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Major Wind-Driven Ocean Currents Are Shifting Toward the Poles
Satellite data gathered over four decades reveals a shift in the positions of the ocean gyres; model-based studies confirm that global warming is largely responsible.
New Study Shows How Light Impacts a Plants' Greenness
MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory scientists are refining our understanding of how light wavelengths impact how plants develop their chloroplasts.
Major Greenland Glacier Collapse 90 Years Ago Linked to Climate Change
Ninety years ago there were no satellites to detect changes in Greenland’s coastal glaciers, but a new study combining historical photos with evidence from ocean sediments suggests climate change was already at work in the 1930s and led to a major collapse of the one of Greenland’s largest coastal glaciers.
New Pasture Cultivar to Tackle Effects of Climate Change
Murdoch University researchers have delivered a new cultivar of French Serradella that is set to increase the sustainability of Wheatbelt crop-pasture rotations and lower the carbon footprint of cropping by as much as 50 percent.
New Framework Agreement on Biodiversity Protection
Researchers warn: genetic diversity remains unconsidered.