Mature forests vital in fight against climate changeClimateScience
SourceAugust 12, 2024
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Mature forests vital in fight against climate change
By Alex Morrison | University of Exeter Mature forests have a key role to play in the fight against climate change – extracting carbon dioxide…

Urban trees suffer more from heat and drought than rural trees, study findsScience
SourceAugust 12, 2024
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Urban trees suffer more from heat and drought than rural trees, study finds
By CUNY ASRC A new study published in Ecological Applications details how trees in New York City and Boston are more negatively impacted by heat…

Long-distance relationship revealed in the seemingly random behavior of bowhead whalesScience
SourceAugust 11, 2024
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Long-distance relationship revealed in the seemingly random behavior of bowhead whales
By Hokkaido University, Aarhus University & Greenland Institute of Natural Resources Applying chaos theory to the movement of iconic arctic whales uncovered a 24-hour diving…

Palm oil: from environmental villain to climate heroScience
SourceAugust 11, 2024
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Palm oil: from environmental villain to climate hero
By Eng-Seng Chan and Wail Gourich, Monash University Malaysia | 360info The Malaysian palm oil industry is making notable progress in addressing climate change and…

On a mission to save our soilsNewsScience
SourceAugust 11, 2024
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On a mission to save our soils
Italian soil scientist Professor Fabio Terribile is on a mission to improve soil quality, with the help of EU funding and 19 partners across Europe.…

As temperatures break records, many are unaware of symptoms of heat-related illnessesScience
SourceAugust 10, 2024
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As temperatures break records, many are unaware of symptoms of heat-related illnesses
Increasing numbers link extreme heat to climate change. By Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania With NASA data showing that July 22,…

Climate Warming and Rainfall Variability in the Three Gorges Region in 2022–2023Science
SourceAugust 9, 2024
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Climate Warming and Rainfall Variability in the Three Gorges Region in 2022–2023
By Institute of Atmospheric Physics | Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) The Three Gorges Region of the Yangtze River (TGR) in China has a unique…

Long-term coral reef monitoring continues to deliver crucial insightsNewsScience
SourceAugust 9, 2024
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Long-term coral reef monitoring continues to deliver crucial insights
By American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) As the effects of a changing climate and other ecological insults compound, many coral reefs face severe perturbations…

Non-biting midges help us understand how to protect Lake BalatonScience
SourceAugust 9, 2024
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Non-biting midges help us understand how to protect Lake Balaton
By Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) What was Lake Balaton like in its natural state, and when did it change? Can its near-natural condition still be…

Plants defy odds, thriving in some of the world’s harshest climatesScience
SourceAugust 9, 2024
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Plants defy odds, thriving in some of the world’s harshest climates
Study sheds new light on the capacity of plants to respond to climate change. By Katie Spenceley | University of Sydney The study is an…

Shift focus to well-being, not growth: a new approach for climate-smart livingScience
SourceAugust 8, 2024
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Shift focus to well-being, not growth: a new approach for climate-smart living
By Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) - Helmholtz Centre Potsdam Ensuring the well-being of citizens while reducing resource consumption has proved to be a massive…

Detecting climate change using aerosolsClimateScience
SourceAugust 8, 2024
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Detecting climate change using aerosols
Researchers propose a new metric using aerosols to understand changes in transboundary air pollution pathways due to climate changes. By Chiba University Climate change is…

Study quantifies air pollution for NYC subway commutersScience
SourceAugust 8, 2024
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Study quantifies air pollution for NYC subway commuters
Economically disadvantaged and racial minority groups have the highest exposure to fine particular matter during their home to work commutes. PLOS - New York City…

Repetition boosts belief in climate-skeptical claims, even among climate science endorsersScience
SourceAugust 7, 2024
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Repetition boosts belief in climate-skeptical claims, even among climate science endorsers
A single repetition increased the claims’ perceived truth for the strongest climate science supporters surveyed. By PLOS ONE Climate science supporters rated climate-skeptical statements as…

Most existing heat wave indices fail to capture heatwave severityNewsScience
SourceAugust 7, 2024
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Most existing heat wave indices fail to capture heatwave severity
By Cell Press Even though climate change is bringing more frequent and severe heat waves, there is no standard, global way to measure heat-wave severity,…

Individuals vary in how air pollution impacts their moodNewsScience
SourceAugust 7, 2024
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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…

Great Barrier Reef ocean temperatures hit 400-year record: studyNewsScience
SourceAugust 7, 2024
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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…

Antarctic-wide survey of plant life to aid conservation effortsScience
SourceAugust 6, 2024
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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…

Future enterovirus outbreaks could be exacerbated by climate changeScience
SourceAugust 6, 2024
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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.…

Greenland fossil discovery reveals increased risk of sea-level catastropheNewsScience
SourceAugust 6, 2024
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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 |…

Scientists and climate change: extreme concern and high level of engagementScience
SourceAugust 6, 2024
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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…

Seismic detectors measure soil moisture using traffic noiseNewsScience
SourceAugust 5, 2024
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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…

How the rising earth in Antarctica will impact future sea level riseClimateScience
SourceAugust 3, 2024
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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…

Combined effects of plastic pollution and seawater flooding amplify threats to coastal plant speciesScience
SourceAugust 2, 2024
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Combined effects of plastic pollution and seawater flooding amplify threats to coastal plant species
By Alan Williams | University of Plymouth Two of the planet’s more pressing environmental stressors have the potential to alter the growth and reproductive output…
