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It's Time to Talk About Climate Change
Climate conversations often focus on the severity of climate change, or the "it's real," "it's us," "experts agree," and "it's bad," but experts want to make sure constituents know that "others…
Refrigeration is Coca-Cola's Largest Contribution to Climate Change
In a recent article published in The Conversation, titled "Coca-Cola's biggest challenge in greening its operations is its own global marketing strategy," the author, Bart Elmore,…
Measuring the Massive Melt
Tom Chudley, Leverhulme research fellow at Durham University in the United Kingdom and former research associate at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center at…
Regional Wildfire Trends and Fire Danger: The Interplay between Local Factors and Oceanic Teleconnections
In recent years, tropical region wildfires have become increasingly severe, resulting in more burned areas. Research published in Science of The Total Environment, studied the effects of …
The Impact on Radiative Forcing: Biomass Burning Leads to Black Carbon Deposition on Andean Glaciers
In a recent collaborative study published in Environmental Research Letters from IOP Science, a team of researchers investigated the impact of black carbon (BC) deposition on the melting of Andean…
A Once-Stable Glacier in Greenland Is Now Rapidly Disappearing Due to Warming Atlantic Waters
Greenland's Steenstrup Glacier, previously stable for decades, is now retreating at an unprecedented rate, according to a study published today in the journal Nature Communications. The rapid…
Forest Growing Season Has Increased by a Month in the Eastern U.S. over the Past Century
A new study has found that the growing period of hardwood forests in eastern North America has increased by an average of one month over the past century due to rising temperatures. Researchers…
Opposite Mass Balance Variations Between Glaciers in Western Tibet and the Western Tien Shan
Recent research published in Global and Planetary Change studied the mass balance variations between glaciers situated in western Tibet and western Tien Shan during the ablation season,…
The Environmental Impact and Management of Steel Corrosion
A new study led by Ohio State alum Mariano Iannuzzi, professor of materials and corrosion science at Curtin University, and co-author Gerald Frankel, professor in the …