Posts Tagged ‘climate change’
Earth & Environment - Aug 17, 2011 13:01 - 0 Comments
Climate dimming clarity of Lake Tahoe
UC DAVIS (US) — The water clarity of Lake Tahoe in 2010 dropped to the second-lowest level ever recorded. Researchers suspect the combined effect of changes in climate and algae are to blame. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 12, 2011 14:03 - 0 Comments
Climate change consequences poles apart
PENN STATE (US) — Climate change induced warming affects ice and frozen ground at both the North and South poles, but the ramifications differ because of geography and geology. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 9, 2011 14:07 - 0 Comments
Aerosols haze climate predictions
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Aerosols mask the effect of greenhouse gases on the Earth’s climate, and satellite-based projections significantly underestimate their impact, a new study finds. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 1, 2011 10:57 - 0 Comments
Tundra fires may speed climate change
U. FLORIDA (US) — After a 10,000-year absence, wildfires have returned to the Arctic tundra, and new findings raise concerns the fires could accelerate the release of carbon into the atmosphere. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 29, 2011 16:05 - 0 Comments
Heat helps exotics edge out native grass
UC BERKELEY (US) — Climate change is adding insult to injury, exacerbating the pressure placed on California’s native grasses by exotic invasive species. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 25, 2011 12:06 - 1 Comment
Trees’ footprints smaller than steel’s
U. WASHINGTON (US) — By regularly harvesting trees and using wood in place of steel and concrete, the amount of carbon dioxide taken out of the atmosphere by a forest could be quadrupled in 100 years. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 18, 2011 12:48 - 0 Comments
Glacier’s size runs hot and cold
U. BUFFALO (US) — Calving glaciers are particularly sensitive to climate change, shrinking rapidly in response to global warming and growing at a similar pace during periods of cooling. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 1, 2011 12:53 - 1 Comment
Hotter climate may be too warm for wine
STANFORD (US) — The prime real estate for growing premium wine grapes in Northern California could be cut in half in the next 30 years if global warming continues as predicted. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 30, 2011 12:58 - 3 Comments
Culture drives attitudes about climate
PENN STATE (US) — Consumerism and contraception have a significant impact on people’s attitudes about climate change, according to a new study. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 22, 2011 12:00 - 0 Comments
Salt marshes predict sea level rise
PENN STATE (US) — Scientists are using a 2,000-year history to refine models used to gauge climate-change induced sea level rise, which, during the past century, rose at a faster rate than ever before. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 22, 2011 9:05 - 3 Comments
Will global warming eclipse evolution?
UC DAVIS (US) — Climate change is leaving animals and plants little wiggle room, pushing them to the edge of their heat tolerance level. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 13, 2011 10:44 - 5 Comments
Rockies snow loss unrivaled in 800 years
U. WASHINGTON (US) — A double whammy of climate change in the Rocky Mountains during the last 50 years has caused near unprecedented levels of snowpack decline in context of the past millennium. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 7, 2011 11:37 - 0 Comments
Then vs. now: Carbon release 10x faster
PENN STATE (US) — Carbon is being released into the atmosphere 10 times faster than during a period 55 million years ago. The rate may be too rapid for the environment to adjust, researchers suggest. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 7, 2011 8:16 - 2 Comments
Hotter-than-ever summers predicted
STANFORD (US) — Large areas of Earth are expected to warm up so quickly that by the middle of the century the coolest summers will be hotter than the hottest summers of the past 50 years. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 18, 2011 10:18 - 2 Comments
Warming may spark killer heat waves
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Hundreds to thousands more city residents could die by the end of the century because of longer, more frequent heat waves brought on by global climate change. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 16, 2011 13:41 - 0 Comments
Seaports unprepared for climate change
STANFORD (US) — Seaport officials are unsure how best to protect their facilities from rising sea levels and more frequent Katrina-magnitude storms, two possible consequences of global warming. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 12, 2011 16:02 - 0 Comments
2,300 years of data warn of drought
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — A sediment core from a lake in the Andes Mountains suggests that as temperatures rise, summer monsoons will lessen, causing densely populated tropical regions to experience severe water shortages. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 11, 2011 13:58 - 0 Comments
Pollutant-H20 mix key to climate change
U. OREGON (US) — The impact that surface molecules of water have on airborne pollutants should be considered in climate modeling, given their significant effect on the future of global warming. (more…)
