With temperatures rising globally, cold weather extremes and freezes in Florida are diminishing – an indicator that Florida’s climate is shifting from subtropical to tropical.
Changes to Florida’s Climate Threaten Oyster Reefs, USF Researchers Warn
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Exposure to Past Temperature Variability May Help Forests Cope With Climate Change
A new study out today in the first issue of Environmental Research: Ecology, published by IOP Publishing, assessed effects of past and current climate variability on global forest productivity.
As the Climate Crisis Intensifies, Lakes Across the Arctic Are Vanishing
The Arctic is no stranger to loss. As the region warms nearly four times faster than the rest of the world, glaciers collapse, wildlife suffers and habitats continue to disappear at a record pace.
Living in Timber Cities Could Avoid Emissions – Without Using Farmland for Wood Production
Housing a growing population in homes made out of wood instead of conventional steel and concrete could avoid more than 100 billion tons of emissions of the greenhouse gas CO2 until 2100, a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research shows.
Greening Hydrocarbon Separation and Crude Oil Refining
Polymer-based membranes developed at KAUST could enable greener and cheaper industrial separation approaches.
Study Will Sharpen Understanding of Precipitation’s Influence on Aerosols in the Atmosphere
A new $620,000, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Energy will enable a University of Kansas atmospheric scientist to research how aerosols, clouds and precipitation interact over ocean waters, with the goal of producing more accurate Earth System Models.
