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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 15-Sep-2025 19:11 ET (15-Sep-2025 23:11 GMT/UTC)

New US Academic Alliance for the IPCC opens critical nomination access

American Geophysical Union
Business Announcement

The American Geophysical Union and the U.S. Academic Alliance for the IPCC today open calls for U.S. researchers to self-nominate as experts, authors and review editors for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Seventh Assessment Report through a new application portal. USAA-IPCC is a newly established network of U.S. academic institutions registered as observers with the IPCC, and empowered to nominate experts for roles in IPCC reports. USAA-IPCC aims to increase awareness of authorship calls and facilitate nomination opportunities for experts in climate research and practice working in the United States.

Peatlands' potential to capture carbon upgraded as temperatures rise

CNRS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

According to a predictive model developed by a CNRS researcher¹ and his European colleagues, the microalgae present in peat bogs could offset up to 14% of future CO₂ emissions, thanks to their photosynthetic activity². This conclusion was reached by basing the work on in situ experiments and the various predictive scenarios established by the IPCC. It is the first model to quantify the potential compensation of future CO₂ emissions by peatlands on a global scale. This result lifts the veil on a currently ambiguous section of the terrestrial carbon cycle³ and its alterations by anthropogenic climate change. The associated study is published in Nature Climate Change.

Journal: Nature Climate Change

“Water Nobel Prize” for Prof. Günter Blöschl

Vienna University of Technology
Grant and Award Announcement

The world's highest award for scientific achievement in the field of water research goes to Prof. Günter Blöschl of TU Wien. For many years, he and his team at the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management have been carrying out internationally recognised work in the field of flood research.

Weather emergencies affect older adults’ views on climate and health

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Reports and Proceedings

Nearly 3 out of every 4 older Americans have experienced at least one extreme weather event in the last two years, a poll finds. And living through such an event appears to make a big difference in how they view the potential impact of climate change on their health.

Funder: University of Michigan

Which tree species fix the most carbon?

INRAE - National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment
Peer-Reviewed Publication

To answer this important question, an international consortium of scientists, coordinated by INRAE and Bordeaux Sciences Agro, studied the growth of 223 tree species planted in 160 experimental forests in different parts of the world. They found that conservative species, which are the most efficient at conserving their resources (nutrients, water, energy), generally grow faster in forests. These findings, which are available to forest managers and were published in Nature, highlight the central role of local conditions in tree growth.

Journal: Nature

AI technique boosts climate change defenses

Princeton University, Engineering School
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers simulated efforts to defend Manhattan against sea level rise through the end of this century. Compared with other systems, reinforcement learning lowered costs by 6-36% in a scenario modeling climate change under moderate carbon emissions. For a high-emissions scenario, the decrease was 9-77%.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

The changing sky that plants see

Kyushu University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Kyushu University researchers have developed a new model that can predict sunlight patterns under different weather conditions. By categorizing sunlight into five groups based on intensity and quality, the model reveals that cloudy days can help plant growth by scattering light more evenly to lower leaves. The research can potentially help farmers optimize greenhouse conditions and planting schedules throughout the season to improve agricultural productivity, and enhance our understanding of how climate change affects photosynthesis.

Journal: Ecological Informatics
Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Scientists unite to save the planet’s glaciers

University of Cambridge
Business Announcement

In response to the UN declaration of 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation and UN Decade of Action for Cryospheric Research (2025–2034), an international team of glacier scientists has formed the Glacier Stewardship Program.

Thorny skates come in snack and party sizes. After a century of guessing, scientists now know why.

Florida Museum of Natural History
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Thorny skates come in two distinct sizes along the Atlantic Coast of North America, but no one could figure out why. Then their numbers began to plummet, and it became imperative for scientists to understand whether their sizes had anything to do with it. Now we have a key part of the answer.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: Pew Charitable Trusts

Discrepancies between national climate targets and citizens' willingness to contribute to climate action

University of Oldenburg
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Governments are guided by ethical principles when it comes to climate protection, while cost-benefit considerations take priority for their citizens, according to a new study from the University of Oldenburg, Germany. The research paper reveals a discrepancy between the relatively ambitious climate targets of rich and carbon-intensive countries in colder regions and the lower levels of willingness among their populations to contribute to combating climate change. This poses a dilemma for ambitious climate politics: The study also shows that there is a correlation between this discrepancy and lower levels of satisfaction with democracy.

Journal: Ecological Economics

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