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Environment - Politics - 10.11.2023

People are beginning to reconsider their reproductive decisions due to complex concerns about climate change, with many choosing to forego childbearing, or reduce the number of children they have as a result, finds a new study by UCL researchers. The research, published in PLOS Climate , is the first systematic review to explore how and why climate change-related concerns may be impacting reproductive decision-making.
Environment - Materials Science - 10.11.2023
Energy-saving and environmentally friendly: JKU cooperation leads to a milestone in robotics
An international project has developed stable and efficient artificial robot muscles based on new material combinations. An international cooperation between the Johannes Kepler University Linz, the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa and the University of Trento combines technological progress with ecological sustainability.
Environment - Life Sciences - 10.11.2023
New insights into the secret of plant growth
Unlike animals, plants have cells that are all surrounded by a strong wall. This protects them but also encloses them in a rigid skeleton. So how can they grow despite this wall? Scientists from INRAE and the CNRS, in collaboration with Swiss and Belgian teams, have now unlocked part of this secret.
Life Sciences - Environment - 10.11.2023
Modelling the dynamics of animal migration and parasitic infection
UdeM professor Sandra Binning and her colleagues have developed a predictive model of parasitic infection-related migratory behaviour in different animal species. Migration is a survival mechanism for many species. Animals travel to find food, reproduce, reduce competition, escape predators or escape winter.
Environment - History / Archeology - 10.11.2023
Research Expedition: Climate and Cultural Change in the Aegean Sea
Heidelberg Earth scientists lead research ship METEOR's voyage to the eastern Mediterranean How did climatic and environmental change impact early eastern Mediterranean cultures, and what were the consequences of human settlement on land and marine ecosystems? In order to collect research data to answer these questions, the German research ship METEOR - under the guidance of Earth scientists from Heidelberg University - is embarking on a multi-week expedition to the Aegean and Ionian seas.
Environment - Agronomy / Food Science - 10.11.2023

A University of Queensland-led research team says the key to a more sustainable food future may be a better understanding of ancient Indigenous food production systems. Their ARC Discovery project 'Testing the Dark Emu hypothesis' combines bioarchaeology, archaeobotany, palynology, ethnobotany and plant genetics in partnership with Indigenous communities to challenge existing perspectives.
Environment - 10.11.2023
Green change in a grey industry
Researchers are developing a low-carbon cement with a significantly lower embodied CO2 content than traditional cement.
Environment - 09.11.2023

Bad-tempered or laudatory superiors, employees who drink too much alcohol and misbehave, a stiff atmosphere, forced contemplation or a party in a "pub in the middle of nowhere" - there are many factors that can turn the annual Christmas party at work into a disaster. There are a few basic rules that can turn the end of the year with colleagues into an unforgettable joyful event.
Environment - 09.11.2023

Some barnacles are 'morphing' to protect themselves from predatory warm-water sea snails, which are expanding into their territory due to climate change. Research led by the University of Southampton and published in the Journal of Biogeography shows how temperate prey species are adapting to changing water temperatures, which carry the threat of warm-water predators encroaching into their territory.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 08.11.2023

Stratospheric clouds over the Arctic may explain the differences seen between the polar warming calculated by climate models and actual recordings, according to researchers from the University of Cambridge and UNSW Sydney. Our study shows the value of increasing the detail of climate models where we can Deepashree Dutta The Earth's average surface temperature has increased drastically since the start of the Industrial Revolution, but the warming effect seen at the poles is even more exaggerated.
Environment - Social Sciences - 08.11.2023
University of Glasgow sustainability experts join global call for coordinated action on climate change adaptation
Academics at the University of Glasgow's School of Social & Environmental Sustainability have contributed to the world's first mapping of climate change adaptation, which finds that systematic networking has been insufficient. Academics at the University of Glasgow's School of Social & Environmental Sustainability have contributed to the world's first mapping of peer-reviewed literature on climate change adaptation, which finds that systematic networking has been insufficient.
Environment - Life Sciences - 08.11.2023

Unlike their relatives, individuals of the poison frog Allobates femoralis are not poisonous but are captivating due to their different behavioral profiles: They successfully reproduce with different strategies depending on whether they are bold, aggressive or explorative. In addition, certain character traits are already present in this species at the tadpole stage.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 07.11.2023
Warmer, wetter winters bring risks to river insects
Research by Cardiff University has shown that the warmer, wetter winters in the UK caused by climate change are likely to impact the stability of insect populations in streams. The research, spanning four decades, has demonstrated that stream insects are affected by warmer, wetter winters caused by fluctuating climate over the Atlantic Ocean.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 07.11.2023

Up to now, the results of climate simulations have sometimes contradicted the analysis of climate traces from the past. A team led by the physicist Thomas Laepple from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Potsdam and the climatologist Kira Rehfeld from the University of Tübingen has therefore brought together experts in climate models and climate tracks to clarify how the discrepancies come about.
Environment - 07.11.2023

When floods are predicted only on the basis of local data, there may be unpleasant surprises. A new method makes it possible to significantly improve predictions - using international data from hydrologically similar areas. What can we expect in the worst-case scenario? In regions with a high risk of flooding, this is an important question: what extreme events should the protective measures be designed for? Often this is answered simply by looking at history: The worst flood events of the past decades or centuries are regarded as a realistic upper limit for what can be expected in the future.
Environment - Life Sciences - 07.11.2023

Science, Health & Technology Lou Corpuz-Bosshart Local adaptation may protect songbirds against climate change Scientists have unlocked the genetic basis underlying the remarkable variation in body size observed in song sparrows, one of North America's most familiar and beloved songbirds. This discovery also provides insights into this species' capacity to adapt to the challenges of climate change.
Earth Sciences - Environment - 07.11.2023

The largest floating ice shelves in the polar ice sheet have lost more than a third of their volume since 1978.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 06.11.2023

It is rare to find glaciers bounded on land by vertical ice cliffs. These ice cliffs respond with particular sensitivity to environmental changes. Research teams from Tyrol and Styria are investigating ice formations at a site in the far north of Greenland. The researchers intend to draw conclusions about the development of the Arctic climate based on the changes in the glacier walls.
Environment - Innovation - 06.11.2023

A team from the University of Geneva has modelled projections for the spread of green energy at local level. Switzerland will have to step up its efforts to achieve zero net carbon emissions by 2050. How can we ensure that an energy policy will achieve its objectives? To find out, scientists and public authorities can rely on computer models of varying degrees of accuracy.
Astronomy / Space Science - Environment - 06.11.2023
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Clocks 4,000 Days on Mars
The mission team is making sure the robotic scientist, now in its fourth extended mission, is staying strong, despite wear and tear from its 11-year journey. Four thousand Martian days after setting its wheels in Gale Crater on Aug. NASA's Curiosity rover remains busy conducting exciting science. The rover recently drilled its 39th sample then dropped the pulverized rock into its belly for detailed analysis.
Environment - Nov 30
Expert Comment: Catchy headlines do not lead to action and change. It looks likely we will overshoot 1.5 C
Expert Comment: Catchy headlines do not lead to action and change. It looks likely we will overshoot 1.5 C
Environment - Nov 30
The University of Valencia participates in a project of the Horizon Europe programme to reduce marine megafauna bycatch
The University of Valencia participates in a project of the Horizon Europe programme to reduce marine megafauna bycatch

Environment - Nov 29
Advances in direct air capture technology set to progress with Economic Accelerator Grant
Advances in direct air capture technology set to progress with Economic Accelerator Grant
Environment - Nov 28
Transparent Forests through Augmented Reality: XR Future Forest Lab launches at the University of Freiburg
Transparent Forests through Augmented Reality: XR Future Forest Lab launches at the University of Freiburg

Health - Nov 28
The fourth INRAE Awards ceremony honours research excellence for a more sustainable future
The fourth INRAE Awards ceremony honours research excellence for a more sustainable future

Environment - Nov 28
Michigan clean energy bills signed by Gov. Whitmer: U-M experts available to comment
Michigan clean energy bills signed by Gov. Whitmer: U-M experts available to comment
Social Sciences - Nov 27
MIT students build connections with Black and Indigenous Brazilians to investigate culture and the environment
MIT students build connections with Black and Indigenous Brazilians to investigate culture and the environment
Environment - Nov 23
New Master's Programme at The University of Manchester Takes a Fresh Approach to Tackling Climate Change
New Master's Programme at The University of Manchester Takes a Fresh Approach to Tackling Climate Change
