Rising seas could turn mangroves from carbon-storing climate allies into unexpected carbon emitters. Mangroves are among the most effective natural systems for capturing and storing carbon, but new research suggests that rising sea levels could significantly reduce that benefit and may even cause these coastal forests to release carbon in the future. Made up of [...]
Heat risk is about more than temperature. A new Oxford study of 205 cities found that poverty, limited infrastructure and lack of access to cooling are key factors driving urban heat vulnerability, with most of the highest-risk cities in South and Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
Real-world observations show both cooling and warming trends in the Arctic, Antarctic, and Tropical oceans since ARGO monitoring was introduced in 2004.
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Climate change is causing rivers worldwide to lose oxygen, and tropical waterways are being hit hardest. Climate change is causing rivers around the world to lose oxygen at a troubling rate, according to a study published May 15 in Science Advances. Researchers found that this widespread and persistent deoxygenation is affecting river ecosystems globally, with [...]
A giant Atlantic Ocean current that helps regulate Earth’s climate is slowing down, and scientists say the impacts could be global. A massive Atlantic Ocean circulation system that plays a central role in regulating Earth’s climate has been weakening for nearly 20 years, according to a new study. Scientists say the slowdown spans a large [...]
Beavers are quietly turning rivers into powerful natural carbon traps. Beavers may be far more important to the climate than previously thought. A new international study led by researchers at the University of Birmingham suggests these animals can transform river systems into powerful carbon dioxide sinks by reshaping wetlands and waterways. Published in Communications Earth [...]
Warming oceans could unlock a hidden methane boost that speeds up climate change. The oceans may be contributing to climate change in a subtle but important way that scientists are only starting to recognize. Hidden Source of Ocean Methane A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences sheds light [...]
"... Ecofeminist thinking and practice have long been central inspirations for focused, critical work on men and masculinities, and the environment ..."
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It turns out that there's not always good reasons for what we do - particularly for what governments do! In fact, there are good reasons to stop doing them. Dingoes and land management, climate change, deforestation and many many more issues require us to examine the evidence - evidence we already have - and change our ways.
"... reducing hostility toward the other side (particularly among conservatives) may facilitate cross-ideological climate coalitions. ..."
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Gray whales are turning to San Francisco Bay for survival, but for many, it’s a fatal detour. Gray whales are famous for their long migration between Arctic feeding grounds and the warm lagoons of Baja Mexico. But as climate change reshapes ocean ecosystems, these whales are beginning to behave in unexpected ways. Some have recently [...]
That combination brings both uncertainty and, inevitably, complications.
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A vast ocean current encircling Antarctica—more powerful than all the world’s rivers combined—played a surprisingly complex role in shaping Earth’s climate. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current moves more than 100 times the total water carried by all of Earth’s rivers combined. Flowing continuously around Antarctica without being blocked by land, it plays a central role in [...]
Speech by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, others, showed the world that climate realism on the rise
A sweeping genetic survey of Antarctic waters reveals a hidden microbial world with untold influence on Earth’s climate. The ocean surrounding Antarctica may look remote and empty, but it quietly helps regulate the planet’s climate. This region, known as the Southern Ocean, absorbs enormous amounts of heat and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Much of [...]
Fungi may hold a little-known key to ice formation in clouds. Can fungi affect the weather? It may sound unlikely, but new research suggests they just might. An international team of researchers, including Virginia Tech scientists Xiaofeng Wang and Boris A. Vinatzer, has identified fungal proteins that can trigger ice formation at relatively warm subzero [...]
Climate science will not disappear. But, it may go underground and become a privately funded political tool.
Scientists are claiming CSIRO job cuts will impede climate research. But the CSIRO has testified to the Senate there will be no impact on "the scale of research" into Climate Change.
ABC News repeatedly botched the science of a major regulation “to fight climate change” while falsely accusing President Trump of “rejecting” and “wiping out” “science.”
Global warming may be speeding up—scientists say the planet is heating nearly twice as fast as before, putting the 1.5°C limit at risk before 2030. Global warming has been speeding up since around 2015, according to a new analysis from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). After removing the effects of known natural [...]
A vast African peatland once thought stable is now leaking carbon thousands of years old. Tropical swamps and peatlands are major components of Earth’s carbon system and play a significant role in regulating the climate. Regions such as the Amazon Basin, the Congo Basin, and the wetlands of Southeast Asia steadily build up thick layers [...]
I’m very proud of the report our team produced. I hope we get to publish a final edition and if we do, people will see how open and constructive debate among people with differing perspectives can lead to top quality science. Stay tuned.
A mysterious dip in Earth’s gravity beneath Antarctica traces back to slow-moving rocks deep underground. Gravity feels dependable and unchanging, something we rarely question. Yet the planet behaves in strange ways defies intuition. In reality, gravity is not uniform across Earth’s surface. Its strength shifts from place to place, and once the effects of Earth’s [...]
Viewing the climate issue as unsettled is not to deny science, but rather to respect it. Empirical inquiry thrives on skepticism, on a willingness to question assumptions, on the refusal to treat model outputs as conclusive. To dismiss this centuries-old process is to put at risk the lifestyles and lives of billions.
Scientists have found a powerful new way to follow water as it moves around the planet—by tracking subtle “fingerprints” hidden inside its atoms. Scientists can now follow the path of a single drop of water as it moves through the world. Water is made of hydrogen and oxygen, and some of these atoms naturally occur [...]
A new study suggests that some of the world’s oxygen-deprived oceans could eventually regain higher oxygen levels in the centuries ahead, even as the planet continues to warm. About 16 million years ago, the Arabian Sea contained more oxygen than it does today, even though Earth’s climate was warmer at the time. Strong monsoons, shifting [...]
Apparently the IPCC is the main bulwark *against* climate alarmism?