Science fiction is rife with fanciful tales of deadly pathogens emerging from the ice and wreaking havoc on unsuspecting human victims. From shape-shifting aliens in Antarctica to super-parasites emerging from a thawing woolly mammoth in Siberia, to exposed permafrost in Greenland causing a viral pandemic — the concept is marvelous plot fodder. But just how ...
The world is continually changing, and with a growing collective awareness of the harmful impacts of fossil fuels, many countries are looking for alternative renewable energy sources to mitigate that damage. What is renewable energy? Renewable energy is derived from naturally occurring solar, wind, and water sources that are “essentially inexhaustible.” It is a type ...
For quite some time, environmentalists and scientists have warned us about the impact of global warming as weather patterns turn unpredictable and the changes are hinting at ominous developments. For example, cold climate regions are experiencing unprecedented heatwaves while draughts are impacting many regions of the world. However, the melting of permafrost in the arctic ...
An international team of researchers says findings reveal a daunting outlook for our changing climate. Chi Chen, a Boston University graduate researcher, and Ranga Myneni, a BU College of Arts & Sciences professor of earth and environment, are authors of a new paper that reveals how humans are helping to increase the Earth’s plant and ...
New research published in Environmental Research Letters has revealed that thanks to the Montreal Protocol, today’s global temperatures, and global warming in general, are considerably lower. And by mid-century, the Earth will be — on average — at least 1°C cooler than it would have been without the agreement. Mitigation is even greater in regions ...
Greenhouse gas emissions released directly from the movement of volcanic rocks are capable of creating massive global warming effects — a discovery that could transform the way scientists predict climate change, a new study reveals. Scientists’ calculations based on how carbon-based greenhouse gas levels link to movements of magma just below Earth’s surface suggest that ...
Rising temperatures and extreme heat as a result of climate change are already exposing people to health risks across the globe, according to a new report from 27 global institutions co-led by UCL researchers. Outdoor workers, people with underlying health conditions, and the urban elderly are especially at risk, according to the findings published in ...
Total human carbon levels emissions could match those of Earth’s last major greenhouse warming event in fewer than five generations, new research finds. A new study finds humans are pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at a rate 9 to 10 times higher than the greenhouse gas was emitted during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), ...
With the U.S. experiencing one of its worst bouts of freezing cold temperatures, global warming has once again become a hot topic across all media. In some places, people have been advised to stop venturing outside their homes. Freezing cold caused by global warming The big freeze is said to be the result of a ...
Economic losses caused by drought losses in China may double if the global temperature rises by 1.5°C to 2.0°C above pre-industrial levels, with increasing drought intensity and areal coverage across China, a new economic assessment study by Chinese scientists found. The study, which was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences based on 30 ...
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