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Can Shifting Social Norms Help Mitigate Climate Change?

Climate change is the result of many human activities, from carbon emissions to deforestation, and it will take multiple and varied interventions to mitigate it, including legislation, regulation, and market-based solutions implemented at local, national, and global levels.

Decarbonization Leads to More Equable Air Quality in California

UCI study shows how climate mitigation options would affect health of various communities

A Rapid Switch in Magmatic Plumbing Taps Porphyry Copper Deposit-Forming Magmas

Scientists have made a fascinating new discovery about the formation of mineral deposits crucial to our transition to a ‘green economy’.

The No-Tech Way to Preserve California’s State Grass

Disappearing native is like an environmental Swiss Army knife

Young People’s Climate Anxiety Linked to Action Mitigating Environmental Change

In the study Climate anxiety, pro-environmental action and wellbeing: antecedents and outcomes of negative emotional responses to climate change in 28 countries, anxiety and concern about climate change among young people was predictably high, particularly in Finland, but the researchers found that the action taken to curb and tackle climate change was strong in Finland at the same time.

Decarbonization Leads to More Equable Air Quality in California

UCI study shows how climate mitigation options would affect health of various communities

Not Enough: Protecting Algae-Eating Fish Insufficient to Save Imperiled Coral Reefs, Study Concludes

How can we boost the resilience of the world’s coral reefs, which are imperiled by multiple stresses including mass bleaching events linked to climate warming?

Pretreating Soil with Ethanol Protects Plants from Drought

Ethanol can help plants survive in times of drought says a new study conducted at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science in Japan

Hawaiian Corals Select Algae Partnerships to Help Survive Climate Change

Corals live symbiotically with a variety of microscopic algae that provide most of the energy corals require

Kona’s Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems’ Deep Value Described

The social and cultural values of groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDEs) on the west coast of Hawaiʻi Island were described in a new article published in Ecology & Society by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers.

Elusive Atmospheric Wave Detected During Tonga Volcanic Eruption

The catastrophic eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcano in 2022 triggered a special atmospheric wave that has eluded detection for the past 85 years

Study: Web-Based Tools Can Help Great Lakes Region Plan for Potential Influx of Climate-Change Migrants

Communities in the Great Lakes region need to start planning now for a future that may include “climate migrants” who leave behind increasingly frequent natural disasters in other parts of the country.

Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Triggered Global Tsunami That Scoured Seafloor Thousands of Miles from Impact Site

It also triggered a monstrous tsunami with mile-high waves that scoured the ocean floor thousands of miles from the impact site on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, according to a new University of Michigan-led study.

Risk of Volcano Catastrophe ‘A Roll of the Dice’, Say Experts

While funding is pumped into preventing low-probability scenarios such as asteroid collision, the far more likely threat of a large volcanic eruption is close to ignored – despite much that could be done to reduce the risks, say researchers.

Floating ‘Artificial Leaves’ Ride the Wave of Clean Fuel Production

Researchers have developed floating ‘artificial leaves’ that generate clean fuels from sunlight and water, and could eventually operate on a large scale at sea.

Lava from 2021 Icelandic Eruption Gives Rare View of Deep Churnings Beneath Volcano

After centuries without volcanic activity, Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula sprang to life in 2021 when lava erupted from the Fagradalsfjall volcano.

Beach Trash Accumulates in Predictable Patterns on Washington and Oregon Shores

Citizen scientists recorded trash on Pacific Northwest beaches, from southern Oregon to Anacortes, Washington, to contribute to the growing study of marine trash.

New Study Calculates Retreat of Glacier Edges in Alaska’s Kenai Fjords National Park

As glaciers worldwide retreat due to climate change, managers of national parks need to know what’s on the horizon to prepare for the future.

‘Dangerous’ and ‘Extremely Dangerous’ Heat Stress to Become More Common by 2100

Record-breaking heat waves have occurred recently from Delhi to the Pacific Northwest, and the number of these deadly events is expected to increase.