Climate Change

The water cycle is crucial as it not only enables the availability of water for all living organisms but also regulates weather patterns on the Earth Climate change has been “wreaking havoc” on Earth’s water cycle by disrupting how water circulates between the ground, oceans and atmosphere, according to a new report. This has led …

Extreme rainfall, ferocious floods: How climate change is affecting Earth’s water cycle Read More »

An overview of the Penn Program on Regulation’s year-long workshop series on “AI and Climate Change.” In the race against climate change, artificial intelligence is the new kid on the block. But the early reactions are mixed. Some commentators see AI as the climate fight’s “secret weapon” while others are skeptical of its “energy guzzling” …

Charting the Intersection of Climate Change and AI Read More »

On February 2, 1887, residents of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, consulted a large rodent regarding the arrival of spring, marking the first official celebration of Groundhog Day. According to Rob Guralnick, curator of biodiversity informatics at the Florida Museum of Natural History, our ability to predict the timing of seasons hasn’t improved much since then. “We can’t …

Scientists can now predict how climate change will alter plant growth cycles Read More »

Climate change is leading to the bloom of abrupt invasive species that endanger biodiversity and wildlife Some four years after the mysterious death of nearly 400 African elephants in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, remote sensing and spatial analysis suggest that the massive die-off was a result of drinking from stagnant water holes (pans) where toxic algae …

Study confirms massive elephant die-off in Botswana was caused by toxic algal bloom due to climate change Read More »

A new study shows the extra oomph from warmer oceans made the storms strengthen by an entire hurricane category. Human-caused climate change made Atlantic hurricanes about 18 miles per hour stronger in the last six years, a new scientific study found Wednesday. For most of the storms — 40 of them — the extra oomph …

How much has climate change goosed hurricane wind strength in last several years? Read More »