Posts Tagged ‘climate change’
Earth & Environment - May 10, 2011 12:16 - 0 Comments
Warming bypasses US crops—for now
STANFORD (US) — Global warming has spared wheat and corn crops in the US, Canada, and northern Mexico, while taking a toll worldwide, according to a new study. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 9, 2011 12:04 - 1 Comment
Farmers need to mix it up
IOWA STATE (US) — To reduce financial risk and improve sustainability, U.S. farmers need to plant a wider variety of crops and make better use of marginal land. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 29, 2011 11:03 - 0 Comments
Sugarcane: Climate’s double-edged sword
STANFORD (US) — Depending on the comparison, farming sugarcane for biofuel is either better for the environment or worse. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 20, 2011 13:54 - 0 Comments
Climate heats up political divide
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Over the past decade, Republicans have increasingly denied global warming and Democrats have increasingly expressed belief in its existence. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 30, 2011 9:25 - 1 Comment
Erratic ice sheet raising sea levels
U. LEEDS (UK) — At some point in time, the Antarctic ice sheet was extensive enough and thick enough to move boulders the size of a small family car. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 25, 2011 11:33 - 1 Comment
Climate: Think globally, act locally
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — Global warming is affecting the environment, but trying to tease apart specific contributions of greenhouse gas to extinctions or declines is misguided and a waste of financial resources. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 22, 2011 14:33 - 0 Comments
Climate cynics lack media literacy
CORNELL (US) — The public’s distrust of climate science is due in large part to an overall misunderstanding of how the media works and where it gets and how it disseminates its information. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 21, 2011 12:26 - 2 Comments
Bad weather’s good for ‘going green’
CARDIFF / NOTTINGHAM (UK) — When bad weather hits home, concerns about climate change increase—as does the willingness to engage in energy-saving behaviors. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 16, 2011 10:29 - 0 Comments
Global warming blights world’s corn
STANFORD (US) — Corn—long believed to tolerate hot temperatures—is a likely victim of global warming, according to historical crop yield data from Africa. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 11, 2011 12:10 - 4 Comments
Warming puts heat on U.S. military ops
TEXAS A&M (US) — Changing global climate due to ongoing warming will present national and homeland security challenges requiring the U.S. military to adopt new ways of doing business worldwide. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 8, 2011 11:22 - 0 Comments
Algae spew mucus to alter sea ice
U. WASHINGTON-SEATTLE (US) — The discovery that sea-ice algae release mucus to create microchannels raises questions about the long-term effects on the ice and on animals up the food chain. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 4, 2011 16:53 - 5 Comments
Climate change’s biggest losers
MCGILL U. (CAN) — Climate change in 50 years is expected to have the greatest impact on populations least responsible for causing the problem. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 23, 2011 14:14 - 0 Comments
Taking temp of sun’s impact on climate
U. COLORADO (US) — A $28 million instrument scheduled to launch this week aboard NASA’s Glory mission will study changes in the sun’s brightness and its impact on Earth’s climate. (more…)
Top Stories - Feb 21, 2011 11:54 - 0 Comments
Committed to a hotter climate
U. WASHINGTON-SEATTLE (US) — If all greenhouse gas emissions stopped today, it’s possible temperatures on Earth would continue to climb. (more…)
Top Stories - Feb 18, 2011 11:17 - 1 Comment
On coral reef, location seals fate
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Off the coast of Belize researchers have identified a troubling change in coral growth patterns on the world’s second largest barrier reef system. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 17, 2011 15:02 - 2 Comments
Warming shifts insect-plant interaction
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Global warming and the associated higher carbon dioxide levels may affect plant evolution by altering the selection pressure that insects exert on plants. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 28, 2011 11:35 - 0 Comments
Fossils link cooler ocean to extinction
CALTECH (US) — New evidence supports the idea that a mass extinction 450 million years ago was linked to a cooling climate. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 26, 2011 16:31 - 2 Comments
More melting may slow glacier flow
U. LEEDS (UK) — Hotter summers may not be as catastrophic for the Greenland ice sheet as previously feared and may actually slow down the flow of glaciers. (more…)
