Water cycle accelerating
Researchers at the Institut de Ciencies del Mar in Barcelona have discovered that global warming is accelerating the water cycle, which could have serious consequences on the global climate system.
Boreal forest carbon storage
Wildfires in the expansive forests of Canada, Europe and the far Northern US could release an enormous amount of greenhouse gases between now and 2050, putting the world’s climate goals at risk.
Ozone heating the planet
According to new research, ozone may be a more significant greenhouse gas than previously thought. Changes in ozone levels in the upper and lower atmosphere were found to be responsible for nearly a third of the warming seen in ocean waters bordering Antarctica in the last half of the twentieth century.
Accelerating ocean currents
A team of researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego used computer simulations to show that climate change is altering the workings of surface ocean circulations, making them become faster and thinner.
Outdated climate models
Instead of using climate models coded in Fortran in the 1960s and 70s, MIT decided that there was no saving the ancient code and to start from scratch.
Climate tipping points
According to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres the world is “perilously close to tipping points that could lead to cascading and irreversible” consequences. Many experts share this belief.
Northern glaciers retreating
Across the Northern Hemisphere, more than 1,700 glaciers touch the ocean. Many of these glacier fronts are floating, with some spreading out into wide, flat ice sheets. Others are grounded, connected to the seafloor. Most of them are retreating.
Permafrost thawing faster than expected
For the past 50 years, the Arctic has been warming three times faster than the average rate of global warming and this warming thaws the permafrost. A new study has revealed that extreme summer rainfall is accelerating the process. As extreme rainfall events become more frequent, the permafrost may thaw even faster than under the …
Lockdown CO2 decrease
For the first time, researchers have detected short-term, regional fluctuations in atmospheric carbon dioxide across the globe due to emissions from human activities.