Environment

Rapid Antarctic Ice Melt in the Past Bodes Ill for the Future

Geological evidence shows glaciers retreated by as much as 6 miles in a year at the end of the last ice age

Fetched 2 days ago from Scientific American (USA)
Categories: Environment/Climate

Online press briefing - the future of coral

Graduate University) June 5th is World Environment Day and June 8th is World Oceans Day! OIST invites reporters to a private online briefing with two scientists who are looking at the impacts of climate change through their coral reef research.

Fetched 2 days ago from EurekAlert! - Oceanography (USA)
Categories: Environment/Oceanology

Climate effects of aerosols reduce economic inequality

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0699-y Anthropogenic aerosols mask some greenhouse warming via radiation scattering and cloud interactions. Research suggests the economic impact of this aerosol-induced cooling was small globally, although it benefitted developing countries in warm climates and harmed high-latitude developed countries.

Fetched 3 months ago from Nature Climate Change - AOP - nature.com science feeds (USA)
Categories: Environment/Climate

We Need an International Center for Climate Modeling

The science community must join forces to provide the most accurate long-term predictions and make their results publicly accessible

Fetched 5 months ago from Scientific American (USA)
Categories: Environment/Climate

Earlier leaf-out warms air in the north

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0713-4 Climate change has led to earlier spring leaf-out in northern temperate and boreal regions. This advanced leaf-out causes warming in the Northern Hemisphere due to the combined effects of water vapour, cloud and snow-albedo feedbacks on the surface energy budget.

Fetched 3 months ago from Nature Climate Change - AOP - nature.com science feeds (USA)
Categories: Environment/Climate

Dirty air offsets inequality

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0714-3 Atmospheric aerosols have probably masked a significant portion of the greenhouse-gas-induced warming so far. Research now shows that this also may have masked some of the world's increasing economic inequality.

Fetched 3 months ago from Nature Climate Change - AOP - nature.com science feeds (USA)
Categories: Environment/Climate

Some food webs like it hotter

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0706-3 Temperature affects the metabolic rates of species, their feeding interactions and their ability to persist in a given environment. Now research suggests that different effects of temperature on consumers and resources could cause food webs in cold climates to become less vulnerable to species loss, whereas tropical communities may be more vulnerable as temperatures climb.

Fetched 3 months ago from Nature Climate Change - AOP - nature.com science feeds (USA)
Categories: Environment/Climate

Search-and-rescue algorithm identifies hidden'traps' in ocean waters

Researchers at MIT, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), and Virginia Tech have developed a technique that they hope will help first responders quickly zero in on regions of the sea where missing objects or people are likely to be.

Fetched 4 days ago from EurekAlert! - Oceanography (USA)
Categories: Environment/Oceanology

Urban Heat Islands Mean Warming Will Be Worse in Cities

The effect needs to be factored into adaptation strategies, which will differ from city to city

Fetched 6 months ago from Scientific American (USA)
Categories: Environment/Climate

Crypt-keeper wasps can control the minds of 7 other species of wasp

It was thought parasites specialised in controlling just one host, but a newly discovered parasitic wasp can manipulate the behaviour of at least seven

Fetched 8 months ago from New Scientist - Home (USA)
Categories: Environment/Natural Disasters