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Category: Climate Change

Biology Climate Change Oceanography SciStarter Blog 

Citizen Scientists Study Phytoplankton in Antarctica

April 11, 2022April 11, 2022 Science Connectedantarctica, citizen science, climate change, phytoplankton

Travelers with FjordPhyto sample phytoplankton in Antarctica, helping scientists learn how this fertile ocean region is changing.

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Stalks of wheat silhouetted against blue sky, July 1978. Botany Climate Change Genetics and Heredity 

Wild Relative of Wheat Could Help Curb Disease

April 4, 2022March 30, 2022 Science Connected

Stem rust might be the bane of a wheat crop, but researchers may have found a solution that could protect the popular grain.

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Chamois Goat Juvenile (Tom Mason) Climate Change Zoology 

Goats in the Italian Alps Are Shrinking

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Science Connectedanimals

These goats that live in the Italian Alps appear to be shrinking in size, according to research from Durham University.

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Revegetation in the Oregon Cascades after the 90,000-acre B&B Complex Fires that burned in August and September of 2003 around Three-Fingered Jack peak. (Photo courtesy of University of Nevada, Reno) Climate Change Environment 

Snowpack Critical to Helping Forests Heal

November 30, 2021November 29, 2021 Science Connectedecosystems, forests, snow, wildfires

A substantial snowpack helps forests heal after fire season, but what can be done with higher temperatures and lower precipitation?

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Ebbs and Floes: Watching Melting Ice in the Arctic Climate Change Environment 

Ebbs and Floes: Watching the Arctic Ice Melt

November 18, 2021November 18, 2021 Science Connectedarctic, climate change, climate science, ice

Watching Arctic Ice Melt: Researchers photographed large ponds of meltwater sitting on the Arctic ice to track climate change.

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Meltwater rivers gushing on top of the ice layers in Greenland Climate Change Environment 

Greenland Ice Sheets Losing Ability to Absorb Meltwater

November 16, 2021November 16, 2021 Science Connectedarctic, climate change, ecology, environment, global warming

The Greenland ice sheets are losing their ability to retain meltwater, resulting in faster runoff of meltwater into the ocean.

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Climate Change 

Warmest Ocean Temperatures Ever Recorded

October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 Science Connectedglobal warming, Greenhouse Gases, oceans

A study of the variability of the global climate system has revealed that global ocean temperatures are on the rise.

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Miss Louisiana Earth Invites You To Volunteer Online and Map Where Vital Wetlands Are Being Lost Citizen Science Climate Change Environment SciStarter Blog 

Miss Louisiana Earth Invites You To Volunteer Online and Map Where Vital Wetlands Are Being Lost

August 6, 2021August 23, 2021 Science ConnectedBeauty Pageants, citizen science projects, climate change, Wetlands

Participate in Miss Louisiana Earth’s online citizen science challenge to help researchers understand climate impacts on wetland loss.

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Ghost Forests Climate Change SciStarter Blog 

As Ghost Forests Spread, Researchers Ask for Help Keeping Track

July 16, 2021November 30, 2021 Science Connectedcitizen science, citizen science projects, forests

Document the formation of ghost forests — stands of dead trees that were recently killed by salt stress — with citizen science.

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View towards Khumbu and Cholatse from below Ama Dablam at about 4,900 m showing typical subnival vegetation in the foreground. Photo credit: Karen Anderson Botany Climate Change Ecology 

Plants Climb Himalayas as Snow Line Recedes

June 28, 2021March 15, 2022 Science Connectedclimate change

It’s hot outside! Climate change is heating up the Himalayas, changing vegetation patterns and affecting the flow of water to people living at the base.

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Spotlight: Environment

A wheat field in the Mpika District, Muchinga Province, Zambia, showing symptoms of wheat blast during the outbreak of March 2018. Credit: Batiseba Tembo, Zambia Agriculture Research Institute; license CC by 4.0 Biology Botany Ecology Environment 

Genomics Takes On Crop Disease

June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 Science Connectedagriculture, crops, ecology, environment, genome, pathogens, plants
Genomics opens the way for scientists to track where and which plants are affected most by rapidly spreading pathogens.
Earth Day 2020 Environment 

Earth Day: Get Informed, Get Involved

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023 Science Connectedenvironmental health
Earth Day is celebrated every year on April 22. Learn more and find out how to get involved in an Earth...
A stream filling a glass of water. Water quality may be headed for a rise as scientists work to develop new technology that uses bacteria to detect harmful heavy metals in water.

Water Quality Monitoring by Bacterial Biosensors

March 20, 2023March 14, 2023 Science Connectedbacteria, heavy metals, water contamination, water pollution, water testing
People putting plastic bottles in recycling bin.

Bacteria Has Natural Capacity to Recycle Plastics

March 10, 2023March 9, 2023 Science Connectedbacteria, plastic pollution, recycling
Researchers have developed a recycling system that can transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other valuable products–using just the energy from the sun. Image credit: University of Cambridge

Sunlight Powers Recycling of Carbon Dioxide and Plastic

February 15, 2023February 14, 2023 Science Connectedbiofuel, carbon dioxide, plastic pollution, recycling, solar power
Brown algae are particularly widespread on rocky shores in temperate and cold latitudes and there absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide from the air worldwide. Credit: Hagen Buck-Wiese/Max Planck Institute For Marine Microbiology

How Brown Algae Mucus Combats Carbon Dioxide

February 10, 2023February 14, 2023 Science Connectedalgae, carbon dioxide, carbon fixing, climate change, seawater
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