Content to: climate research

Taking Inspiration From Forests Could Increase Our City’s Resistance to Climate Change

Extreme weather conditions such as drought and heavy rain are becoming more frequent and are likely to increase even more in the future — but what is the best way to deal with them?

Starting From Scratch: ‘Basic Data’ Buoy Bolsters Marine Protection

Successful marine protection needs a strong scientific basis of sound data. A floating measuring station in the Baltic Sea aims to provide this.

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Former Reddit CEO Develops Terraware: Software for New-Generation Afforestation

Although CO2 emissions are rising, more forests are being cleared every year. Terraformation is developing innovative software to counteract this loss of biomass.

Social Media Platforms’ Climate Misinformation Leads to Action Delay – Report

Climate change denial confuses the truth by overwhelming us with misleading claims and questions. These are designed in bad faith to confuse the debate so action is delayed. But in the times when the most powerful tool of spreading information is social media, do we really know how they deal with climate disinformation?

Dandelion Seeds Inspire Lightweight Sensors for Mass Networks

Setting up sensor networks can be expensive and time consuming. A new project from the University of Washington has turned to nature for solutions.

Can Video Game Hardware Help Climate Research? Nvidia to Create a ‘Digital Twin’ of Earth

The manufacturer of graphics cards wants to use its know-how to recreate the Earth in a digital simulation on a unprecedented one metre scale.