IPCC info bites

10 total

07JUL 2022
Research
Why and how are cities especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change?
As a result of climate change, more and more people in cities are exposed to flooding, extreme temperatures, and water or food shortages. The infrastructure of major cities can be damaged by landslides, flooding, or temperature events, with cascading effects throughout the city. Power outages can affect water pumping, traffic control, street lighting, and hospitals, […]
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23JUN 2022
Research
How is climate change affecting the oceans?
Emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide from human activity cause ocean warming, acidification, oxygen loss, and other physical and chemical changes that are affecting marine ecosystems around the world. At the same time, natural climate variability and direct human impacts, such as overfishing and pollution, also affect marine ecosystems locally, regionally and globally. These […]
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23MAY 2022
Research
Why are biodiversity hotspots important?
Biodiversity hotspots are ecologically unique regions that are exceptionally rich in species, and are thus priority targets for nature conservation. There are many definitions of biodiversity. All of them include the variation within and between species and of ecosystems and identify a set of priority areas that cover a small portion of the Earth, but […]
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28APR 2022
Research
Can planting a tree tackle climate change?
Like all living plants, trees remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through the process of photosynthesis. Restoring and preventing further loss of native forests is therefore essential for combating climate change. It reduces human vulnerability to climate change by providing shade and cooling, reduces air pollution, stores carbon, builds natural systems resilience, prevents erosion and […]Like all living plants, trees remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through the process of photosynthesis. Restoring and preventing further loss of native forests is therefore essential for combating climate change. It reduces human vulnerability to climate change by providing shade and cooling, reduces air pollution, stores carbon, builds natural systems resilience, prevents erosion and […]
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21APR 2022
Research
Is climate change increasing wildfires?
Human-caused climate change increases wildfire by intensifying its principal driving factor – heat. The heat of climate change dries out vegetation and accelerates burning. Analyses show that human-caused climate change has driven the increases in burned area in the forests of western North America. Across the western U.S., higher temperatures caused by human-caused climate change […]
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07APR 2022
Research
How does nature benefit human health and well-being?
Human health and well-being are highly dependent on the “health” of nature. Studies show that being in direct contact with natural environments has direct positive effects on well-being, health and socio-cognitive abilities. The loss of species and biodiversity under climate change will reduce natural space, decrease biodiversity and in turn, decrease human-well-being and health worldwide. […]Human health and well-being are highly dependent on the “health” of nature. Studies show that being in direct contact with natural environments has direct positive effects on well-being, health and socio-cognitive abilities. The loss of species and biodiversity under climate change will reduce natural space, decrease biodiversity and in turn, decrease human-well-being and health worldwide. […]
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24MAR 2022
FAU news
How do extreme weather events influence the risks we face due to climate change?
Extreme weather events are one example of the shocks caused by climate change. They include heatwaves, floods, droughts, storms, and storm surges. As climate change progresses, these shocks increase. Impacts depends on degrees of vulnerability and exposure How hard they hit us, depends on how vulnerable and exposed we are to the respective situation. For […]
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22MAR 2022
FAU news
How will climate change affect water security?
On this World Water Day, we take a look at what the latest IPCC report says about water security and the effects climate change has on it. Depending on the region, climate change for one causes dry spells and droughts, decreasing water availability, especially in the arid areas of India, China, the USA and Africa. […]
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15MAR 2022
Research
What are the goals of climate change adaptation?
The goals of climate change adaptation are to reduce risk and vulnerability to climate change, strengthen resilience, enhance well-being and the capacity to anticipate, and respond successfully to change. The impacts of climate change affect people and nature in many different ways requiring different adaptation actions. The goals for these adaptation actions can relate to […]
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03MAR 2022
Research
Will species go extinct with climate change and is there anything we can do to prevent it?
Climate change has already caused some species to go extinct, and is likely to drive more species to extinction. Species have always gone extinct in the history of our planet but human activities causing climate change are accelerating this process. Recent research predicts that one-third of all plant and animal species could be extinct by […]
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