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Climate Change

Smoke emitting from factory against clear sky
Environment

Air pollution and extreme heat substantially raise the risk of death in India

Pranjal Malewar

These results highlight a concerning synergy between heat and air pollution.

Machine-learning study
Social Science

17 UN Sustainable Development Goals analysis insights

PLOS

Machine-learning study highlights factors that may affect efforts to meet goals by target year 2030.

Scientists call for efforts to protect habitats of critically endangered shark species
Environment

Climate change threatens rare Whitefin Swellshark with habitat loss

Pranjal Malewar

Critical action is needed to save endangered shark habitats

Environment

World’s critical food crops in danger due to rising temperatures

Pranjal Malewar

A more precise picture of exactly where and how warming will affect our ability to grow food.

Majestic Iceberg Rising Above Ocean Waters in a Mysterious Arctic Seascape Scene
Environment

The next ice age might start in about 10,000 years

Pranjal Malewar

Scientists match Earth’s ice age cycles with orbital shifts.

Global social media engagement trends revealed for election year of 2024.
Social Science

The impact of social media on global elections

PLOS

Global social media engagement trends revealed for election year of 2024.

Group of llamas
Environment

Animal poop helps ecosystems adapt to climate change, study

Pranjal Malewar

The activity of this animal could accelerate the time plants.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Environment

The world’s living collections have collectively reached peak capacity

Pranjal Malewar

Safeguarding the world’s most threatened plants from extinction.

young activists taking action
Environment

Understanding the anti-climate movement: A new study

PLOS

Counter-climate groups form in response to stricter environmental policies and institutions.

The path of the city park near the river with lanterns against the sky with rain clouds
Science

The economic and health impacts of major power outages

PLOS

Nationwide patterns of severe events provide crucial data for hazard response and mitigation.

Blue puddles of water were visible atop
Environment

Meltwater remained visible atop Antarctica’s Amery ice shelf

Pranjal Malewar

Spanning from the Antarctic Peninsula in the west to the Amery Ice Shelf in the east.

Examples of foraging sign left by Andean bears on terrestrial bromeliads in Peru.
Science

Protecting Andean Bears and their habitats

PLOS

Bears forage for young bromeliad plants in Peru’s puna grasslands, but prefer to avoid cattle.

White faced capuchin monkeys
Environment

Warming temperatures impact the immune performance of wild monkeys

Pranjal Malewar

Young individuals' immune systems may be particularly affected by temperature.

An image depicting a group of elephants interacting at a waterhole
Wildlife

New study links Botswana’s 2022 elephant die-Off to toxic algal blooms

Jay Kakade

In 2022, 350 African elephant carcasses were found in the northeastern sector of Botswana, known as the eastern Okavango Panhandle. As the timing was...

Three Sisters Spring at Crystal River, Florida, on a cold morning.
Science

Florida manatees thrive alongside humans

PLOS

Historic accounts reveal manatee populations increased in the 1800s and 1900s alongside human populations.

Young coral use metabolic tricks to resist bleaching
Science

Metabolic strategies of coral larvae to resist bleaching

PLOS

Coral larvae can retain algae at high temperatures due to reduced metabolism and increased nitrogen storage.

tomato plant
Plants

Scientists are learning to help crops adapt to climate change

Ashwini Sakharkar

Biologists found what makes some types of tomatoes more heat tolerant.

Tundra landscape
Environment

Tree planting at high latitudes will accelerate global warming

Jay Kakade

While tree planting is a popular and effective way to mitigate climate change, it's not always effective. A group of scientists at the University...

Micrometeorological observation tower in Alaska. The tower installed in a black spruce forest on permafrost in Fairbanks, Alaska, monitors CO2 exchange and environmental conditions in 30-minute intervals.
Science

Climate change increases sources of carbon and CO2 sinks

Ashwini Sakharkar

Landmark 20-year study of climate change impact on permafrost forests.

Sea waves background with a birds and sunset illustration
Environment

The cool ocean skin allows oceans to absorb more carbon dioxide

Pranjal Malewar

These findings could enhance global carbon assessments.

Atmospheric Water Harvesting prototype
Invention

Frog skin-inspired technology captures atmospheric water

Jay Kakade

This groundbreaking technology even pulls large amounts of water from the air in low humidity

An adult female polar bear and her two cubs.
Environment

New study reveals increased pathogen risk for polar bears

PLOS

Three decades of blood samples suggest increased exposure within their food web.

Composite skeleton of fallow deer.
Science

Exploring Southern Europe’s climate history through fossils

PLOS

Fossils found the oldest known evidence of the straight-tusked elephant and the red deer in Europe.

Grassland ecosystems of California
Environment

Climate changes brings rapid ecological changes in grasslands

Jay Kakade

New study reveals significant shifts in plant communities and implications for ecosystem restoration

Researchers discover how plants produce a novel anti-stress molecule.
Plants

Researchers discover genes that help plants grow under stressful conditions

Ashwini Sakharkar

How plants produce a novel anti-stress molecule?

women’s quality of life and health.
Science

The impact of environmental quality of life on women

PLOS

Unique cross-cultural data could inform interventions that boost women's health over the lifespan.

Global climate change will increase diarrhoea hospitalisation
Health

Understanding the impact of diarrheal disease in Dhaka

PLOS

Temperature increases of 1.5 °C to 2 °C could increase hospitalizations by 4.5% to 7.4% in Dhaka.

Shark in ocean along with small fishes
Science

The impact of climate change on marine animals

PLOS

Study of 21,000 marine animals finds many coastal regions are also at greater risk than previously realized.

extreme weather
Environment

Researchers found links between climate change and extreme weather

Ashwini Sakharkar

Researchers from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication have discovered that discussing the connections between climate change and extreme weather events is not...

mountaintop collapsed into the sea and triggered a mega-tsunami
Environment

A mountaintop collapsed into the sea and triggered a mega-tsunami

Pranjal Malewar

Greenland landslide caused nine-day earthquake.

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