Warming Arctic draws marine predators northwards

Marine predators have expanded their ranges into the Arctic waters over the last twenty years, driven by climate change and associated increases in productivity.

How to prepare for ocean acidification, a framework

An international research team develops a rubric for governments and policymaking bodies to evaluate preparedness for ocean acidification.

Climate change threatens lemurs on Madagascar

Even supposedly adaptable mammal species face increased risk of extinction.

Assessing the potential risks of ocean-based climate intervention technologies on deep-sea ecosystems

An international team of experts convened remotely as part of the Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative's Climate Working Group to consider the deep-sea impacts of...

Anthropogenic climate change poses systemic risk to coffee cultivation

Coffee is important to the economies of coffee producing regions. A new study suggests that climate change may significantly affect land where coffee is...

Breathing is going to get tougher

Not all pollution comes from people. When global temperatures increase by 4 degrees Celsius, harmful plant emissions and dust will also increase by as...

Pakistan streamflow timing will become three times faster by end of century

A research team investigated changes in seasonal variability of streamflow over Pakistan from bias-corrected regional climate projections.

Climate trends in the west, today and 11,000 years ago

What we think of as the classic West Coast climate began just about 4,000 years ago, finds a study on climate trends of the...

Past records help to predict different effects of future climate change on land and...

Ongoing climate change driven by greenhouse gas emissions is often discussed in terms of global average warming. For example, the landmark Paris Agreement seeks...

What makes people care about the environment?

A new study analyzes the factors that drive environmental concern among Europeans in an effort to understand how we can bolster popular support for...

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