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First-of-Its-Kind Research Sheds Light on Leatherback Sea Turtle Nesting Challenges
In a pioneering study by Florida Atlantic University, the unique leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), known for its…
Marine heatwaves don’t just hit coral reefs. They can cause chaos on the seafloor
Shutterstock Amandine Schaeffer, UNSW Sydney; Alex Sen Gupta, UNSW Sydney, and Moninya Roughan, UNSW Sydney Most of us…
World’s beaches are changing because of climate change – green thinking is needed to save them
Jasper Knight, University of the Witwatersrand Coastlines – the interface between land and sea – lie at the…
Machines can’t always take the heat − two engineers explain the physics behind how heat waves threaten everything from cars to computers
Extreme heat can affect how well machines function, and the fact that many machines give off their own…
Hawaii’s climate future: Dry regions get drier with global warming, increasing fire risk
Hawaii has very dry landscapes, such as parts of the west coast of Oahu. Maria Ermolova/iStock/Getty Images Plus…
Rising methane could be a sign that Earth’s climate is part-way through a ‘termination-level transition’
Soaring wetland emissions of methane mirror those which accompanied previous abrupt changes in Earth’s climate. I. Noyan Yilmaz/Shutterstock…
Can physical activity boost our resilience to rising temperatures?
The number of days of extreme heat is set to increase in the years ahead. An active lifestyle…
The heroic effort to save Florida’s coral reef from devastating ocean heat
Elkhorn coral fragments rescued from overheating ocean nurseries sit in cooler water at Keys Marine Laboratory. NOAA Michael…
Ancient pathogens released from melting ice could wreak havoc on the world, new analysis reveals
Shutterstock Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders University and Giovanni Strona, University of Helsinki Science fiction is rife with…
Science shows the severe climate consequences of new fossil fuel extraction
An offshore drilling platform. Mike Mareen/Shutterstock Ed Hawkins, University of Reading The world has just suffered through its…