Observations from the Little Bunker

Uneven economic impacts of climate change have been largely caused by differentiated warming rates across different geographical regions, affecting the lives of the majority of world’s population. Historical and future...

The decarbonization of the fossil fuel-intensive power sector is critical for climate mitigation. During the global financial crisis, we found that major countries changed their energy inputs and achieved a...

Public Service Commission President Twinkle Cavanaugh presided over an era of electricity rate increases. Now she’ll oversee rural development in Alabama for the Trump administration.By Lee HedgepethMONTGOMERY, Ala.—Twinkle Cavanaugh, longtime...

Despite 50 Nobelists and 75,000 alumni, NSF’s graduate research fellows could be a vanishing breed

Understanding climate change’s possible effects on sea surface temperatures (SSTs) is vital for marine ecosystems. For the first time, the potential effects of climate change on SSTs were investigated using...

In water-limited ecosystems, evidence suggests that photovoltaic (PV) arrays may alleviate water stress, potentially mitigating the loss of key ecosystem services such as forage production. This hypothesized aridity mitigation potential...

A new study finds that if global warming exceeds the Paris Climate Agreement targets, the non-polar glacier mass will diminish significantly. However, if warming is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius,...

Anthropologists have examined the societal consequences of global glacier loss.

Forest-based agroforestry can restore forests, promote livelihoods, and combat climate change, but emerging agroforestry initiatives focusing only on tree planting is leading to missed opportunities to support beneficial outcomes of...

Scientists find DNA from an enigmatic bacterium in 1000-year-old skeletons

With clinical trials imminent, hopes are rising high for the long-struggling field of xenotransplantation

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In July 2022, a national emergency was declared in the United Kingdom (UK) following the Met Office’s first-ever red extreme heat warning. As temperatures reached 40.3 °C, thousands of excess...

A new study reveals that the aerobic nitrogen cycle in the ocean may have occurred about 100 million years before oxygen began to significantly accumulate in the atmosphere, based on...

Amid global climate-action promises, many countries have pledged to restore degraded land and expand tree cover. Ethiopia has taken that commitment one step further.In a landmark move, Ethiopia’s government launched...

Tropical cyclone (TC) hazards coupled with dense urban development along the coastline have resulted in trillions in US damages over the past several decades, with an increasing trend in losses...

Climate change is increasing sulfate export and changing wetland extent in mountain regions. These changes may increase microbially mediated production of the neurotoxic substance methylmercury due to enhanced sulfate metabolism...

As the world shifts toward sustainable energy sources, ‘green hydrogen’ - hydrogen produced without emitting carbon - has emerged as a leading candidate for clean power. Scientists have now developed...

A professor of crop sciences and of plant biology describes research efforts to ‘future-proof’ the crops that are essential to feeding a hungry world in a changing climate. Long, who...

Researchers created a detailed physical model that suggests a major Atlantic Ocean current will weaken far less under climate change than indicated by more extreme climate model projections.

Scientists have pioneered a new way to breed climate-resilient crops faster by combining plant genebank data with climate and DNA analysis. The method, tested on sorghum, could speed up global...

Replanting forests can help cool the planet even more than some scientists once believed, especially in the tropics. But even if every tree lost since the mid-19th century is replanted,...

Immediate recovery efforts receive the most attention after severe natural disasters, yet new data from researchers at Drexel University and the University of Maryland suggests these climate events often also...

Current anthropogenic climate change is increasing the occurrence and magnitude of heatwaves causing closely interconnected and interdependent risks across multiple domains, such as environmental and human health, water and food...