Posts for tag "climate change"
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Remote Mount Desert Rock Marine Field Station a Challenging But Rewarding Haven For Research
Mount Desert Rock offers unique research opportunities and austere beauty to high school, undergraduate and graduate students. Its surrounding waters feature humpback, minke, fin and northern right whales.
- Posted April 19, 2019
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Wildfires May Pollute Water Supplies on a Warming Planet
A USGS researcher shares how wildfires can impact water quality and which kinds of storm events restore water quality after fires.
- Posted March 29, 2019
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Central Lake Superior: Arctic Testbed and Autonomous Proving Ground
The new Marine Autonomy Research Site at the Great Lakes Research Center offers an Arctic Testbed close to home for trialing new tech.
- Posted November 19, 2018
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Catching Up With the Flathead Lake Bio Station
The Flathead Lake Bio Station is a hub for ecological and biological research, not to mention lake monitoring and sensor technology design.
- Posted October 29, 2018
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The Submerged Sensors of Sebago Lake
Sebago Lake is now being monitored in real time from May through October, to help maintain the health and clarity of the lake.
- Posted October 26, 2018
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Marine Protected Areas Cannot Tolerate Climate Change
Research shows how much marine protected areas (MPAs) will warm under various facts; most will be uninhabitable by 2100 under BAU climate change scenario.
- Posted August 9, 2018
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Atlantic Ocean Overturning Circulation Weakening with Warming
Researchers reveal that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is weaker than it’s been in 1,600 years—and why.
- Posted June 7, 2018
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Climate Change Rapidly Warming World’s Largest High Arctic Lake
New research shows the rapid, cascading effects a single degree of warming has caused in the world’s largest High Arctic lake.
- Posted June 6, 2018
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Computer Model Predicts Climate Change into the Distant Future
A newly created computer model reveals the catastrophic effects of unrestrained global warming that will exist by 2300 without immediate, decisive action.
- Posted April 5, 2018
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How Mussels Cope with Ocean Acidification Sheds Light on Effects of Climate Change
Researchers have observed a rapid shift in how California mussels are structuring their shells—a change that is linked to climate change.
- Posted February 22, 2018
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Marine Food Webs At Risk Thanks to Climate Change
New research indicates that the acidification and warmer temperatures caused by climate change negatively impact marine food webs and biodiversity.
- Posted February 13, 2018
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Debris from Melting Shelves Changing the Biology and Chemistry of the Arctic Ocean
Researchers are measuring radium isotopes from Arctic Shelves to determine how fast melting is taking place and how much the ocean’s chemistry is changing.
- Posted February 12, 2018
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Weather Extremes Shaking Up Fouling Communities in Urban Estuaries
The extreme weather caused by climate change means disruptions in fouling communities in urban estuaries, and new threats from invasive species.
- Posted January 15, 2018
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HELIX Climate Modeling Project Yields Good News, Bad News for Future of Global Climate
High-End cLimate Impacts and eXtremes (HELIX) project undertaken by 50 scientists in 13 countries gives some insight into mitigating global climate change.
- Posted January 10, 2018
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Baking in the Sun: How Groundwater Recharge is Likely to Change as the Climate Does
Research shows groundwater recharge in the Western US will change with the climate; dry areas will have less recharge, and wet regions will have more.
- Posted December 15, 2017
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Achieving Buy-in: The Importance of Community Involvement in Water Challenges
A USDA-funded project is aimed at developing a transferable strategy for achieving community stakeholder engagement in agricultural sustainable water issues.
- Posted December 14, 2017
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Climate Change May Thwart Sunlight’s Ability To Disinfect Water
Extreme weather events caused by climate change are making it harder for sunlight to disinfect water, making waterborne illnesses a graver threat.
- Posted November 9, 2017
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Researchers Find Link Between Climate Change And Gastrointestinal Illnesses
Florida State University researchers predict that increased rainfall caused by climate change will affect Americans that rely on untreated water sources.
- Posted March 21, 2017
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California’s Natural Reserve System Has Sights On Climate
University of California’s Natural Reserve System is the largest of its kind in the world, capturing data at 39 sites to help climate studies and more.
- Posted November 10, 2016
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Warming Waters Threaten Marine Species On US Coasts
Key marine species on the East and West coasts of the United States face an uncertain future thanks to climate change, say Cornell University scientists.
- Posted September 13, 2016
