An aggregation of recent climate news feeds:
2022-01-18 Nuclear power is emerging as an answer as states transition away from coal, oil and natural gas to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stave off climate change.(Image credit: Michael Mariant/AP File Photo) …›
2022-01-17 The Earth BioGenome Project is a global effort to map the genomes of all plants, animals, fungi and other microbial life on Earth. The EBP is entering a new phase as it moves from pilot projects to full-scale production sequencing. …›
2022-01-14 Researchers have demonstrated in the lab how well a mineral common at the boundary between the Earth's core and mantle conducts heat. This leads them to suspect that the Earth's heat may dissipate sooner than previously thought. …›
2022-01-14 Earth's global average surface temperature in 2021 tied with 2018 as the sixth warmest on record, according to independent analyses done by NASA and NOAA. Collectively, the past eight years are the warmest years since modern recordkeeping began in 1880. …›
2022-01-13 Rivers need water -- a fact that may seem ridiculously obvious, but in times of increasing water development, drought, and climate change, the quantity of natural streamflow that remains in river channels is coming into question, especially in the Colo …›
2022-01-13 In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers have gauged how biodiversity loss of birds and mammals will impact plants' chances of adapting to human-induced climate warming. …›
2022-01-13 Scientists have developed ways to decipher effects of the CO2 rise during the past 100 years on metabolic fluxes of the key plant species in peatlands, mosses. Analyses of cellulose in peat cores collected by collaborating scientists working in five co …›
2022-01-13 Near the Filchner Ice Shelf in the south of the Antarctic Weddell Sea, a research team has found the world's largest fish breeding area known to date. A towed camera system photographed and filmed thousands of nests of icefish of the species Neopagetop …›
2022-01-13 A new study has revealed that the locations and timing of tiger shark movement in the western North Atlantic Ocean have changed from rising ocean temperatures. These climate-driven changes have subsequently shifted tiger shark movements outside of prot …›
2022-01-12 Large Scale Wind Power Investment’s Impact on Wholesale Electricity Markets MIT Center for… Wed, 01/12/2022 - 15:46 MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy ResearchTopicsEnergyFossil FuelsRenewable EnergyGovernment & PolicyPostJanuary 12, 20 …›
2022-01-12 Predator species may buffer the negative impacts of climate change by mitigating against the loss of biodiversity, according to new research. The team of scientists behind the discovery say their findings underline the importance of conserving biodiver …›
2022-01-12 Economic growth goes down when the number of wet days and days with extreme rainfall go up, a team of scientists finds. The data analysis of more than 1,500 regions over the past 40 years shows a clear connection and suggests that intensified daily rai …›
2022-01-12 Permafrost has a central role in the sustainable development of the Arctic region. The thaw of permafrost is set to damage buildings and roads, leading to tens of billions of euros in additional costs in the near future, according to an international r …›
2022-01-12 Microbiologists show that methanogenic archaea do not always need to form methane to survive. It is possible to bypass methanogenesis with the seemingly simpler and more environmentally friendly acetogenic energy metabolism. These new findings provide …›
2022-01-12 Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion MIT OCW Wed, 01/12/2022 - 10:12 MIT OCWTopicsEnergyPostJanuary 12, 2022Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion Photo Credit The Helios Prototype solar-electric flying wing, a remote-pil …›
2022-01-11 While site fidelity may be beneficial for animals when environmental conditions don't change very fast, those benefits may not be realized in the ever-changing world dominated by humans, researchers have found through a review of scientific literature. …›
2022-01-11 Clouds have significant impact on the energy balance of the Earth system. Low clouds such as Stratocumulus, Cumulus and Stratus cover about 30 percent of the Earth surface and have a net cooling effect on our climate. What counteracts global warming, c …›
2022-01-11 Arctic coasts are characterized by sea ice, permafrost and ground ice. This makes them particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, which is already accelerating rapid coastal erosion. …›
2022-01-11 Researchers have analyzed an extensive collection of sand samples from so-called megaripple fields around the world and gained new insights into the composition of these sand waves. These could help settle debates about the mechanistic origin of some r …›
2022-01-11 What’s in a number? The goals of the 2021 United Nations’ climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, called for nations to keep a warming limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius “within reach.” But when it comes to communicating climate change to the public, s …›
2022-01-10 Ecological communities on the Oregon coast are being subtly destabilized by the pressures of climate change despite giving an appearance of stress resistance, new research shows. …›
2022-01-10 Researchers have new insight into the complicated puzzle of environmental conditions that characterized the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction (LOME), which killed about 85% of the species in the ocean. …›
2022-01-10 As climate change continues and the incidences of drought rise, water is increasingly becoming scarce for manufacturing. But a new study suggests that there is a silver lining -- companies that use water may pivot to become efficient and more eco-frien …›
2022-01-10 Researchers show that the increase of sea ice surrounding Antarctica since 1979 is a unique feature of Antarctic climate since 1905 -- an observation that paints a dramatic first-ever picture for weather and climate implications on the world's southern …›
2022-01-10 Rising temperatures are causing a 'growing diversity' of Vibrio bacteria in the sea around the UK, new research shows. …›
2022-01-07 Fundamental changes in the ocean, such as warming, acidification or oxygen depletion, may have significant consequences for the composition of fish stocks, including the displacement of individual species. Researchers have reconstructed environmental c …›
2022-01-06 Two Basins in 2050 MIT Environmen… Thu, 01/06/2022 - 14:13 MIT Environmental Solutions InitiativeTopicsAdaptationAtmosphereClimate ModelingFood, Water & AgricultureWeather & Natural DisastersDroughtHeatwavesWildfiresPostJanuary 6, 2022Two Basins in 2 …›
2022-01-06 Blockage: How politics, economics and other human forces obstruct a sustainable Klamath Basin MIT Environmen… Thu, 01/06/2022 - 13:57 MIT Environmental Solutions InitiativeTopicsFinance & EconomicsFood, Water & AgricultureGovernment & PolicyClimate J …›
2022-01-06 Heal the People, Heal the Land: Righting environmental and historical wrongs in the Klamath Basin MIT Environmen… Thu, 01/06/2022 - 13:34 MIT Environmental Solutions InitiativeTopicsFood, Water & AgricultureForestsClimate JusticeWeather & Natural Dis …›
2022-01-06 Fish and Chips: The future of agriculture in the Klamath Basin MIT Environmen… Thu, 01/06/2022 - 13:20 MIT Environmental Solutions InitiativeTopicsFood, Water & AgricultureClimate JusticeWeather & Natural DisastersDroughtHeatwavesPostJanuary 6, 2022F …›
2022-01-06 Coral reef ecosystems support diverse small-scale fisheries -- and the fish they catch are rich in micronutrients vital to the health of millions of people in the tropics, a new study reveals. And, counter-intuitively, following bleaching events that k …›
2022-01-06 Large wildfires and severe heat events are happening more often at the same time, worsening air pollution across the western United States, a study has found. In 2020, more than 68% of the western U.S. -- representing about 43 million people -- were af …›
2022-01-06 Nearly 2 million new cases of pediatric asthma every year may be caused by a traffic-related air pollutant, a problem particularly important in big cities around the world, according to a new study. …›
2022-01-05 Dairy farmers in the Northeast -- facing a warming climate that exacerbates nutrient pollution but lengthens the growing season -- can reduce the environmental impact of their operations and maximize revenues by double cropping and injecting manure int …›
2022-01-05 Research has revealed frequent storm activity in coastal areas is a previously unrecognized way in which deforestation can increase flooding. The study found the frequency of thunderstorms in some fast-growing African coastal cities has doubled over th …›
2022-01-05 Two studies project the future of power supply and demand on the West Coast under different scenarios: one under climate change and another where power sources shift toward renewables and the climate follows historic trends. …›
2022-01-05 During long portions of the past 2.4 billion years, the Earth may have been more 'inhospitable' to life than scientists previously thought, according to new computer simulations. Using a state-of-the-art climate model, researchers now believe the level …›
2022-01-04 In 2019, researchers witnessed the consequences of an extreme heat event at Punta Tombo in Argentina, one of the world's largest breeding colonies for Magellanic penguins. On Jan. 19, temperatures at the site spiked in the shade to 44 C, or 111.2 F, ki …›
2022-01-04 Researchers have found that climate change drives native trout declines by reducing stream habitat and facilitating the expansion of invasive trout species. …›
2022-01-03 Where the microbe Prochlorococcus lives is not determined primarily by temperature, as previously thought. A study finds a relationship with a shared predator actually sets the microbe's range. The findings could help scientists predict how Prochloroco …›