An international team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Adelaide has revealed that rates of future warming threaten marine life in more than 70 per cent of the most biodiverse-rich areas of Earth’s oceans.
Lakes in Hot Water, Climate Change Creating a Cauldron of Issues
As intense heatwaves grip the United Kingdom, Spain, France and Portugal, at times exceeding temperatures 40C, as well as parts of North America and Asia, lakes around the world are feeling the heat from climate change, which is creating a cascade of ecological and environmental issues.
Biodiversity Survey Reveals That More Species Are Threatened With Extinction Than Previously Thought
The study also identified important demographic and geographic differences in experts' perspectives and estimates.
Texas A&M Superfund Researchers Establish Green Infrastructure Plan For Houston Community
Sunnyside, one of Houston’s oldest historically Black communities, has been hit hard by many of the recent hurricanes that have struck along the Gulf of Mexico.
Boston College to Partner on Study of Hazards From Plastics
The Global Observatory on Pollution and Health at Boston College and an international team of researchers are launching a study of the hazards plastic products pose to global human health across the continuum of their production, use, and disposal, according to observatory director Professor of Biology Philip Landrigan, M.D.
Can You Outrun a Poor Diet?
Do high levels of exercise offset a poor diet?
Researchers Pulled 700,000 Years of Glacial History From an Andean Lakebed
When Mark Abbott and his team pulled a 300-foot-long core of mud from a lakebed high in the Peruvian Andes, he hoped it might provide a long-sought-after glimpse of the past 160,000 years of climate change.
Whole-Site Management of Marine Protected Areas Can Lead to a 95% Increase in Reef Species
The findings have been revealed through the University's ongoing monitoring of marine conservation measures in Lyme Bay
Heatwaves and Fires Scorch Europe, Africa, and Asia
In summer 2022, multiple heatwaves around the world felled temperature records and fueled wildfires.
Cotton Breeders Are Using Genetic Insights To Make This Global Crop More Sustainable
Possible solutions could lie at the intersection of breeding and genetic modification.