Historic iceberg surges offer insights on modern climate change A great armada entered the North Atlantic, launched from the cold shores of North America. But rather than ships off to war, this force was a fleet of icebergs. And the havoc it wrought was to the ocean current itself. The future of the Atlantic circulation will be determined by a tug-o-war between Greenland's decreasing ice flux and its increasing freshwater runoff.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/r....eleases/2024/05/2405

People are altering decomposition rates in waterways Humans may be accelerating the rate at which organic matter decomposes in rivers and streams on a global scale, according to a new study. That could pose a threat to biodiversity in waterways around the world and increase the amount of carbon in Earth's atmosphere, potentially exacerbating climate change. The study is the first to combine a global experiment and predictive modeling to illustrate how human impacts to waterways may contribute to the global climate crisis.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/r....eleases/2024/05/2405

Fatal attraction: When endangered species try to mate with domestic relatives, both wildlife and people lose Sticks and stones aren't enough to thwart biological attraction, but sometimes those are the only tools available to pastoralists trying to prevent wildlife from eloping with their livestock. A new study brings awareness to both the human impacts of these encounters -- ranging from economic loss to death -- and conservation concerns for the wild animals that are often endangered.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/r....eleases/2024/05/2405

Health risk from global warming predictor of city climate action during COVID-19, study finds City officials were more likely to maintain climate action during the pandemic in places with more climate-related health issues affecting residents.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/r....eleases/2024/05/2405

Global activity of seafloor biodiversity mapped A team of scientists has used artificial intelligence (AI) to map the activities of seafloor invertebrate animals, such as worms, clams and shrimps, across all the oceans of the world.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/r....eleases/2024/05/2405