Press Releases from AAAS
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Quantifying climate impacts: New comprehensive model comparison launched
(Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)) Climate change has impacts on forests, fields, rivers -- and thereby on humans that breathe, eat and drink. To assess these impacts more accurately, a comprehensive comparison of computer-based simulations from all over the world will start this week.
Energy department to launch new energy innovation hub focused on advanced batteries and energy storage
(DOE/US Department of Energy) Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced today plans to launch a new Energy Innovation Hub for advanced research on batteries and energy storage with an investment of up to $120 million over five years.
Planet Under Pressure conference (London, UK, March 26-29)
(Earth System Science Partnership) More than 2,500 leading thinkers in a wide range of global change research areas will present new findings in climate change, environmental geo-engineering, international governance, the future of the oceans and biodiversity, global trade, development, poverty alleviation, food security and more.
Political leaders play key role in how worried Americans are by climate change
(Ohio State University) More than extreme weather events and the work of scientists, it is national political leaders who influence how much Americans worry about the threat of climate change, new research finds.
What drives public opinion on climate change?
(Springer) The researchers reveal that the driving factor that most influences public opinion on climate change is the mobilizing efforts of advocacy groups and elites. The study conducted an empirical analysis of the factors affecting US public concern about the threat of climate change between January 2002 and December 2010.
Penn researchers uncover a mechanism to explain dune field patterns
(University of Pennsylvania) In a study of the harsh but beautiful White Sands National Monument in New Mexico, University of Pennsylvania researchers have uncovered a unifying mechanism to explain dune patterns.
Tree rings may underestimate climate response to volcanic eruptions
(Penn State) Some climate cooling caused by past volcanic eruptions may not be evident in tree-ring reconstructions of temperature change because large enough temperature drops lead to greatly shortened or even absent growing seasons, according to climate researchers, who compared tree-ring temperature reconstructions with model simulations of past temperature changes.
Land-cover changes do not impact glacier loss
(University of Innsbruck) A new study shows that land-cover changes, in particular deforestation, in the vicinity of glaciers do not have an impact on glacier loss.
Sediments from the Enol lake reveal more than 13,500 years of environmental history
(FECYT - Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology) A team of Spanish researchers have used different geological samples, extracted from the Enol lake in Asturias, to show that the Holocene, a period that started 11,600 years ago, did not have a climate as stable as was believed.
Plant power: The ultimate way to 'go green'?
(Cell Press) Researchers are turning to plants and solar power in the search for new sources of renewable and sustainable energy that can support the transition from rapidly depleting fossil fuels to a bio-based society. An article published by Cell Press in the Feb.