Global Warming

ATHENS - While the Greek government has been quick to blame global warming for the summer's devastating wildfires, some experts argue that poor planning is at least as much to blame. The European Commission has said that the blaze in the Dadia national park, which has been burning for two…

A new University of Michigan-led study finds that farmers in India have adapted to warming temperatures by intensifying the withdrawal of groundwater used for irrigation. If the trend continues, the rate of groundwater loss could triple by 2080, further threatening India's food and water security. Reduced water availability in India…

As global ice dams begin to weaken due to warming temperatures, a new study suggests that prior attempts to evaluate the mass of the huge floating ice shelves that line the Antarctic ice sheet may have overestimated their thickness. The research, recently published in the Journal of Glaciology, is the…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As global ice dams begin to weaken due to warming temperatures, a new study suggests that prior attempts to evaluate the mass of the huge floating ice shelves that line the Antarctic ice sheet may have overestimated their thickness. The research, recently published in the Journal…

To reduce methane emissions, American researchers are looking at bacteria capable of ingesting this greenhouse gas, then converting it into carbon dioxide or biomass. — Picture courtesy of kamisoka / Getty Images via ETX Studio Follow us on Instagram, subscribe to our Telegram channel and browser alerts for the latest…

A recent study warns that coastal wetlands, mangroves, and coral reef islands may not adapt quickly enough to keep up with rising sea levels driven by climate change. The survival of these critical ecosystems is largely dependent on limiting global warming to under 2 degrees Celsius, as targeted by the…

New research suggests that coral reefs in the Pacific islands of Palau are becoming increasingly tolerant to thermal stress brought on by climate change.The study found that Palau’s coral reefs appeared to suffer less bleaching over three successive marine heat waves in 1998, 2010 and 2017.While the findings provide some…

Austria’s top court has dismissed a case brought by a dozen minors seeking to force the government to take tougher action against climate change. The plaintiffs, born between 2006 and 2015, had argued that their constitutional rights were infringed because the Alpine nation’s climate law doesn’t sufficiently protect them from…

As cities in the U.S. and other nations suffer from current heat waves, one proven way to cool urban areas and clean the air is by planting trees.The solution sounds simple but there are numerous barriers to increasing tree cover in urban areas, from high mortality rates to capacity limitations…

(a) CO2 chemisorption on mica monolayer and form K2CO3 and CO2 physisorption on formed K2CO3. (b) CO2 adsorption comparison bulk mica vs. mica nanosheets (c) Recoverability test for mica nanosheets. Credit: SUTD Global warming has been attributed to the sharp increase in heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions, in particular CO2 emissions.…