//www.koonmotors.com/news/earth_climate/environmental_awareness/ Public opinion on environmental issues including threats of climate change, biodiversity reduction, groundwater depletion and pollution. Survey results, environmental awareness and education. en-us Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:54:02 EDT Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:54:02 EDT 60 //www.koonmotors.com/images/scidaily-logo-rss.png//www.koonmotors.com/news/earth_climate/environmental_awareness/ For more science news, visit ScienceDaily. //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230901143623.htm A new study finds that farmers in India have adapted to warming temperatures by intensifying the withdrawal of groundwater used for irrigation. If the trend continues, the rate of groundwater loss could triple by 2080, further threatening India's food and water security. Reduced water availability in India due to groundwater depletion and climate change could threaten the livelihoods of more than one-third of the country's 1.4 billion residents and has global implications. Fri, 01 Sep 2023 14:36:23 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230901143623.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230831121715.htm At a time of unparalleled rates of biodiversity loss, a new interconnected system to monitor biodiversity around the world is needed to guide action quickly enough to target conservation efforts to where they are most needed. Thu, 31 Aug 2023 12:17:15 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230831121715.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230830160823.htm Emphasising the need for energy independence and environmental stewardship could help to change people’s minds about the climate crisis, a new study says. Wed, 30 Aug 2023 16:08:23 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230830160823.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230809130608.htm New research indicates that mitigating both local land and sea-based human impacts, especially in terms of pollutants and over-fishing, provides coral reef ecosystems with the best opportunity to persist under climate change. Along some highly populated areas on the shorelines of Hawai'i, wastewater pollution and urban runoff combine with fishing pressures to put immense stress on coral reefs. Wed, 09 Aug 2023 13:06:08 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230809130608.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230809004907.htm Researchers evaluated the effectiveness of conservation educational activities in the Cape Verde Island of Maio. Wed, 09 Aug 2023 00:49:07 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230809004907.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230804123707.htm A subpolar species associated with Atlantic water expanded far into the Arctic Ocean during the Last Interglacial, analysis of microfossil content of sediment cores reveals. This implies that summers in the Arctic were ice free during this period. Fri, 04 Aug 2023 12:37:07 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230804123707.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230801105003.htm Nature-based solutions (NBS) can help grand challenges, such as climate change and food security, but, as things stand, communities outside of Europe do not stand to benefit from these innovations. New research has found that more than 60% of NBS are located in Europe, with other regions showing poor use of the technologies. 星期二,01 Aug 2023 10:50:03 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230801105003.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230726171300.htm All plants and lichens listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act are sensitive to climate change but there are few plans in place to address this threat directly, according to new research. Wed, 26 Jul 2023 17:13:00 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230726171300.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230726113022.htm Arctic terns -- which fly on the longest migrations of any animal on Earth -- may be able to navigate the dangers posed by climate change, new research suggests. Wed, 26 Jul 2023 11:30:22 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230726113022.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230721113250.htm Changes in ocean wave and storm conditions have not caused long-term impacts on sandy coastlines in the past 30 years, a new study has found. Fri, 21 Jul 2023 11:32:50 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230721113250.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230720125000.htm Scientists recently launched the Climate Solutions Explorer -- a comprehensive resource that visualizes and presents vital data about climate mitigation, climate impacts, vulnerabilities, and risks arising from development and climate change. Thu, 20 Jul 2023 12:50:00 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230720125000.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230712165119.htm A groundbreaking study reveals the critical yet severely understudied factor of salinity changes in ocean and coastlines caused by climate change. Wed, 12 Jul 2023 16:51:19 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230712165119.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230711133240.htm Algorithms can predict what movies or songs you might like, but they can also predict which species a predator would most likely eat. Researchers have been using machine learning to identify species interactions, and can predict which species are most likely to go extinct, so that intervention can be planned before this happens. 星期二,11 Jul 2023 13:32:40 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230711133240.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230710180446.htm Research shows global cooling of the climate 10 million years ago led to an explosion of diversity in terrestrial orchids. Mon, 10 Jul 2023 18:04:46 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230710180446.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230707153841.htm Researchers investigated how seeing frightening news about climate change day after day may shape the way people feel about the phenomenon and how willing they are to take action to address it. Fri, 07 Jul 2023 15:38:41 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230707153841.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628131038.htm Volcanic disasters have been studied since Pompeii was buried in 79 A.D., leading the public to believe that scientists already know why, where, when and how long volcanoes will erupt. But a volcanologist said these fundamental questions remain a mystery. Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:10:38 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628131038.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626164317.htm Many of the world's largest aquatic food producers are highly vulnerable to human-induced environmental change, with some of the highest-risk countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa demonstrating the lowest capacity for adaptation, a landmark study has shown. Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:43:17 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626164317.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626164236.htm New research reduces uncertainty in future climate change linked to the stratosphere, with important implications for life on Earth. A significant source of uncertainty relates to future changes to water vapor in the stratosphere, an extremely dry region of the atmosphere 15--50 km above the Earth's surface. Future increases in water vapor here risk amplifying climate change and slowing down the recovery of the ozone layer, which protects life on Earth from harmful solar ultraviolet radiation. Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:42:36 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626164236.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183147.htm By pumping water out of the ground and moving it elsewhere, humans have shifted such a large mass of water that the Earth tilted nearly 80 centimeters (31.5 inches) east between 1993 and 2010 alone, according to a new study. Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:31:47 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183147.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615105250.htm Areas of the ocean that are rich in marine life are having a bigger impact on our ecosystems and the climate than previously thought, new research suggests. Thu, 15 Jun 2023 10:52:50 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615105250.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230605181347.htm Do whales increase the removal of carbon from the atmosphere? Despite some hope that this would be the case, a new study has found the amount of potential carbon capture by whales is too little to meaningfully alter the course of climate change. The team found the amount potentially sequestered by the whales was too minimal to make significant impact on the trajectory of climate change. Mon, 05 Jun 2023 18:13:47 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230605181347.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230531102013.htm Municipal climate action plans often identify equity and justice as goals, but engagement with these concepts is mostly rhetorical. A new study details how planners can bridge the gap and challenge the current state of climate change and social inequity. Wed, 31 May 2023 10:20:13 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230531102013.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230530125419.htm A survey of philosophers finds they broadly agree with economists on the best way of valuing the environment of the future in policy decisions made now -- although for different reasons. 星期二,30 May 2023 12:54:19 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230530125419.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230522131332.htm A new study shows that the ability of microorganisms to adapt to climate warming will slow down global warming by storing carbon in soil. Mon, 22 May 2023 13:13:32 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230522131332.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230518120800.htm Climate change is likely to abruptly push species over tipping points as their geographic ranges reach unforeseen temperatures, finds a new study. Thu, 18 May 2023 12:08:00 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230518120800.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230511164615.htm An international team has reconstructed the evolution of groundwater in the Great Basin, USA -- one of the driest regions on Earth -- up to 350,000 years into the past with unprecedented accuracy. The results shed new light on the effects of climate change on water supply and provide important insights for the sustainable use of groundwater resources. Thu, 11 May 2023 16:46:15 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230511164615.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230421112646.htm When spurring action against climate change, NGOs and governmental agencies frequently operate on the assumption that people are unmotivated to act because they view climate change as a problem that affects distant regions far in the future. While this concept, known as psychological distance, seems intuitive, researchers report that most people see climate change as an important and timely issue even if its impacts are not immediately noticeable. Fri, 21 Apr 2023 11:26:46 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230421112646.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230418101414.htm Researchers have discovered how long ago the Australian Nullarbor plain dried out, with a new approach shedding light on how ancient climate change altered some of the driest regions of our planet. 星期二,18 Apr 2023 10:14:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230418101414.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230404114121.htm Marine predators have expanded their ranges into the Arctic waters over the last twenty years, driven by climate change and associated increases in productivity. 星期二,04 Apr 2023 11:41:21 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230404114121.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230328145431.htm In interventions designed to encourage more sustainable and climate-smart behavior, examples of what other people are doing and financial 'carrots' are more important than providing knowledge and facts. This has been shown in an international second-order meta-analysis of more than four hundred primary studies. However, all types of climate mitigation interventions have a relatively small effect on how people behave. 星期二,28 Mar 2023 14:54:31 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230328145431.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230328145428.htm An international research team develops a rubric for governments and policymaking bodies to evaluate preparedness for ocean acidification. 星期二,28 Mar 2023 14:54:28 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230328145428.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230328145415.htm Even supposedly adaptable mammal species face increased risk of extinction. 星期二,28 Mar 2023 14:54:15 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230328145415.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230313101127.htm Climate models used by the UN's IPCC and others to project climate change are not accurately reflecting what the Arctic's future will be, experts say. Mon, 13 Mar 2023 10:11:27 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230313101127.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230310103437.htm 一个国际研究小组的专家远程召开as part of the Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative's Climate Working Group to consider the deep-sea impacts of ocean-based climate intervention (OBCI). A research team has analyzed the proposed approaches to assess their potential impacts on deep-sea ecosystems and biodiversity. Their findings raise substantial concern on the potential impacts of these technologies on deep-sea ecosystems and call for the need for an integrated research effort to carefully assess the cost and benefits of each intervention. Fri, 10 Mar 2023 10:34:37 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230310103437.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230308171713.htm Coffee is important to the economies of coffee producing regions. A new study suggests that climate change may significantly affect land where coffee is cultivated. Wed, 08 Mar 2023 17:17:13 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230308171713.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230303175819.htm Sea level rise this century may disproportionately affect certain Asian megacities, according to new research that looks at the effects of natural sea level fluctuations in addition to climate change. The study identified several Asian megacities that may face especially significant risks by 2100, including Chennai, Kolkata, Yangon, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, and Manila. Fri, 03 Mar 2023 17:58:19 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230303175819.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230227193306.htm 一个研究小组研究了v季节性的变化ariability of streamflow over Pakistan from bias-corrected regional climate projections. Mon, 27 Feb 2023 19:33:06 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230227193306.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230227161425.htm What we think of as the classic West Coast climate began just about 4,000 years ago, finds a study on climate trends of the Holocene era. Mon, 27 Feb 2023 16:14:25 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230227161425.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230217120546.htm Researchers have identified 26 global warming accelerators known as amplifying feedback loops that the researchers say aren't being properly included in climate models. They note that the findings add urgency to the need to respond to the climate crisis and provide a roadmap for policymakers aiming to avert the most severe consequences of a warming planet. Fri, 17 Feb 2023 12:05:46 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230217120546.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230208155728.htm Ongoing climate change driven by greenhouse gas emissions is often discussed in terms of global average warming. For example, the landmark Paris Agreement seeks to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees C, relative to pre-industrial levels. However, the extent of future warming will not be the same throughout the planet. One of the clearest regional differences in climate change is the faster warming over land than sea. This 'terrestrial amplification' of future warming has real-world implications for understanding and dealing with climate change. Wed, 08 Feb 2023 15:57:28 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230208155728.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230208125102.htm A new study analyzes the factors that drive environmental concern among Europeans in an effort to understand how we can bolster popular support for combating climate change. Wed, 08 Feb 2023 12:51:02 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230208125102.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230202153549.htm A team of researchers have now begun to document the actual impact of electric vehicle adoption in the first study to use real-world data to link electric cars, air pollution and health. Leveraging publicly available datasets, the researchers analyzed a 'natural experiment' occurring in California as residents in the state rapidly transitioned to electric cars, or light-duty zero emissions vehicles (ZEVs). The team compared data on total ZEV registration, air pollution levels and asthma-related emergency room visits across the state between 2013 to 2019. As ZEV adoption increased within a given zip code, local air pollution levels and emergency room visits dropped. Thu, 02 Feb 2023 15:35:49 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230202153549.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230130112436.htm New research provides rare evidence that natural hybridization can reduce the risk of extinction of species threatened by climate change. Researchers have identified genes that enable Rainbowfish to adapt to climate variations across the Australia using environmental models to work out how much evolution will likely be required for populations to keep pace with future climate change. Mon, 30 Jan 2023 11:24:36 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230130112436.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230120154922.htm A new study of red sea urchins, a commercially valuable species, investigated how different populations respond to changes in their environments. The results show that red sea urchin populations in Northern and Southern California are adapted to their local conditions but differ in their vulnerability to the environmental changes expected to occur in the future due to global climate change and ocean acidification. Red sea urchin populations in Southern California may be more vulnerable to climate change than those in Northern California. Fri, 20 Jan 2023 15:49:22 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230120154922.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230118092047.htm A new study shows that North American bird communities containing functionally diverse species have changed less under climate change during the past 50 years than functionally simple communities. Wed, 18 Jan 2023 09:20:47 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230118092047.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230113172450.htm Participation in environmental education programs can motivate children across diverse language groups to act responsibly toward the environment, a recent study suggests. Fri, 13 Jan 2023 17:24:50 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230113172450.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230104154305.htm Climate change will slow down deep overturning ocean circulation in the coming centuries. Using three dozen Earth system models, researchers have concluded that the Southern Meridional Overturning Circulation could completely shut down by 2300, causing disaster to the marine ecosystem on a large portion of the planet. Wed, 04 Jan 2023 15:43:05 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230104154305.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221221154711.htm A new study finds biology textbooks have done a poor job of incorporating material related to climate change. For example, the study found that most textbooks published in the 2010s included less information about climate change than they did in the previous decade -- despite significant advances in our understanding of how climate change is influencing ecosystems and the environment. Wed, 21 Dec 2022 15:47:11 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221221154711.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221221154700.htm Scientists provide clear evidence that marine phytoplankton are much more resilient to future climate change than previously thought. Wed, 21 Dec 2022 15:47:00 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221221154700.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221213121509.htm While the world focuses on limiting the rise in global temperature to 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius over the preindustrial average, increasing meltwater from ice sheets presents an existential threat to the viability of island and coastal nations throughout the world. Now, research shows that even the most optimistic temperature targets can lead to catastrophic sea-level rise, which has already begun and will affect low-lying nations for generations to come. 星期二,13 Dec 2022 12:15:09 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221213121509.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221209135550.htm An international collaboration of scientists has created the first inventory of flora introduced to the tropics, filling a knowledge gap about invasive plants in the tropics. Fri, 09 Dec 2022 13:55:50 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221209135550.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221209135456.htm New study finds very few deep reefs have any form of protection, and face a multitude of threats, set only to escalate in the near future. Deep reefs are found below 30m and have a larger geographic range than shallow reefs. Deep reefs are biological hotspots, essential for climate change resilience, ocean health and food security, and a refuge for ocean life threatened in shallow waters. Fri, 09 Dec 2022 13:54:56 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221209135456.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221206132743.htm Researchers have simulated how climate change will affect the distribution of two leading allergens -- oak and ragweed pollens -- across the contiguous United States. The results may make your eyes water. Using computer models, the team found that by 2050 climate change significantly will increase airborne pollen loads, with some of the largest surges occurring in areas where pollen is historically uncommon. 星期二,06 Dec 2022 13:27:43 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221206132743.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221128162147.htm Have humans wreaked too much havoc on marine life to halt damage? A new analysis challenges the idea that ocean ecosystems have barely changed over millions of years, pointing scientists down a new path on conservation efforts and policy. Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:21:47 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221128162147.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221115114041.htm Why are there more plant species in some places than in others? Why is diversity highest in the tropics? What is the connection between biodiversity and environmental conditions? To help answer these questions, an international team has reconstructed the distribution of plant diversity around the world and made high-resolution predictions of where and how many plant species there are. This will support conservation efforts, help to protect plant diversity and assess changes in the light of the ongoing biodiversity and climate crises. 星期二,15 Nov 2022 11:40:41 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221115114041.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221109124249.htm The United Nations is being urged to make a bold pledge and set a target of zero for new plastic pollution by 2040 in its upcoming Global Treaty to End Plastic Pollution. Wed, 09 Nov 2022 12:42:49 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221109124249.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221109085743.htm Authors of a new report say that reaching climate targets depends heavily on better decisions to manage already scarce water resources. Uninformed policy choices could put freshwater supplies at risk and derail climate action. Wed, 09 Nov 2022 08:57:43 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221109085743.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221107110028.htm In a new scientific review, a team of 70 scientists warned that climate change affects insects in ways that will 'drastically reduce our ability to build a sustainable future based on healthy, functional ecosystems' if no action is taken. Mon, 07 Nov 2022 11:00:28 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221107110028.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221031104444.htm Climate change will increase opportunities to see rainbows, according to a new study. The study's authors estimate that by 2100, the average land location on Earth will experience about 5% more days with rainbows than at the beginning of the 21st century. Mon, 31 Oct 2022 10:44:44 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221031104444.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221024131031.htm Including the lightness of water vapor in climate models can improve cloud simulations and the accuracy of climate change forecasts, scientists found. Mon, 24 Oct 2022 13:10:31 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221024131031.htm