClimateScience

Retreat of tropical glaciers foreshadows changing climate’s effect on the global ice

By Will Cushman | University of Wisconsin-Madison As they are in many places around the globe, glaciers perched high in the Andes Mountains are shrinking.…
SourceSourceAugust 2, 2024 Full article
Japan’s youth and climate change
Japan’s youth and climate changeClimateScience

Japan’s youth and climate change

Study highlights need to improve awareness of climate change’s effects and potential solutions amongst 12- to 14-year-olds. By University of Tokyo Students in Japan are…
SourceSourceAugust 1, 2024 Full article
Climate change may lead to shifts in vital Pacific Arctic fisheries
Climate change may lead to shifts in vital Pacific Arctic fisheriesClimateScience

Climate change may lead to shifts in vital Pacific Arctic fisheries

Commercially important marine fish and invertebrate species will likely shift northwards under a warmer climate. By Hokkaido University Marine fisheries are an essential source of…
SourceSourceAugust 1, 2024 Full article