Climate change – Science & research news

Virtual reality field trips to inspire climate action

February 6, 2019

Stanford researchers took a virtual reality experience into a variety of educational settings, including high school classrooms, to test the impact on awareness and understanding of ocean acidification; Frontiers in Psychology [...]

Which animals will win and lose in a warming Antarctic?

January 29, 2019

Seafloor predators and open-water feeding animals will benefit from climate change, while those associated with sea ice for food or breeding are most at risk; Frontiers in Marine Science [...]

Purple bacteria ‘batteries’ turn sewage into clean energy

December 12, 2018

Frontiers in Energy Research: The first reported use of photosynthetic microbes in a battery-like 'bioelectrochemical system' shows that purple bacteria could turn wastewater treatment plants into zero-carbon fuel generators

Purple bacteria could turn wastewater treatment plants into zero-carbon fuel generators, says new research; Frontiers in Energy Research [...]

Climate change efforts should focus on ocean-based solutions

October 4, 2018

Image of wind turbines in the ocean. Ambitious and rapid action is needed to reduce climate change and its impacts -- and the first broad-scale assessment of ocean-based solutions shows the focus should be on the oceans: Frontiers in Marine Science

Call for ocean-based renewable energy and local marine conservation and restoration to be scaled-up and implemented immediately: Frontiers in Marine Science [...]

Algal partner responds to climate-change stresses more strongly than coral host

September 5, 2018

The surprise discovery has implications for monitoring and protecting coral reefs threatened by bleaching: Frontiers in Marine Science [...]

10 years of UK climate change action: problems, progress and essential next steps

August 29, 2018

Image of CO2 dial being turned to low. Martin Siegert looks back at some of the progress made over the past decade on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, considers the factors limiting development of low-carbon technologies and offers a way forward to accelerate the necessary action on climate change

Martin Siegert looks back at action on climate change and offers ways forward to a low-carbon future [...]

Traditional knowledge sheds light on changing East Greenland climate and polar bear hunt

May 31, 2018

Frontiers in Marine Science: Traditional knowledge sheds light on climate change and polar bear ecology in East Greenland

The study is the first in nearly 20 years to document traditional knowledge on polar bear catches and ecology: Frontiers in Marine Science [...]

Is Big Data the solution to climate challenges? Professor John Kimball provides insights

May 16, 2018

John Kimball, Chief Editor Data Driven Climate Sciences, Frontiers in Big Data

The Chief Editor of the Data-Driven Climate Sciences section of Frontiers in Big Data talks about what Big Data means for the environment and sustainability. [...]

Organic food provides significant environmental benefits to plant-rich diets

February 15, 2018

Environmental impact of organic vegetarian food

The study of more than 34,000 people is the first to investigate the environmental impacts of both food choices and farm production systems: Frontiers in Nutrition [...]

Modern man vs. giant animals

February 12, 2018

Megafauna extinction mammoth woolly rhinoceros giant sloth

Extinct herbivorous megafauna -- like woolly rhinos, giant sloths and mammoths -- were displaced by humans who partly took their place in the ecosystem: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [...]

Key challenges for food security in the face of climate change

February 6, 2018

Sustainable Food Security: Climate Smart Food Systems

Meeting UN Sustainable Development Goals for food security requires a climate-smart approach: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems [...]

The human race has peaked

December 12, 2017

A review in Frontiers in Physiology suggests humans have biological limitations, and that our impacts on the environment - including climate change - could have a deleterious effect on these limits. [...]

Can engineers keep trains on time in the face of climate change ?

September 6, 2017

A study in Frontiers in Built Environment assesses the best ways to build railway bridges that can withstand climate change impacts and extreme weather events. [...]

A super-algae to save our seas

July 27, 2017

Researchers lay the foundation for genetically engineering a species of microalgae that live in corals to stop a global coral bleaching catastrophe [...]

Does the European public understand the impacts of climate change on the ocean?

July 17, 2017

The European public perceive ocean pollution as the most severe human impact on the ocean, however they are not well informed on ocean acidification caused by carbon dioxide emissions. Melting sea ice, coastal flooding, sea level rise, and extreme weather events were also of concern. Interestingly, nations that have already been coping with problems, such as the Dutch with sea level rise and the Norwegians with sea-ice loss, are the least concerned with the impacts of climate change.

First in-depth study, published in Frontiers in Marine Science, looking at public engagement with marine climate change issues across 10 European countries. [...]

Amazon River carbon emissions nearly balance terrestrial uptake

May 15, 2017

New study finds Amazon River emits as much carbon as the forest stores with major implications for global climate policy.

Study, published in Frontiers in Marine Science, finds Amazon River emits as much carbon as the forest stores with major implications for climate policy. [...]

Microbial colonisers of Arctic soils are sensitive to future climate change

April 4, 2017

New research in Frontiers In Earth Science shows that ecosystems created by melting glaciers in the Arctic are sensitive to climate change and human activity. [...]

Did Humans Create the Sahara Desert?

March 14, 2017

New research challenges the idea that changes in the Earth’s orbit triggered Sahara desertification. [...]

Calculating climate change losses in major European coastal cities

March 2, 2017

Researchers urge policy-makers not to settle for traditional approaches and point to high potential economic losses. [...]

To survive climate change, plants must adapt – and fast

August 23, 2016

Researchers read into the biological history of plants to reveal how plants will survive when birds and bees fly away. [...]

News from #AGU15: Heat stress in dense populations and impacts of the 2015-16 El Niño

December 18, 2015

Gearóid Ó Faoleán, Journal Manager of Frontiers in Earth Science, is representing Frontiers at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, the world’s largest earth [...]