According to predictions, in a few years the plants will have to face severe periods of drought as a result of climate change. However, the increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) that will also be produced in the atmosphere could help some species to combat this lack of water.
Climate change threatens to destabilize green turtle (Chelonia mydas) populations with the birth of a disproportionate number of females. However, a study shows how the mating habits of this species could protect it against the new danger.
According to predictions, the next ice age that will mark the end of the warm period we now enjoy should begin 1,500 years from now. However, the amount of greenhouse gases that accumulate in the Earth's atmosphere could interfere with the usual patterns and could delay the next ice age by tens of thousands of years.
The Greenhouse Gases Bulletin produced annually by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reveals that in 2010 a new record was reached in the concentrations of these elements in the atmosphere. This increase was mainly caused by carbon dioxide.
In addition to the demand for short news caused by the digital age, the public in general has an "insatiable hunger for complex information, scientific perspectives and in-depth reporting." This was the opinion shared by the Secretary of the Interior of the United States, Kenneth Salazar, during the last conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists in Miami. "This was amply demonstrated during the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico, when complicated geological and oil terms became part of the everyday language of families at dinner time," Salazar added.
New research, carried out by scientists from the Department of Biology at the University of York, shows that species have responded to climate change up to three times faster than previously assumed. Multitudes of species have moved to the poles, to places where conditions are colder, three times faster than the previously calculated rate, and they have moved to cold altitudes earlier than expected.
Seamounts, cold-water corals, upper slopes of continental margins and underwater canyons are the deep sea ecosystems most at risk in the short and medium term future. This is what emerges from an international study linked to the Census of Marine Life project, in which the CSIC has participated.
Almost 80 percent of Spanish citizens consider that the Government should legally impose the obligation to include information on the labeling on the climate impact of products, according to a study carried out by the Working Group on Energy and Climate Change of Fundación Entorno- BCSD Spain.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
