Environment and ecosystems

Egypt’s Nile Delta climate resilience project combines nature-based coastal protection, integrated planning, stronger institutions and monitoring systems to address sea-level rise, erosion, flooding and saltwater intrusion.

A new study has found a self-reinforcing interaction between temperature, soil moisture, and atmospheric pressure is being triggered at high temperatures, making extreme heatwaves 10 percent hotter than they would otherwise be.

Researchers analyzed the chemical composition of coral skeletons to study how the Pacific Ocean has changed over thousands of years.

Pamarawan, a fishing village at North Manila Bay, no longer experiences flooding after the construction of a nature-based coastal defense and flood control project, touted as a potential model to address similar flooding problems elsewhere in the country.

GPS-tracked heat exposure revealed dangerous daytime exposure and hot nights for unsheltered Salt Lake City residents. Findings inform a report calling for more public shade, cooling spaces and a state-wide Code Red policy.

The combination of heat waves and drought markedly reduces the capacity of street trees to cool the air in Mediterranean cities.

Ocean currents are changing, with global climate implications, yet governments remain unprepared. Of 91 national adaptation plans submitted to the UN, only two mention the key Atlantic current, and neither outlines action for a possible collapse.

Longer warm seasons means mosquitoes will become a growing public health issue, and controlling them will become increasingly crucial.

This study develops a machine-learning classification framework (MLCF) to attribute the cause of wildfire ignitions as either human- or lightning-induced on a global, event-level scale.