Search Results for Climate change

Graphic of wildfire flames spreading through trees

Climate March 26, 2024

Fighting every wildfire ensures the big fires are more extreme, and may harm forests’ ability to adapt to climate change

by Mark Kreider, University of Montana, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the U.S., wildland firefighters are able to stop about 98% of all wildfires…

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Environment March 25, 2024

Climate change is shifting the zones where plants grow – here’s what that could mean for your garden

by Matt Kasson, West Virginia University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] With the arrival of spring in North America, many people are gravitating to the…

Climate September 19, 2023

As climate change warms rivers, they are running out of breath – and so could the plants and animals they harbor

by Li Li (李黎), Penn State, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] As climate change warms rivers, they are losing dissolved oxygen from their water. This…

Environment July 27, 2023

Extreme heat is particularly hard on older adults, and an aging population and climate change are putting ever more people at risk

by Deborah Carr, Boston University; Giacomo Falchetta, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), and Ian Sue Wing, Boston University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission]…

Climate July 12, 2023

How climate change intensifies the water cycle, fueling extreme rainfall and flooding – the Northeast deluge was just the latest

by Mathew Barlow, UMass Lowell, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A powerful storm system that hit the U.S. Northeast on July 9 and 10, 2023,…

Science and Technology May 5, 2023

The thinking error that makes people susceptible to climate change denial

by Jeremy P. Shapiro, Case Western Reserve University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Cold spells often bring climate change deniers out in force on social…

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Health Care April 25, 2023

Allergy season is getting more intense with climate change – we’re creating better pollen forecasts to help

by Yingxiao Zhang, University of Michigan and Allison L. Steiner, University of Michigan, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] If you’re feeling the misery of allergy…

Climate February 18, 2023

KSU professor awarded NSF grant to study effects of climate change on farming communities in Iceland and Greenland

Dr. Thomas Rotnem, Associate Director of the School of Government and International Affairs and Professor of Political Science at Kennesaw State University, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF)…

Looking up the Mississippi RIver from a lock facility

Climate December 14, 2022

Record low water levels on the Mississippi River in 2022 show how climate change is altering large rivers

by Ray Lombardi, University of Memphis; Angela Antipova, University of Memphis, and Dorian J. Burnette, University of Memphis [This article was first published in The Conversation, republished with permission] Rivers…

Climate November 27, 2022

Loss and damage: Who is responsible when climate change harms the world’s poorest countries?

by Bethany Tietjen, Tufts University [This article first appeared in The Conversation on November 2, republished with permission. COP27 began on November 6 and ended on November 20] You may…

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