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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 21-Jun-2026 05:16 ET (21-Jun-2026 09:16 GMT/UTC)

Increasing risk of ice avalanches due to climate change

Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new international study in Nature Communications Earth & Environment, led by Rayees Ahmed (Indian Institute of Science), shows that the catastrophic nature of large ice and rock avalanches depends not only on the scale of the hazard, but more importantly on preparedness and policies.

Journal: Nature Communications

Thawing permafrost accelerates greenhouse gas release

University of Leeds
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Permafrost thawing may allow greenhouse gases to escape at a much higher rate than previously thought, and this could further accelerate climate change.

Journal: Earth's Future

Global human population pushing Earth past breaking point

Flinders University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research from Flinders University warns the world has already exceeded Earth’s sustainable capacity, with today’s 8.3 billion people far beyond the roughly 2.5 billion the planet can support. The study shows population growth and consumption are driving climate instability, resource depletion, and escalating global risk. Lead author Professor Corey Bradshaw says humanity is “pushing the planet harder than it can possibly cope,” but slowing population growth and cutting consumption could still avert crisis.

Journal: Environmental Research Letters
Funder: The Kids Research Institute Australia and Population Matters supported various aspects of the project.

Biochar offers climate-smart path to restore dryland soils and fight desertification

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new review highlights how a carbon-rich material made from agricultural waste could help reverse land degradation, boost food production, and strengthen climate resilience in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions.

Journal: Biochar

Temperature dynamics, not just extremes, impact heat tolerance in mussels

University of Washington
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from the UW's Friday Harbor Labs, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, show that predicting how marine organisms respond to climate change means considering how temperature changes over time, not just how warm it gets.

Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
Funder: National Science Foundation

Study explains Antarctic sea ice growth and sudden decline

Stanford University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Although climate models predicted Antarctic sea ice would steadily dwindle, its extent grew for decades until 2016. A new study finds the ice finally receded when wind-driven upwelling unleashed warmer, deeper water.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: Washington Research Foundation, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

March research news from the Ecological Society of America

Ecological Society of America
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Supply and demand along birds’ migration routes, beaver impacts on tundra ecosystems and more from ESA’s journals.

Study in search of a tropical spring is the first to show some birds flip their breeding season in response to climate

Florida Museum of Natural History
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists know comparatively little about the breeding seasons of tropical birds. This point is underscored by a new study that shows insect-eating birds in the tropics can postpone breeding by nearly half a year, more than four times as long as previously observed.

Journal: Global Change Biology
Funder: Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Association of Field Ornithologists, American Ornithological Society, Idea Wild, Optics for the Tropics

One-of-a-kind experiment tracked plant evolution in response to climate change at 30 sites worldwide

University of California - Berkeley
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A unique experiment led by a UC Berkeley biologist enlisted researchers from Europe, the Middle East and U.S. to plant 12 plots of Arabidopsis at 30 sites representing different climates and leave them for five years to adapt or die. A genome analysis of yearly flower clippings from the 360 plots showed how allele frequency changed as the plant populations evolved. Populations at the warmest sites were least likely to find a genetic path to survival.

Journal: Science

Evolution in fast-forward: How thale cress adapts – or goes extinct

Goethe University Frankfurt
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In an unprecedented field experiment, an international research team led by Goethe University Frankfurt, the University of California, Berkeley, and CNRS Montpellier investigated the evolutionary adaptation of thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) to a wide range of climates, from the Alps to the Negev Desert. At 30 locations worldwide, team members sowed the plants, monitored their development, and analyzed genetic changes. The result: many Arabidopsis populations rapidly adapted to local climates – some, however, went extinct. The findings demonstrate how genetic diversity ensures population survival.

Journal: Science

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