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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 1-Sep-2025 13:11 ET (1-Sep-2025 17:11 GMT/UTC)

6-Mar-2025

New study highlights dual role of methane in future ozone layer recovery

Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new research underscores how future increases in methane emissions could significantly influence ozone recovery, particularly in the polar regions.

Journal: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

6-Mar-2025

AI has ‘great potential’ for detecting wildfires, new study of the Amazon rainforest suggests

Taylor & Francis Group
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A type of Artificial Intelligence that mimics the functioning of the human brain could represent a powerful solution in automatically detecting wildfires, plummeting the time needed to mitigate their devastating effects, a new study finds.

Journal: International Journal of Remote Sensing

5-Mar-2025

Tiny sea slug could have a big impact on successful coastal conservation efforts

Chapman University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As climate change accelerates, finding effective solutions that deliver outsized impact becomes increasingly crucial. Now, new research from Chapman University shows that a tiny marine mollusk native to the U.S. West Coast may hold the key to more effective coastal restoration.

Journal: Ecosphere

5-Mar-2025

Flooding expected sooner in Hawai’i’s sinking coastal areas

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Some parts of Hawai‘i are sinking faster than others. That discovery also highlights that as sea level rises, the infrastructure, businesses, and communities in these low-lying areas are at risk of flooding sooner than scientists anticipated, particularly in certain urban areas of O‘ahu.

Journal: Communications Earth & Environment
Funder: Office of Naval Research

5-Mar-2025

The yucca and the moth: How extreme weather impacts the timing of biological events

University of Arizona
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study sheds light on how extreme weather events impact phenological processes, specifically the flight period of butterflies and moths and the flowering time of plants, with implications for food security in the wake of climate change.

Journal: Nature Climate Change
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Agriculture

5-Mar-2025

Rich Brits blamed for high emissions – but they might hold the power to accelerate climate action

University of Bath
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Britain’s wealthiest individuals are responsible for a disproportionate share of carbon emissions—but new research from the University of Bath suggests they also hold the key to accelerating climate action.

Journal: PLOS Climate

5-Mar-2025

Study: The ozone hole is healing, thanks to global reduction of CFCs

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An MIT-led study confirms the Antarctic ozone layer is healing as a direct result of global efforts to reduce ozone-depleting substances.

Journal: Nature
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, NASA Headquarters

5-Mar-2025

The pot is already boiling for 2% of the world’s amphibians: new study

University of New South Wales
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Amphibians are increasingly vulnerable to global warming, according to new research.

Journal: Nature
Funder: University of New South Wales, Australian Research Council

5-Mar-2025

Insect populations are declining — and that is not a good thing

Northwestern University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using two species of flies from different climates — one from the cool, high-altitude forests of Northern California, the other hailing from the hot, dry deserts of the Southwest — Northwestern scientists discovered remarkable differences in the way each processes external temperature.

Journal: Nature

5-Mar-2025

Putting vegetarian options higher up on hotel menus could reduce carbon emissions

University of Surrey
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Changing our dining habits in hotels could significantly reduce carbon emissions by simply arranging restaurant menus differently, which can lead to a dramatic increase in vegetarian orders, according to a new study from the University of Surrey.

Journal: Journal of Sustainable Tourism