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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 10-Nov-2025 16:11 ET (10-Nov-2025 21:11 GMT/UTC)

10-Jun-2025

Why common climate messaging often backfires – and how to fix it

Stanford University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study finds that while many Americans misjudge the relative climate impact of dozens of behaviors, they readily commit to higher-impact choices when they get more information. Willingness to engage in actions promoting larger-scale change falls off, however, if interventions focus solely on individual behavior.

Journal: PNAS Nexus
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

10-Jun-2025

Summer solstice is an optimal day for plants — but climate change could disrupt this timing

University of British Columbia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study led by UBC researchers suggests that the summer solstice—the longest day of the year—may serve as a key cue for plant growth and reproduction. But in a changing climate, relying on this fixed signal may no longer help plants to survive or thrive.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

10-Jun-2025

Tool identifies ecologically equivalent areas to guide restoration projects

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Model designed to comply with current legislation uses biodiversity, landscape, and ecosystem services data and could support public policies.

Journal: Environmental Impact Assessment Review
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

10-Jun-2025

Cloud observations in the southern ocean pave the way to better climate models

Research Organization of Information and Systems
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Climate models often overestimate ice clouds and underestimate supercooled liquid water (SLW) clouds in polar regions, skewing predictions of surface warming. To address this issue, researchers from Japan conducted a four-month observational study on the Southern Ocean. Through shipboard measurements, they found SLW clouds dominated as mid-level cloud layers, even at very low temperatures. These findings offer crucial data to improve the accuracy of climate models, which are critical in the face of climate change.

Journal: Scientific Reports
Funder: Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, National Institute of Polar Research

9-Jun-2025

New oil and gas fields incompatible with Paris climate goals

University College London
Reports and Proceedings

Opening any new North Sea oil and gas fields is incompatible with achieving the Paris Climate Agreement goals of limiting warming to 1.5°C or holding warming to “well below 2°C” relative to preindustrial levels, finds a new report published by UCL academics.

9-Jun-2025

Nationally recognized for sustainability in health care

University of California - San Diego
Grant and Award Announcement

Jacobs Medical Center and Hillcrest Medical Center at UC San Diego Health have been named Top 25 hospitals in the nation for exceptional sustainability efforts.

9-Jun-2025

Rings of time: unearthing climate secrets from ancient trees

Florida Atlantic University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers studied an ancient forest of bald cypress trees preserved in subfossil form at the mouth of Georgia’s Altamaha River. Using radiocarbon dating and tree-ring analysis, they revealed a dramatic shift in growth patterns: around 500 A.D., these trees began growing faster – but living far shorter lives. Their average lifespan plunged from more than 470 years to just 186, coinciding with the Vandal Minimum, a sixth century climate crisis marked by global cooling and upheaval, likely caused by volcanic eruptions and possibly even a comet impact.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

9-Jun-2025

Mount Sinai Health System earns several prestigious national honors for environmental excellence

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Business Announcement

“Mount Sinai Health System is committed to helping create a cleaner tomorrow by elevating our environmental stewardship and strengthening our organizational culture and operational excellence,” says Muoi A. Trinh, MD, Medical Director of Sustainability, Mount Sinai Health System. “These awards are a visible testament to our work to support the health of our planet and the people who live on it.”

9-Jun-2025

AMOC decline increases rainfall in parts of the Amazon rainforest

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research led by IIASA reveals a surprising link between two major climate tipping elements: the Southern Amazon rainforest and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).

Journal: Environmental Research Letters

9-Jun-2025

MBARI research and technology play integral role in new Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Business Announcement

This year marks the opening of the United Nations Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences, an international initiative focused on the rapid changes occurring in glaciers, snow cover, ice sheets, sea ice, and permafrost and their impacts on the planet. MBARI’s advanced technology will play a critical role in this effort, providing important data about the Arctic seafloor and the Southern Ocean. MBARI research is answering fundamental questions about polar environments and other components of the cryosphere. This information can help resource managers and policymakers make decisions about the future of this important ecosystem.

Funder: David and Lucile Packard Foundation