Climate Change

A new study by risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft has revealed that Nigeria may face difficulty producing its huge oil and gas reserves. The study states that Africa's number two exporter Nigeria, where reserves are concentrated around the Niger Delta river system, droughts and flooding present threats. The report further said,…

Tornadoes are hard to capture in climate models. The deadly tornado outbreak that tore through communities from Arkansas to Illinois on the night of Dec. 10-11, 2021, was so unusual in its duration and strength, particularly for December, that a lot of people including the U.S. president are asking what…

The sustainability of global seafood supply to meet increasing demand is facing several challenges, including increasing consumption levels due to a growing human population, fisheries resources overexploitation, and climate change. According to a new UBC study, the supply of farmed seafood such as salmon and mussels is projected to drop.…

KODIAK ISLAND, Alaska —  Forces profound and alarming are reshaping the upper reaches of the North Pacific and Arctic oceans, breaking the food chain that supports billions of creatures and one of the world’s most important fisheries. In the last five years, scientists have observed animal die-offs of unprecedented size, scope…

by Jeff Foust — December 17, 2021 SSTL's satellite for Satellite Vu will be based ona design called DarkCarb and equipped with a mid-wave infrared camera. Credit: SSTL PARIS — Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) won a contract from British Earth observation startup Satellite Vu to build the first satellite…

On June 20 last year, as much of the world stood at a standstill in the early days of COVID-19, temperatures in the Russian town of Verkhoyansk hit 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius). The heat wave lasted several days – amidst an already abnormally warm six months – drying…

Humans | Leader 15 December 2021 Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty Images “A YEAR of tackling great challenges.” In the title of our review of the year, “tackling” is the operative word. Two great challenges have dominated the past 12 months: the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, and efforts to address climate…

By Bethan Ackerley Manoj Shah/Getty Images 1 In August, we learned that bumblebees are better at foraging for nectar when given which substance? A Methamphetamine B Caffeine C Cocaine D Nicotine 2 In October, we visited Finland to see how it plans a bioeconomy that runs on wood. But which…

Still, attribution scientists take numerous measures to avoid overstating how important climate change was to a given event. They look at many kinds of data from multiple sources, and often use mathematical tools that are more likely to underestimate than overestimate the role of climate change. And that’s for good…

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The deadly tornado outbreak that tore through communities from Arkansas to Illinois on the night of Dec. 10-11, 2021, was so unusual in its duration and strength, particularly for December, that a lot…