Scientific findings don’t always translate neatly into actions, especially in conservation and resource management.
Theory Meets Practice: Marine Protected Areas Overwhelmingly Manage With Climate Change in Mind
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Oldest Extant Plant Has Adapted to Extremes and Is Threatened by Climate Change
A comprehensive study led by scientists from Freiburg and Beijing has characterized the adaptations of the moss Takakia to high altitudes and documented its population decline.
NASA Data Shows Fierce Surface Temperatures During Phoenix Heat Wave
Streets and other built surfaces in the region absorbed and retained heat long after sunset and grew hotter over many days of persistent high temperatures.
Measuring the Extent of Global Droughts in Unprecedented Detail
Researchers from the University of Bonn are re-analyzing satellite data to calculate global water distribution.
Nitrogen Runoff Strategies Complicated by Climate Change
As climate change progresses, rising temperatures may impact nitrogen runoff from land to lakes and streams more than projected increases in total and extreme precipitation for most of the continental United States, according to new research from a team of Carnegie climate scientists led by Gang Zhao and Anna Michalak published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Carbon Dioxide – Not Water – Triggers Explosive Volcanoes
Geoscientists have long thought that water – along with shallow magma stored in Earth’s crust – drives volcanoes to erupt.
