A Study Tallied Heatwave Deaths in recent Decades
Between 1990 and 2019, heatwaves caused more than 150,000 deaths worldwide each year, according to a new study published in PLOS Medicine by Yuming Guo…
Environment
How Climate Change will affect Food Production and Financial Organizations?
Researchers at the University of California San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy have developed a new method for predicting the financial impacts of…
The Rationale for Distributing Carbon Storage Risk
Even the most optimistic estimates for the rapid deployment of solar, wind, and other low-carbon resources recognize that coal, natural gas, and other fossil fuels…
Food Security in Wealthy Nations demonstrates resiliency to Climate Change
According to a study conducted by the University of Southampton, market forces have delivered good food price stability over the last half century, notwithstanding extreme…
Climate Inaction has a Substantial Global Cost
Historically, assessments of how climate change will affect global economy have been based on annual temperature fluctuations. However, the extra effects of variability and extremes…
Roadmap for Closing the Carbon Cycle
A key method to attaining net-zero carbon emissions is to convert many sectors of the economy, such as personal vehicles and heating, to run on…
By Mid-century, Climate Change could be the Primary cause of Biodiversity Loss
According to a massive multi-model study published in Science, land-use change alone has caused a 2% to 11% decrease in global biodiversity throughout the twentieth…
Small Plastic Particles can be Found Everywhere
Microplastic particles can be detected even in the world’s most remote ocean locations. Pollution levels in Antarctica exceed prior estimates. The researchers from the University…
Prevailing Winds – in Meteorology
In meteorology, prevailing wind is a surface wind that blows mostly in one direction. These are the dominating winds that blow in a single direction…
Ocean Currents Threaten to Destroy Ice Shelves in Antarctica
Meandering ocean currents contribute significantly to the melting of Antarctic ice shelves, posing a considerable risk of sea level rise. A new study published in…
A Microbial Plastic Factory for High-quality Green Plastic
Engineered bacteria can produce a plastic modifier that makes renewably sourced plastic more processable, more fracture-resistant, and highly biodegradable even in seawater. The Kobe University…
Coal Train Pollution Exacerbates Health Risks and Inequities
According to a new study from the University of California, Davis, coal trains are associated with greater incidence of asthma, heart illness, hospitalization, and death…
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