A fresh analysis of the possible cooling effect of the sulfur dioxide injected into the atmosphere by the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in January 2022…
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An international team of scientists including Rutgers researchers has found that modern rates of sea level rise began emerging in 1863 as the Industrial Age…
Temperature variation affects pathogens and their hosts in distinct ways, and these organisms are influenced by the type of variation and the average background temperature…
Earth’s Coldest Forests Are Shifting Northward With Climate Change – Biodiversity and Wildfire Risks
New research from Northern Arizona University shows rising temperatures are causing Earth’s coldest forests to shift northward, raising concerns about biodiversity, an increased risk of…
The report, Spreading like Wildfire: The Rising Threat of Extraordinary Landscape Fires, finds an elevated risk even for the Arctic and other regions previously unaffected…
Water flowing into a moulin and down to the bed of Store Glacier, Greenland. Credit: Poul Christoffersen Researchers have observed extremely high rates of melting…
Geoengineering aims to intervene in Earth’s climate to fight global warming. A group of 60 scientists called for a moratorium on solar geoengineering last month,…
Anna Ruth Halberstadt conducting field research in Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valleys. Credit: Anna Ruth Halberstadt Discrepancy between terrestrial and marine data resolved; shows that ice…
In 18 zones of the U.S. West, plant water sensitivity is high (>1.5), and the vapor pressure deficit is rising faster than average. Because both…
Scientist investigating coastal erosion caused by thawing permafrost near Bykovsky Peninsula, Laptev Sea, Siberia, Russia. Credit: AWI/Paul Overduin Erosion is destroying the coasts of the…
Ice flow velocities for Andean glaciers. Credit: © Romain Millan, Jean-Baptiste Barré / CNRS / IGE – Map data : Mapbox / OpenStreetMap / Maxar…
Photo of the Miami blue butterfly (Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri). Recent research suggests that changes in precipitation related to climate change will have a greater impact…
Using data on glacier velocity, South America’s tropical Andes mountains were found to have up to 23% less ice and freshwater availability. Darker colors overlayed…
The startup Loci Controls, begun at MIT, uses solar-powered devices to improve methane capture at gas collection wells in landfills. Credit: Courtesy of Loci Controls…
This image of Batura Glacier, in the upper Hunza Valley, in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan, was captured on August 13, 2021, by the Copernicus…
Salmon can colonize newly created streams, but face many other challenges from climate change. Credit: Freshwaters Illustrated A study led by Simon Fraser University researchers…
Mariusz Potocki and Sherpa team drilling the highest ice core ever recovered at 8020m elevation with the summit of Mount Everest in the background. Credit:…
Coral bleaching in Okinawa, Japan. Credit: Beger Lab Limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels will still be catastrophic for coral reefs, new research…
A view of the Earth from space on September 21, 2005, with the full Antarctic region visible. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center AWI study provides…
Apple blossoms during spring. Climate change is causing plants in the UK to flower a month earlier on average, which could have profound consequences for…