Climate change may expand suitable cropland, particularly in the Northern high latitudes, but tropical regions may becoming decreasingly suitable, according to a study published September 17, 2014 in the open-access journal ...
Environment
Sep 17, 2014
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The Arctic is the most rapidly warming region of the globe, but warming has not been uniform and the drivers behind this warming not fully understood even during the 20th century.
Earth Sciences
Sep 12, 2013
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(Phys.org) —New remote sensing data from NASA's Jason-2 satellite show near-normal sea-surface height conditions across the equatorial Pacific Ocean. This neutral, or "La Nada" event, has stubbornly persisted for 16 months, ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 10, 2013
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Climate change is likely fueling the larger and more destructive wildfires that are scorching vast areas of the American West, according to new research led by Michigan State University scientists.
Environment
Aug 1, 2013
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Over two million deaths occur each year as a direct result of human-caused outdoor air pollution, a new study has found.
Environment
Jul 11, 2013
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The nutrition available for fish in the northern Baltic Sea has become lighter during the past 30 years.
Ecology
Jun 13, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Sydney marine researchers are one step further in solving the mystery of how tropical fishes, in response to rising sea temperatures and the impact of climate change, are shifting, and potentially surviving ...
Ecology
Jun 12, 2013
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Researchers are studying precociously mature dwarf males for ways to selectively breed farmed salmon that better withstand higher ocean temperatures.
Ecology
Jun 7, 2013
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A new tool to assess the interdependency between climate change and socio-economic factors is now available, mainly for professionals in these fields.
Environment
May 31, 2013
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The European Commission said Friday that it will ban for two years beginning in December pesticides blamed for killing the bees that pollinate food and fruit crops.
Ecology
May 24, 2013
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