Trees and climate change: Faster growth, lighter wood
Trees are growing more rapidly due to climate change. This sounds like good news. After all, this means that trees are storing more carbon dioxide … Read more
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Corals are becoming more tolerant of rising ocean temperatures
The existence and causes of coral bleaching are recognized as an increasing world-wide environmental concern related to climate change. A number of experiments have been … Read more
Amphibians face many challenges in Brazilian rain forest
Deforestation remains the biggest threat to animals that call the rain forest “home.” However, even measured, sensible development projects can have unforeseen effects because there’s … Read more
Microbes that drive climate change
A new understanding of the microbes and viruses in the thawing permafrost in Sweden may help scientists better predict the pace of climate change. Microbes … Read more
Evidence from past suggests climate trends could yield 20-foot sea-level rise
When past temperatures were similar to or slightly higher than the present global average, sea levels rose at least 20 feet, suggesting a similar outcome … Read more
Study: Salamanders shrinking due to climate change
Wild salamanders living in some of North America’s best salamander habitat are getting smaller as their surroundings get warmer and drier, forcing them to burn … Read more
How the West Gets Drier
New studies involving researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego project that human influences will lead to a drier world as the … Read more
Climate change will reduce crop yields sooner than we thought
A study led by the University of Leeds has shown that global warming of only 2°C will be detrimental to crops in temperate and tropical … Read more
Statistics research could build consensus around climate predictions
Vast amounts of data related to climate change are being compiled by research groups all over the world. Data from these many and varied sources … Read more
Potatoes Could Step Up Performance under Climate Change Pressure
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) agricultural engineer David Fleisher and his colleagues conducted studies to measure how potato plants would respond to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide … Read more
Global temperatures to rise at least 4°C by 2100
Global average temperatures will rise at least 4°C by 2100 and potentially more than 8°C by 2200 if carbon dioxide emissions are not reduced according … Read more
