/newsroom/taxonomy/term/1543/all en /newsroom/channels/news/ecological-rule-breaker-shows-effects-climate-change-body-size-evolution-343871 <p>Does evolution follow certain rules? Can these rules be predicted? Southeast Asia’s tree shrews break multiple rules when it comes to body size variation – with an unexpected twist – according to researchers from Æ»¹ûÒùÔº, University of Cambridge, and Yale University. The <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23774-w">findings</a> shed new light on the effects of climate change on the evolution of body size in animals.</p> Fri, 25 Nov 2022 19:14:10 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 288538 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/2500-earth-could-be-alien-humans-334080 <p>To fully grasp and plan for climate impacts under any scenario, researchers and policymakers must look well beyond the 2100 benchmark. Unless CO2 emissions drop significantly, global warming by 2500 will make the Amazon barren, the American Midwest tropical, and India too hot to live in, according to a team of international scientists.</p> Tue, 12 Oct 2021 22:30:51 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 279560 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mountain-fires-burning-higher-unprecedented-rates-331540 <p>Forest fires have crept higher up mountains over the past few decades, scorching areas previously too wet to burn, according to researchers from Æ»¹ûÒùÔº. As wildfires advance uphill, a staggering 11% of all Western U.S. forests are now at risk.</p> Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:59:31 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 269868 at /newsroom /newsroom/lawrence-mysak Fri, 30 Apr 2021 20:23:00 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 262359 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/climate-change-threshold-dangerous-warming-will-likely-be-crossed-between-2027-2042-327290 <p>The threshold for dangerous global warming will likely be crossed between 2027 and 2042 – a much narrower window than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s estimate of between now and 2052. In a study published in <i><a href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00382-020-05521-x">Climate Dynamics</a></i>, researchers from Æ»¹ûÒùÔº introduce a new and more precise way to project the Earth’s temperature. Based on historical data, it considerably reduces uncertainties compared to previous approaches.</p> Mon, 21 Dec 2020 15:53:21 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 254107 at /newsroom /newsroom/bruno-tremblay Tue, 22 Dec 2020 16:17:26 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 254218 at /newsroom /newsroom/natalya-gomez Fri, 23 Oct 2020 16:20:37 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 244627 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/usa-today-arctic-will-see-ice-free-summers-2050-globe-warms-study-says-321799 <p>The Arctic Ocean will be ice-free in the summer within the next 30 years, a study says, which will result in "devastating consequences for the Arctic ecosystem," according to ƻ¹ûÒùԺ in Montreal. Sea ice is frozen ocean water that melts each summer, then refreezes each winter. The amount of summer sea ice in the Arctic has been steadily shrinking over the past few decades because of global warming. Since satellite records began in 1979, summer Arctic ice has lost 40% of its area and up to 70% of its volume, the Guardian said.</p> Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:21:53 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 209119 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/global-warming-hits-sea-creatures-hardest-296416 <p>The greater vulnerability of sea creatures may significantly impact human communities that rely on fish and shellfish for food and economic activity, according to the study published in the journal Nature. </p> Tue, 23 Apr 2019 22:07:28 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 159335 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/winds-hide-atlantic-variability-europes-winters-259681 <p><em><strong>By Chris Chipello, <a href="/newsroom">Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Newsroom</a></strong></em></p> <p><em>Study reveals how wind patterns change along with sea-surface temperatures</em></p> <p>Shifting winds may explain why long-term fluctuations in North Atlantic sea surface temperatures have no apparent influence on Europe’s wintertime temperatures. <span>The findings, published in </span><em>Nature Communications</em><span>, could also have implications for how Europe’s climate will evolve amid global warming.</span></p> Mon, 14 Mar 2016 15:43:07 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25498 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/global-warming-pause-reflects-natural-fluctuation-237538 <p>Statistical analysis of average global temperatures between 1998 and 2013 shows that the slowdown in global warming during this period is consistent with natural variations in temperature, according to research by Æ»¹ûÒùÔº physics professor Shaun Lovejoy.</p> <p> Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:06:18 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 20975 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/new-permafrost-forming-around-shrinking-arctic-lakes-237010 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:30:09 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 20850 at /newsroom /newsroom/newsroom/node/20598 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 16:24:46 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 20598 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/global-warming-felt-deepest-reaches-ocean-233810 <p> Mon, 03 Mar 2014 16:30:07 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 19779 at /newsroom