Posts Tagged ‘climate’
Why beers warm up faster in humid weather
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Condensation on a can of beer or soda provides more heat than the surrounding air, which means humid weather warms up your drink more than twice as much as dry heat does. Continue…
Friday, April 26, 2013 12:08 - 1 Comment
Science & Technology - Apr 2, 2013 12:24 - 0 Comments
To sprout lettuce year-round, ‘mute’ gene
UC DAVIS (US) — The discovery of a lettuce gene and related enzyme that put the brakes on germination during hot weather could lead to lettuce that can sprout all year, even at high temperatures. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 18, 2013 10:17 - 0 Comments
Both heat and humidity predict flu globally
U. ARIZONA / COLUMBIA U. (US ) — Flu season and cold weather are usually thought to go hand-in-hand, but a new study links two types of environmental conditions to “influenza peaks:” cold-dry and humid-rainy. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 14, 2013 10:27 - 4 Comments
Bumble bee loss threatens food security
RUTGERS (US) — Wild pollinators are just as important, and often more efficient, at pollinating crops than domestic honey bee colonies, but bumble bee colonies are vanishing. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 12, 2013 12:12 - 0 Comments
Tree rings detail 470 years of ‘monsoon failure’
U. ARIZONA (US) — Tree rings in southwestern North America show that long-term droughts have been caused by a lack of both summer and winter rains. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 6, 2013 7:12 - 1 Comment
Basic physics may speed up climate modeling
BROWN / U. LEEDS (US) — A new approach that uses basic physics to simulate key elements of climate change may be more effective than methods that “follow every little swirl of water or air,” researchers say. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 28, 2013 12:50 - 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe clearest in 10 years
UC DAVIS (US) — Lake Tahoe’s clarity improved in 2012 for the second year in a row, and its waters were the clearest in 10 years, a new study reports. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 20, 2013 12:03 - 0 Comments
More ‘goop’ won’t change how clouds form
GEORGIA TECH (US) — When it comes to forming droplets that make up clouds, a little oily organic material doesn’t matter much—good news for reducing the uncertainty of climate model predictions. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 29, 2013 13:40 - 3 Comments
Could high-flying bacteria affect the weather?
GEORGIA TECH (US) — Bacteria living four to six miles above the surface of the Earth could be playing a role in the formation of ice that affects weather and climate. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 2, 2013 12:21 - 0 Comments
How ‘tip jet’ winds affect ocean circulation
U. TORONTO (CAN) — Gale-force winds that whip around the Greenland coast are driving ocean circulation, a study confirms. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Nov 29, 2012 13:49 - 0 Comments
Warm ocean speeds ice melt in Antarctica
TEXAS A&M (US) — The melting rate of certain glaciers in Antarctica is unmistakably accelerating, scientists report. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 29, 2012 13:38 - 1 Comment
US population shifts to hot, dry climate
MCGILL (CAN) — As Jason Samson sees it, climate is as important in shaping the distribution and movement of humans as it is in other animals. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 22, 2012 10:24 - 6 Comments
Lethal heat turned Earth into ‘broken world’
U. LEEDS (UK) — The “dead zone” period that followed the worst extinction of all time lasted 5 million years because it was simply too hot to survive. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 2, 2012 11:34 - 2 Comments
100 years of rain recorded in Amazon tree rings
U. LEEDS (US) — Researchers have used tree rings from eight cedars in Bolivia to determine how much it has rained over the Amazon basin during the past century. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 1, 2012 10:37 - 1 Comment
Did tropical rain create Great Salt Lake?
STANFORD / TEXAS A&M (US) — Utah’s Great Salt Lake may have formed when the area was flooded by storms moving up from the tropics during the last glacial period, new research suggests. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 28, 2012 13:21 - 0 Comments
Old clam shells act like ocean sensors
IOWA STATE (US) — Radiocarbon data from clam shells are telling the story of the Atlantic Ocean’s past. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 19, 2012 11:43 - 1 Comment
Will Arctic shrink leave seal pups homeless?
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Shrinking sea ice in the Arctic could dramatically reduce areas where it’s suitable for ringed seals to reproduce, threatening their survival. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 10, 2012 11:24 - 1 Comment
Will loss of Amazon forests reduce rain?
U. LEEDS (UK) — The destruction of tropical rainforests could reduce rain across the Amazon basin in the dry season by as much as 21 percent by 2050, experts report. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 27, 2012 16:45 - 0 Comments
Plants ‘bundle up’ when days grow short
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Mechanisms that protect plants from freezing are placed in storage during the summer and then unpacked when days get shorter and temperatures drop. (more…)
