Miss Louisiana Earth Invites You To Volunteer Online and Map Where Vital Wetlands Are Being Lost
Participate in Miss Louisiana Earth’s online citizen science challenge to help researchers understand climate impacts on wetland loss.
Read MoreParticipate in Miss Louisiana Earth’s online citizen science challenge to help researchers understand climate impacts on wetland loss.
Read MoreDocument the formation of ghost forests — stands of dead trees that were recently killed by salt stress — with citizen science.
Read MoreIt’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.
Read MoreTo understand how sea level rise will impact people, researchers and citizen scientists are mapping areas that are already impacted.
Read MoreViolence against women and girls is a well-known problem. However, do natural disasters exacerbate this as climate change worsens?
Read MoreCarbon variations in methane found on the ocean floor are giving researchers new insights into ocean microbes and chemical reactions.
Read MoreEcologist Nicolas Medina explains how fossil-fuel use impacts forests and drives climate change. Carbon may run deeper than you think, and forests alone can’t stop climate change. By Nicholas L. Medina The US is the second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases after China, and President Obama has called climate change a “national and global security threat.” Now, we urgently need to understand why our fossil fuel use will have long-lasting effects on global climates and our forests. We need to reduce our societal CO2 emissions quickly and substantially. Can We Stop…
Read MoreLike rings in a tree trunk, narwal tusks have growth rings that give us a window into changing conditions in the Arctic climate.
Read MoreA dead zone in Lake Erie gives clues to how phosphorus levels change in the water and what this means for future environmental conditions.
Read MoreMost Americans don’t talk about climate change. But many experts think that getting communities involved in climate science is the best path forward.
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