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…

Retreat of tropical glaciers foreshadows changing climate’s effect on the global iceScienceClimate
SourceAugust 2, 2024
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Retreat of tropical glaciers foreshadows changing climate’s effect on the global ice
As they are in many places around the globe, glaciers perched high in the Andes Mountains are shrinking. Now, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison…

Japan’s youth and climate changeClimateScience
SourceAugust 1, 2024
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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…

Climate change may lead to shifts in vital Pacific Arctic fisheriesClimateScience
SourceAugust 1, 2024
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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…

Climate change intensifies and prolongs cyclones: international studyClimateScience
SourceAugust 1, 2024
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Climate change intensifies and prolongs cyclones: international study
Climate change means that tropical cyclones in Southeast Asia are developing faster, lasting longer and endangering more coastal communities, finds joint international study. By Nanyang…

Underwater mapping reveals new insights into melting of Antarctica’s ice shelvesScience
SourceAugust 1, 2024
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Underwater mapping reveals new insights into melting of Antarctica’s ice shelves
By University of East Anglia Clues to future sea level rise have been revealed by the first detailed maps of the underside of a floating…

Study finds many cocoa products contaminated by heavy metalsNewsScience
SourceJuly 31, 2024
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Study finds many cocoa products contaminated by heavy metals
Dark chocolate lovers may want to limit their consumption to an ounce a day to stay on the safe side, GW researchers say. By George…

New model uses satellite imagery, machine learning to map flooding in urban environmentsClimateScience
SourceJuly 31, 2024
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New model uses satellite imagery, machine learning to map flooding in urban environments
By Joey Pitchford | North Carolina State University As climate change causes storms to intensify, new tools are needed to map where flooding occurs in…

What’s the weather like in the deep sea?ClimateScience
SourceJuly 31, 2024
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What’s the weather like in the deep sea?
New Nature Geoscience study shows variable behavior of currents in the deep sea. By MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences | University of Bremen…

Carbon assurance likely to become mandatoryScience
SourceJuly 30, 2024
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Carbon assurance likely to become mandatory
By Edith Cowan University Carbon assurances within the corporate environment is likely to become mandatory in future, and companies that already have systems in place…

Local food production saves costs and carbonClimateScience
SourceJuly 30, 2024
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Local food production saves costs and carbon
Study highlights economic and environmental efficiency of Indigenous harvesting in the Canadian Arctic communities. By Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Emphasizing local food production…

Bold moves needed for California agriculture to adapt to climate changeClimateScience
SourceJuly 30, 2024
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Bold moves needed for California agriculture to adapt to climate change
By David Danelski | University of California - Riverside California should take urgent and bold measures to adapt its $59 billion agriculture sector to climate…

California a botanical and climate change hot spotClimateScience
SourceJuly 30, 2024
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California a botanical and climate change hot spot
By Kat Kerlin | University of California - Davis From coastal redwoods and Joshua trees to golden poppies and sagebrush, California is a global botanical…

Countries need to co-operate on migration as climate crisis worsensClimateScience
SourceJuly 29, 2024
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Countries need to co-operate on migration as climate crisis worsens
By Alex Morrison | University of Exeter Humanity must rethink migration as the climate crisis drives rapid global changes, researchers say. With significant migration expected…

Study tracks exposure to air pollution through the dayScience
SourceJuly 29, 2024
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Study tracks exposure to air pollution through the day
Data from the Bronx account for people’s daily mobility patterns, reveal demographic disparities in exposure levels. By Peter Dizikes | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute…

Climate is most important factor in where mammals choose to live, study findsScience
SourceJuly 27, 2024
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Climate is most important factor in where mammals choose to live, study finds
By Joey Pitchford | North Carolina State University While human activity has had a massive effect on the natural world, a new study from North…
