In a pickle: Baltic herring threatened by warming sea
Even aged 84, Holger Sjogren nimbly untangles the knots in his herring net as it was lowered into the murky depths of the Baltic Sea......»»
Metals could reveal corals" past lives
Coral reefs worldwide face dire threats from ocean warming, increasing acidification, pollution, and other stressors. Understanding how corals respond to stress and how they evolved along with their environments is critical for designing intervention.....»»
In a warming world, climate scientists consider category 6 hurricanes
For more than 50 years, the National Hurricane Center has used the Saffir-Simpson Windscale to communicate the risk of property damage; it labels a hurricane on a scale from Category 1 (wind speeds between 74–95 mph) to Category 5 (wind speeds of 1.....»»
Currently stable parts of East Antarctica may be closer to melting than anyone has realized
In a warming climate, meltwater from Antarctica is expected to contribute significantly to rising seas. For the most part, though, research has been focused on West Antarctica, in places like the Thwaites Glacier, which has seen significant melt in r.....»»
Mapping Australia"s marine estate: Seafloor surveillance for biodiversity management
Global marine biodiversity is continually being threatened by oceanographic changes linked to both global warming and anthropogenic activities that degrade the ambient environment for marine organisms. Australia's oceanographic biodiversity is global.....»»
Increased temperature difference between day and night could affect all life on Earth, say scientists
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, have discovered a change in what scientists already knew about global warming dynamics. It had been widely accepted since the 1950s that global temperature rises were not consistent throu.....»»
Australia scientists pluck rare handfish from ocean due to climate risk
Scientists have collected 25 extremely rare red handfish from the ocean off Australia, hoping to protect the struggling species from warming seas, human-caused habitat changes and ravenous urchins......»»
Unlocking the secrets of natural reef recovery
Corals, the literal foundation of any reef, have adjusted and adapted to their environment over millennia. Yet with rapid global warming, the key question is whether their natural resilience can keep up with this extreme environmental change......»»
Global warming caused widespread ocean anoxia 93 million years ago, deep-sea sediments research suggests
Marine anoxia is characterized by the oceans being severely depleted in dissolved oxygen, making them toxic and thus having devastating impacts on the organisms inhabiting them. One such event, known as Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2), occurred ~93.5 m.....»»
Video: Converting captured carbon dioxide to usable materials with environmentally-friendly reagents
As efforts to address the effects of a warming planet ramp up, CO2 removal is at the forefront of sustainability. But what happens to that carbon dioxide once it's removed from the environment? Researchers at UConn are showing how it can be converted.....»»
Zebrafish usp3 loss found to promote hypoxic tolerance
Oxygen is an essential element for survival. Ocean warming, circadian rhythm, eutrophication, high-density aquaculture, power failures and long-distance live animal transportation can all lead to low oxygen levels in water. This reduction in oxygen c.....»»
Climate change behind extreme Amazon drought: study
Climate change was the chief driver of the devastating drought that gripped the Amazon last year, say researchers, as warming threatens one of the world's most important ecosystems for stabilizing the global climate......»»
Coastal chemistry improves methane modeling
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are using a new modeling framework in conjunction with data collected from marshes in the Mississippi Delta to improve predictions of climate-warming methane and nitrous oxide emissions from soils in coasta.....»»
Parent–child interaction found to promote pro-environmental behavior through family well-being, nature connectedness
The deterioration of global ecosystems and environmental problems, such as global climate warming, extreme weather events, and severe pollution threaten the human environment. Implementing pro-environmental behaviors is one of the effective ways to s.....»»
How the seabed could be a refuge for gorgonian coral forests threatened by marine heat waves
Over the last 20 years, the world's oceans have experienced a significant increase in episodes of high-sea surface temperatures, known as marine heat waves......»»
Ice storms, January downpours, heavy snow, no snow: Diagnosing "warming winter syndrome"
One of the most robust measures of Earth's changing climate is that winter is warming more quickly than other seasons. The cascade of changes it brings, including ice storms and rain in regions that were once reliably below freezing, are symptoms of.....»»
Warming world dampening winter sports in Canada
Christmas was without snow, then temperatures seesawed throughout January in much of Canada, as the increasing effects of climate change drastically dampen the country's winter sports season......»»
Global warming was primary cause of unprecedented Amazon drought, study finds
Human-induced global warming, and not El Niño, was the primary driver of last year's severe drought in the Amazon that sent rivers to record lows, required deliveries of food and drinking water to hundreds of river communities and killed dozens of e.....»»
Wildlife smoke may curb movement, sociability of woodpeckers
Human-driven climate change has helped transform many forests into kindling: A 2016 study found that greenhouse-aided warming and drought had more than doubled the area of fire-susceptible forest in the western U.S. since the mid-1980s. And of the Ca.....»»
Research maps potential risks to iconic marine wildlife
The areas used by six threatened marine megafauna species overlap with a myriad of human activities in the waters of Australia's north west, a collaborative study led by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) has revealed......»»
Sifting through forest soils to fight climate change
It's not just trees that help tackle global warming but also the ground in which they grow......»»