Generations from now, will people still jam into beachside food stands for clam rolls and splurge on trays of oysters at swanky restaurants — or will clams, oysters and many other mollusk species soon become victims of human-driven climate change?
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Land Use: Greater Differentiation in Evaluating Climate Protection Measures
LMU researchers have developed a new method that makes it possible to assess the direct effects of human land use on the carbon cycle from Earth observation data.
As Carbon Dioxide Grows More Abundant, Trees Are Growing Bigger, Study Finds
Trees are feasting on decades of carbon dioxide emissions and growing bigger as a result, according to a new study of U.S. forests.
Scientists Improve Process for Turning Hard-to-Recycle Plastic Waste into Fuel
Turning plastic waste into useful products through chemical recycling is one strategy for addressing Earth's growing plastic pollution problem.
Tropical Soils 'Highly Sensitive' to Global Warming
Global warming is likely to cause a decline in the number of species of microbes that live in tropical soils - and that could threaten the biodiversity of rainforests and increase carbon emissions.
Emperor Penguins Still Free of Microplastics
The researchers studied a colony of emperor penguins in Atka Bay, a remote area on the northeastern edge of the Ekström Ice Shelf.