University of Otago scientists are leading research into the possibility that the shallow submarine vents off New Zealand’s volcanic Whakaari/White Island could provide a natural laboratory to study the impacts of future climate change on our oceans.

The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) confirms that globally, January 2020 is on par with January 2016 as the warmest January recorded.

The research also revealed a 15% increase in snow-water equivalent — the amount of water contained within the snowpack — for every 20% increase in tree mortality in the burned areas.

In the study, researchers recount the re-alignment of the ancient and modern Mississippi River during the last 15,000 years.

Shortly after Tropical Cyclone Francisco formed on Feb. 5 in the Southern Indian Ocean, NASA’s Aqua satellite provided a visible image of the storm.

Persistent rains and saturated soils across the watershed swelled the river to its banks and occasionally onto floodplains.

Professor decided to conduct this research after hearing claims about the environmental superiority of plastic pallets that he suspected were questionable.

Much more oxygen than previously thought is transported deep into the ocean interior through a 'trap door" in the Labrador Sea that some researchers say could be closing as a result of climate change.

Georgia Tech systems engineering researcher Pinar Keskinocak co-authored the recommendations.

University of Queensland researchers have developed a framework that aims to reduce the mining industry’s impact on climate change by accounting for sources and sinks of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.