Old trees may handle climate extremes better

Preserving old-growth trees, which can handle drought better than young ones, may provide a buffer against future climate change.

Jim Erickson-Michigan • futurity
Dec. 9, 2022 ~8 min

If whelk can handle heat, should we eat them?

Experiments with Kellet's whelk larvae indicate that they're resilient in the face of warmer water—up to a point.

Harrison Tasoff-UC Santa Barbara • futurity
Dec. 9, 2022 ~7 min


Blame climate change for your runny nose?

New research digs into how climate change will affect pollen distribution in the United States in the near future.

Patti Zielinski - Rutgers • futurity
Dec. 6, 2022 ~5 min

Blame climate change for your runny nose?

New research digs into how climate change will affect pollen distribution in the United States in the near future.

Patti Zielinski - Rutgers • futurity
Dec. 6, 2022 ~5 min

Do treeshrews break the ‘rules’ due to climate?

The Northern treeshrew defies two widely tested ecological "rules" of body size variation within species, according to a new study.

Bess Connolly Martell-Yale • futurity
Nov. 29, 2022 ~7 min

Hearty corals can ‘rescue’ more vulnerable ones

Disease-resistant corals may be able to "rescue" corals that are more vulnerable to stress and disease, researchers say.

Kat Kerlin-UC Davis • futurity
Nov. 28, 2022 ~5 min

Temps spike after tropical cyclone ‘heat pumps’

Extreme heat often follows tropical cyclones, a new study finds. That can complicate disaster recovery even further.

Mikayla Mace-Arizona • futurity
Nov. 21, 2022 ~5 min

Get the rich, not the poor, to live sustainably

Although remedying poverty would have an impact on the environment, but it's the world's wealthiest people who do the most damage.

Mikayla Mace-Arizona • futurity
Nov. 21, 2022 ~7 min


‘The Blob’ had lasting effects on kelp forests

Six years after the "Blob" rolled through the Santa Barbara Channel in California, researchers are finding lasting effects on kelp forests.

Sonia Fernandez-UCSB • futurity
Nov. 17, 2022 ~9 min

Beaver dams lessen damage from droughts

American beavers' prolific dam building benefits river water quality so much, it outweighs the damaging influence of climate-driven droughts.

Adam Hadhazy-Caltech • futurity
Nov. 17, 2022 ~8 min

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