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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 1-Jul-2025 22:10 ET (2-Jul-2025 02:10 GMT/UTC)

Study: What we learned from record-breaking 2021 heat wave and what we can expect in the future

Portland State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from some of the Pacific Northwest's top climate scientists synthesized more than 70 publications addressing the causes and consequences of the extreme heat wave in June 2021 and the potential for similar high-heat events to happen in the future.

Journal: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Effective therapies needed to halt rise in eco-anxiety, says psychology professor

Taylor & Francis Group
Book Announcement

More must be done to address the growth in anxiety related to climate change, says a leading psychologist, before it becomes the next mental health crisis.

Thunderstorms are a major driver of tree death in tropical forests

Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Trees in tropical forests are dying at an increased rate, with consequences for biodiversity, carbon storage, and the global climate. While deforestation is the primary cause of forest loss, intact forests are also experiencing a rise in tree death. Drought, higher temperatures, and fires have been the leading suspects, but a new paper led by Evan Gora, a forest ecologist at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, identifies an underappreciated threat: thunderstorms, which are becoming more frequent with climate change.

Journal: Ecology Letters
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, Royal Society, Natural Environment Research Council

Signs of rising planetary strain highlight need for accelerated climate targets

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Earth’s carbon-climate system may be more fragile than widely thought, according to a new IIASA-led study that looks at the planet’s response to human pressures from a planetary perspective.

Journal: Science of The Total Environment

Harnessing big data for apple breeding: Genomic models to meet climate challenges

Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In the face of climate change, apple breeding programs need innovative ways to select cultivars that can thrive under diverse conditions.

Journal: Horticulture Research

New 3D glacier visualizations provide insights into a hotter Earth

Ohio State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As glaciers retreat due to a rise in global temperatures, one study shows detailed 3D elevation models could drastically improve predictions about how they react to Earth’s warming climate.

Journal: GIScience & Remote Sensing

New ECDC weekly reports and guidance to tackle mosquito-borne diseases across Europe

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Reports and Proceedings

As Europe enters this year’s mosquito season, ECDC has launched a new series of weekly epidemiological surveillance updates covering chikungunya, dengue, Zika, and West Nile viruses, and has also published new public health guidance on locally acquired Aedes-borne diseases in Europe.

Climate change alters distribution of sea life

Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST, President Hyi Seung Lee) established, through genetic connectivity analysis, that a northward shift in the habitat of Turbo sazae, from the southern coast to the eastern coast of Korea, is closely related to rising sea temperatures caused by climate change. The research findings were published in an international academic journal.

Journal: Animals

Seasonal allergies caused by fungal spores now start three weeks earlier under climate change

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In the U.S., fungal spore allergy season started, on average, more than three weeks ealier in 2022 than it had been in 2003.

Journal: GeoHealth
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, DOE/US Department of Energy, Schmidt Sciences

Genomes reveal the Norwegian lemming as one of the youngest mammal species

Stockholm University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using whole genome sequencing and cutting-edge analyses researchers at Stockholm University have uncovered the surprising evolutionary history of the Norwegian lemming (Lemmus lemmus), revealing it to be one of the most recently evolved mammal species. The results published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), reveal that the Norwegian lemming is a distinct species that split from its closest relative, the Western Siberian lemming, approximately 35,000 years ago — just before the peak of the last Ice Age.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: Carl Tryggers Foundation, Vetenskapsrådet, Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas, European Research Council, The Bolin Centre for Climate Research, the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, Riksmusei Vänner, Längmanska Kulturföreningen, Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing (SNIC), the Uppsala Multidisciplinary Centre for Advanced Computational Science, the AWaP (Agence Wallonne du Patrimoine), the Ministère de la Région wallonne, the Trou Al’Wesse excavation, the National Institute of Health, Cambridge University, UK

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