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New analysis confirms a palpable change in fire dynamics already suspected by many. Fires have gotten larger, more frequent, and more widespread across the United States since 2000, according to a new CIRES Earth Lab-led paper. Recent wildfires have stoked concern that climate change is causing more...

The findings do not counter the established science of climate change but highlight how the accounting of the amount of carbon withdrawn by plants and returned by soil is not accurate. Virginia Tech researchers, in collaboration with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, have discovered that key pa...

Sophisticated model reveals how predator-prey relationships affect species’ ranges. Ocean warming caused by climate change will lead to fewer productive fish species to catch in the future, according to a new Rutgers study. The study found that as temperatures rise, predator-prey interactions will h...

Early Human Habitats Linked to Past Climate Shifts A study published in Nature by an international team of scientists provides clear evidence for a link between astronomically-driven climate change and human evolution. By combining the most extensive database of well-dated fossil remains and archeol...

Combining climate change records over the last 3.5 million years with fossil evidence of mammals in Africa revealed that times of erratic climate change are not followed by substantial evolutionary shifts. A new study that combines temperature data with fossil records of large mammals that existed a...

A study of shell remains from the El Mazo cave in Spain explores the impact of the 8.2 ka event, a major climate fluctuation, on human populations and marine environments along Europe’s Atlantic coast. Current global climate warming is having, and will continue to have, widespread consequences ...

A new study from Georgetown University reveals that climate change could drive animals to migrate closer to human populations, raising the risk of viruses jumping from animals to humans. Researchers anticipate that as the earth’s temperature continues to warm, wild animals will be compelled to...

Findings may fill gap for climate change, atmospheric research beyond tropical regions. According to a new study by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), plant-foliage-derived gases generate a previously unknown atmospheric phenomenon over the Amazon rainforest. The discovery h...

Study finds social conditions key to long-term resilience during times of dramatic change. A remote community in Ireland was adaptable enough to persevere through a millennium of environmental change, according to a study that was published on April 27, 2022, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by G...

Much of the “excess heat” stored in the subtropical North Atlantic is in the deep ocean (below 700 meters / 2300 feet), new research suggests. Oceans have absorbed about 90% of the warming caused by humans. The new study, published in Communications Earth & Environment on May 17th, 2...

Rising global temperatures are projected to reduce sleep by up to 58 hours per year by 2099, with hotter nights impairing sleep quality. The effects are more severe in lower-income regions, older adults, and females, as the body struggles to cool down during sleep. Most research looking at the impac...

Forests face rising threats from wildfires, drought, and insects, which could drastically reduce their carbon sequestration capacity. Addressing climate change quickly could mitigate these risks and preserve forest health. Planting a tree appears to be a generally positive thing to do for the enviro...

An iconic coral species found in UK waters could expand its range due to climate change, according to a new study. The pink sea fan is a soft coral that lives in shallow waters from the western Mediterranean (southern range) to northwest Ireland and the southwest of England and Wales (northern range...

Ice shelves are floating extensions of glaciers. A new study, published in Nature Communications, found that if Greenland’s second-largest ice shelf breaks up, it may not recover unless Earth’s future climate cools considerably.  A group of researchers from Stockholm University and the Universi...

Hummingbirds face significant challenges at high altitudes, including reduced metabolic rates and increased torpor, suggesting they may shift northward as climate change alters their habitats. Any animal ascending a mountain experiences a double whammy of difficulties: the air gets thinner while it ...

Global warming has a particularly pronounced impact on the Alpine region. Like the Arctic, this European mountain range is becoming greener.  Scientists from the University of Lausanne and the University of Basel, writing in the journal Science, have now used satellite data to show that vegetat...

Ancient DNA provides a unique look at moa and climate change Climate change refers to long-term changes in temperature and weather patterns. These shifts may be natural, however, it is commonly believed that human activities are the primary cause of climate change. Climate change affects more than j...

Questions Remain About What Variables Limit Tree Growth New research from an international team of researchers reveals that tree growth seems to be restricted by cell growth rather than photosynthesis. The study was published in the journal Science on May 12th and was funded by the U.S. Department o...

Study Identifies 1,200+ RNA Viruses With Connections to Carbon Flux Many scientists believe that climate change is a significant threat and that we are running out of time left to act. On top of that, new research shows that trees may not be as effective at combating climate change as we thought. Wo...

According to new research, climate change may have caused rainforest trees to die more quickly starting in the 1980s. The results of a long-term international study published in the journal Nature on May 18th, 2022 show that tropical trees in Australia’s rainforests have been dying at a rate t...

Climate Change Poses a Significant Danger to People’s Health, yet Solutions Are Within Reach Climate change is thought to have a vast range of impacts on health today. However, experts believe that this will become even more severe unless action is soon taken. The health of vulnerable groups might b...

The series of heatwaves we are currently experiencing in western Europe is a clear sign of human-induced global warming. ESA’s Clement Albergel explains how we monitor these events using satellites such as the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission and puts them in the context of the long-term climate data r...