Anthropogenic, or human-made, heat flux in the near-surface atmosphere has changed urban thermal environments. 

Wild bees are more affected by climate change than by disturbances to their habitats, according to a team of researchers led by Penn State. 

New research has found as climate change causes the world’s oceans to warm, baby sharks are born smaller, exhausted, undernourished and into environments that are already difficult for them to survive in.

Sea level rise and new development are on a collision course in South Carolina lowcountry.

Flooding has caused hundreds of billions of dollars in damage in the U.S. over the past three decades.

New analyses reveal how over 60 years a critical marine species has responded to ocean acidification

Changes in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather and climate events have impacted human safety and the natural environment.

Positive “tipping points” could spark cascading changes that accelerate action on climate change, experts say.

Michigan State University is leading a global research effort to offer the first worldwide view of how climate change could affect water availability and drought severity in the decades to come.

By the late 21st century, global land area and population facing extreme droughts could more than double — increasing from 3% during 1976-2005 to 7%-8%, according to Yadu Pokhrel, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering in MSU’s College of Engineering, and lead author of the research published in Nature Climate Change.

“More and more people will suffer from extreme droughts if a medium-to-high level of global warming continues and water management is maintained at its present state,” Pokhrel said. “Areas of the Southern Hemisphere, where water scarcity is already a problem, will be disproportionately affected. We predict this increase in water scarcity will affect food security and escalate human migration and conflict.”

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