Louisiana’s newly released draft of the state’s 2023 Coastal Master Plan proposes to spend $16 billion on the construction of new tidal marshes as a key strategy to combat coastal land loss.
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Framework Helps Local Planners Prepare for Climate Pressures on Food, Energy & Water Systems
As the world faces increasingly extreme and frequent weather events brought on by climate change – such as droughts, floods, heatwaves, and wildfires – critical civic resources such as food, water, and energy will be impacted.
Six Waterloo Researchers Lend Their Expertise to the UN IPCC Climate Report
After a six-year process, the leading world body for the assessment of climate change, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has released their final Synthesis Report that summarizes what we know about climate change and how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
NASA and Italian Space Agency Join Forces on Air Pollution Mission
The two agencies are partnering on a satellite to understand the effects of different types of particle pollution on human health.
Climate Change Threatens Global Fisheries
The diet quality of fish across large parts of the world’s oceans could decline by up to 10 per cent as climate change impacts an integral part of marine food chains, a major study has found.
Ancient genomes reveal immunity adaptation in early farmers
Research has revealed that diversity in genes coding for immunity may have facilitated adaptation to farming lifestyles in prehistoric periods.
Stanford Study Finds Wastewater Disposal From Oil Production Triggered Major Earthquake in Canada
A new study by Stanford University researchers has found that one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in Alberta, Canada, was likely caused by oil and gas activity.
Habitat Will Dictate Whether Ground Beetles Win or Lose Against Climate Change
The success of North American crops from corn to Christmas trees partly depends on a relatively invisible component of the food web — ground beetles. Nearly 2,000 species of ground beetle live in North America.
Measuring Impacts of Climate Change on Heritage to Be Explored at Conference
Issues around the loss of coastal heritage due to climate change and how these can be effectively addressed in policy will be discussed during a major conference taking place at the University of East Anglia (UEA) next week.
Known active ingredient as new drug candidate against mpox
Mpox -- previously known as 'monkeypox' -- is currently spreading worldwide. Researchers have now identified a compound that could help fight the disease.