Research briefs

A team led by Penn State researchers reviewed studies from the past 30 years to examine whether rising temperatures are causing people to migrate out of the artic - or if, and why, they're deciding to stay.

A high-accuracy, low-cost sensor network may change the way urban floods are detected and monitored.

New data on forest fires confirms what we’ve long feared: Forest fires are becoming more widespread, burning nearly twice as much tree cover today as they did 20 years ago.

In her most recent study, Armstrong found that roughly 50% of those surveyed in the mid-south could not accurately define a tornado warning.

Scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory completed a study of how well vegetation survived extreme heat events in both urban and rural communities. The analysis informs pathways for climate mitigation and reducing the effect of urban heat islands.

Researchers report that episodes of heavy snowfall and rain likely contributed to a swarm of earthquakes over the past several years in northern Japan. The study is the first to show that climate conditions could initiate some quakes.

Researchers from UC Irvine have found evidence of the molecular causes of the damaging impact heat stress causes on the gut, liver and brain. These findings point to the potential of developing precise prognostic and therapeutic interventions.

Around five and half millenia ago, northern Africa went through a dramatic transformation. The Sahara desert expanded and grasslands, forests and lakes favoured by humans disappeared.

Researchers describe how they used several climate models and various factors that allowed them to find patterns that might be linked to the reduction of aerosols emitted into the atmosphere by China.

As climate-driven flooding becomes more common, policymakers and the public are more frequently confronted with whether to rebuild in flood-prone areas and who should be responsible for the cost repairing or replacing damaged homes and infrastructure.