Major ice streams can shut down, shifting rapid ice transport to other parts of the ice sheet, within a few thousand years.
Study Shows the Majority of California’s Coastal Airports Are Vulnerable to Increased Flooding Caused by Climate Change
Most of California’s population and its largest airports are located along the Pacific coastline, which is increasingly impacted by storm surges, sea level rise, and erosion due to climate change.
Forest Resilience Linked with Higher Mortality Risk in Western U.S., Study Finds
A forest’s resilience, or ability to absorb environmental disturbances, has long been thought to be a boost for its odds of survival against the looming threat of climate change.
Experts Present Strategies to Mitigate Methane Emissions in Dairy Cattle
Methane mitigation has been identified as essential for addressing climate change.
Plants Can Adapt Their Lignin Using “Chemically Encoding” Enzymes to Face Climate Change
A new study shows how plants “encode” specific chemistries of their lignin to grow tall and sustain climate changes: each plant cell uses different combinations of the enzymes LACCASEs to create specific lignin chemistries.
A Healthy Wind
Health benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels could quadruple if the most polluting power plants are selected for dialing down, new study finds.
Vibrant Aurora Over Hudson Bay
In late November 2022, a minor geomagnetic storm in Earth’s magnetosphere led to a vibrant display of the aurora borealis, commonly known as the northern lights.
Fires in Northwest Argentina
In November 2022, several months into Argentina’s fire season, burning was evident in the country’s northwest.
Oregon State University-Led Effort to Find Earth’s Oldest Ice Begins This Month in Antarctica
A team of 22 scientists from the Oregon State University-led Center for Oldest Ice Exploration, or COLDEX, is headed to Antarctica for the first field season in its pursuit of the Earth’s oldest ice and the climate records preserved in it.
Study Reveals Intensive Grassland Management Hampers the Recovery of Soil Food Webs From Drought
New research led by a team of scientists from The University of Manchester has shown that intensive grassland management impairs the capacity of soils to buffer extreme droughts, which are becoming more frequent and intense.