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Online conflict may strengthen, not weaken, social movements, McGill researchers find

McGill University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Online conflict tends to advance social movements rather than undermine them, according to new research from McGill's Desautels Faculty of Management.

Journal: Information Systems Journal

Drought is reshaping the spread of infectious diseases

University of Colorado at Boulder
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As climate change drives more intense droughts, new research shows shrinking water supplies can give pathogens like West Nile virus an edge.

Journal: Trends in Ecology & Evolution

New AI model predicts extreme temperature events with unprecedented accuracy

Science China Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Accurately forecasting extreme temperature events remains a critical challenge for climate adaptation and disaster preparedness. Now, researchers have developed Hankelformer, a novel deep learning architecture that integrates structured Hankel-based augmentation with contrastive learning to significantly improve extreme weather forecasting. Tested on real-world extreme events including the 2021 Texas winter storm and the Pacific Northwest heat dome, Hankelformer achieved up to 34% reduction in prediction error compared to leading baseline models, offering a promising tool for reliable extreme temperature forecasting.

Journal: National Science Review

Ancient penguin fossils offer new window into Antarctica's changing climate

Pensoft Publishers
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of palaeontologists from China University of Geosciences (Beijing) studying penguin fossils from Seymour Island off the Antarctic Peninsula have demonstrated how ancient bird bones can act as chemical archives of past climate change. The researchers used non-destructive X-ray mapping to examine the elemental composition of penguin remains spanning millions of years. As such, they uncovered key insights into how Antarctica shifted from a warm and humid environment to a cooler world.

Wildfire collaborative expands into grasslands with $2.7 million grant from Lyda Hill Philanthropies

Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Grant and Award Announcement

Lyda Hill Philanthropies has awarded $2.7 million to Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in support of the Western Fire & Forest Resilience Collaborative (WFFRC) program. The two-year grant, which expands upon the philanthropy’s 2024 investment, will allow the collaborative to develop science for living safely and sustainably with fire in western US grasslands and shrublands, emphasizing west Texas. It will also add capacity to study fire impacts on water resources in Colorado in ways that directly support land managers.

Funder: Lyda Hill Philanthropies

Researchers demonstrate the potential of pangenome-guided breeding for higher yields and adaptability

Murdoch University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists from the Centre for Crop and Food Innovation (CCFI) at Murdoch University have participated in a landmark proof-of-concept research project demonstrating how pangenome-guided breeding strategies can reunite two traits that are usually trade-offs, namely stress tolerance and yield.

Journal: Cell
Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Youth Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the Science and Technology Projects of the Xizang Autonomous Region, National Science Centre, Poland, Asia Cooperation Fund Project, National Key Research and Development Program of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Xizang Special Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Resources Research Collaborative Innovation Center

When tree shade points the way

Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology
Business Announcement

In some city districts, more than a third of pedestrian streets sit under tree cover. In others, the figure is barely ten percent. To make such gaps visible and give cities a more differentiated view, HeiGIT (Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology) has added a new indicator to its existing Climate Action Navigator. Local governments and civil society organizations receive a free, street-level overview of where shade is present and where it is missing, so they can take targeted action such as planting trees or directing tourists toward shaded routes to attractions.

Funder: Klaus Tschira Stiftung

Climate change is shifting cropland nitrogen pollution hotspots northward

Science China Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study published in National Science Review shows that climate change is reorganizing China’s cropland nitrogen pollution. Although the humid south currently exports more nitrogen, rising rainfall may increase cropland nitrogen export from the arid and semi-arid north by 18.8%–53.2% by 2050. The findings call for source control in the north and stronger aquatic nitrogen removal in the south.

Journal: National Science Review

But is it natural? How our affinity for ‘naturalness’ can save or sink new climate solutions

University of Colorado at Boulder
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Across political ideologies, people in the U.S. overwhelmingly gravitate toward technologies presented as natural and reject those that seem unnatural. The findings offer insight on why some proposed climate solutions fail and help explain how greenwashing can take hold.

Journal: Communications Earth & Environment

International “State of the Climate” report confirms record-high greenhouse gases, global sea level, and ocean heat in 2025

American Meteorological Society
Reports and Proceedings

According to the 36th annual State of the Climate report, greenhouse gas concentrations, global sea level, and ocean heat content all reached record highs in 2025. The State of the Climate in 2025 features contributions by 625 scientists in 60 countries. The report is published annually in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

Journal: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

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