Climate change is threatening modern life in ways we are still finding, from food security to the economy to everyday living. It has been labeled a “threat multiplier” for its potential to complicate geopolitical relationships. And our efforts to adapt as a global society face obstacles brought on by inequality.

A research paper just published in Science China Life Sciences reveals how microbes and soil properties respond to drought stress and subsequent recovery in the urban green space. Researchers found that while drought significantly altered microbial communities and enhanced multifunctionality, the drivers of the multifunctionality shifted fundamentally during recovery. Regulation transits from biotic factors during drought to soil properties after rehydration. This insight is vital for managing urban ecosystem resilience against climate change.

The National University of Singapore (NUS) will offer a new major in geospatial intelligence that will train students to harness geospatial data and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) to address complex problems in climate change mitigation, smart city design, business planning and more.

By 2050, nearly 20% of the areas currently suitable for cocoa cultivation in Colombia could lose the climate conditions needed for production, particularly in the lowlands of the Caribbean region and the country’s northeastern departments, according to a new study. 

The RESPIN project is proud to announce the launch of its first comprehensive online course, “IPBES & IPCC: Bridging Science, Policy & Practice” launched this February on the UNDP platform Learning for Nature. Designed to "simplify the complex," this self-paced learning journey provides a foundational understanding of two critical intergovernmental bodies: the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

A leading climate‑resilience expert with more than 50 years’ experience working from Iraq to Antarctica warns that most modern public and private buildings remain fundamentally unprepared for the climate realities of the 2030s and 2040s.

Thousands of birds, including beloved purple martins, died in “The Great Texas Freeze” of 2021. Thanks to a recent study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution led by biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, we now know not only the extent of the die-off—up to 27% of the birds’ breeding population in Texas and Louisiana—but that recovery may take decades, and that we can expect weather-driven mass mortality events, increasingly common in the era of global climate change, may increasingly wreak havoc on animal populations.

A team of researchers led by Dr. Ali Serhan Tarkan has published the first comprehensive, nationwide assessment of established non-native species in Türkiye, identifying 271 species. The study, published in the journal NeoBiota, shows that although most species currently lack documented impacts within the country, invasion risks are projected to increase substantially under future climate scenarios.