A ‘MEGADROUGHT’ is likely to emerge in the southwest of North America driven by climate change as dry conditions are some of the worst for 1,200 years, researchers warns The southwest area of North America has been in a drought since 2000 This is deemed the worst one to hit the area in the past … Read more
A bad time to be alive’: More than half of all Earth’s ocean life died off 444 million years ago because it ran out of oxygen, study shows Researchers studied samples of black shale from the Murzuq Basin in Libya They used this and existing data to build a model of ancient ocean oxygen levels It suggested … Read more
A new analysis of nationwide cell phone location data suggests that counties which voted for President Donald Trump in higher proportions are less likely to practice social distancing measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The location analysis, by Princeton sociologist Patrick Sharkey for Vox, also found that attitudes toward climate change are ‘one … Read more
Climate change is forcing birds to find new and ‘extraordinary’ ways to survive including using bread to bait fish and dropping mussels on rocks to break the shell. Researchers from McGill University, Montreal studied data on more than 8,600 bird species to look at changes in their feeding and hunting techniques over time. They found … Read more
Britain’s water birds have declined by a QUARTER in 10 years as climate change leads to milder winters and endangered ducks and waders become more reliant on protected wetland sites Volunteers survey British wetlands every month to assess population numbers The British Trust for Ornithology has been running the bird survey for 70 years Its results … Read more
Major UN climate change summit which was set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed until 2021 amid the coronavirus outbreak Cop26 climate change summit was due to take place in Glasgow in November UN climate talks thought to be most important since the Paris Agreement in 2015 The summit has been … Read more
The world’s oceans and Earth’s marine life can be saved by 2050, scientists claim, but substantial rebuilding efforts will be required. An international team of researchers say humanity is at a point at which it must choose whether to leave future generations a resilient, vibrant ocean or an ‘irreversibly disrupted’ one. The team’s study lays … Read more
The wings of the nightingale — famed for its beautiful birdsong — are shrinking in response to climate change, a study has found. This change will make its long migrations to Africa more arduous and threaten its very survival, scientists have warned. Male nightingales, in particular, are known to sing for hours on end each night … Read more
100 scientists are stranded on a research ship in the Arctic after the coronavirus pandemic causes countries shut their borders Researchers that were part of the MOSACiC expedition in the Arctic won’t be replaced by a new crew in mid-April as originally scheduled A replacement team had been set to fly out of Norway with … Read more
Emissions Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the biggest contributors to global warming. After the gas is released into the atmosphere it stays there, making it difficult for heat to escape – and warming up the planet in the process. It is primarily released from burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and … Read more