As Nighttime Temperatures Rise Due to Climate Change, the Risk of Death Increases
A recent worldwide study that includes work from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health predicts that by the end of the century, mortality…
Environment
Researchers Create Equations to Stop the Decline of the World’s Most Threatened Ecosystems
Every day, we are reminded of the state of our environment by news stories about harsh weather, melting ice caps, and endangered animals. The profound…
Artificial Intelligence Breaks the Ice in a Simulation of How Water Freezes
A team from Princeton University has successfully used artificial intelligence (AI) to use equations that control the quantum behavior of individual atoms and molecules to…
Agricultural Adaptation to Future Climate Change in Europe: Significant Regional Differences
It is already happening to us. During the summer, considerable portions of Europe are affected by heat waves and droughts, especially in the south of…
How “Diamond Dust” Glistens in the Sky in Below-Freezing Conditions
Diamond dust is a meteorological phenomenon wherein incredibly little ice crystals form a cloud in the midst of freezing temperatures. If you can see shimmering…
A Study Links Greater Nonhuman Primate Biodiversity to Protecting Indigenous Peoples’ Lands
Researchers found that locations managed or governed by Indigenous peoples typically have much greater primate biodiversity than surrounding regions by comparing spatial patterns of nonhuman…
Scientists Create a New Method for Evaluating Ozone Layer Recovery
Researchers have developed a new method for assessing the effects of ozone-destroying substances that threaten the recovery of the ozone layer. Their method, the Integrated…
Mangrove Tracking in Southern Japan
Researchers discovered that the mangrove populations in the Ryukyu Islands are relatively isolated from one another using techniques from both genetics and oceanography, which has…
A New Study Has Some Disturbing News About Dangerous Heat In The Future
According to a new study, even while greenhouse gas emissions are being reduced, individuals in the tropics, such as those in India and the Sahel…
Greenland’s Melting Ice Has Already Locked In A Rise In Sea Level Of 27 Centimeters
The fact that many of the effects of climate change are delayed and will continue to occur long after people have ceased fiddling with the…
Exploring Patents to make Mining more Environmentally Friendly
The growing demand for nickel, copper, cobalt, and zinc – raw materials for solar panels and batteries – places the mining and metals sector at…
New Climate Change Research Focuses on One of the World’s Driest Deserts
Carbon, one of the essential components of all life on Earth, is continually exchanged between living things and the environment. New research on this cycle,…
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