Posts Tagged ‘global warming’
Glaciers shed billions of tons, satellites show
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — Ice caps and glaciers outside the regions of Greenland and Antarctica are shedding roughly 150 billion tons of ice annually. Continue…
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 15:47 - 0 Comments
Earth & Environment - Jan 23, 2012 11:52 - 1 Comment
Amazon basin shows signs of stress
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — Human land-use activity has begun to change the regional water and energy cycles of parts of the Amazon basin. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 19, 2012 12:17 - 2 Comments
Climate conflict: Sea level vs. surface temp
PENN STATE (US) — Engineering our way out of global climate warming may not be as easy as simply reducing the incoming solar energy, a research team concludes. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 12, 2012 10:45 - 0 Comments
With less hail, flood risk may rise in Rockies
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — Climate changes may mean summertime hail could disappear from the eastern flank of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains by 2070, a new study shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 7, 2011 12:24 - 1 Comment
Climate change may drive vacation plans
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Peak visitation at US national parks is four days earlier on average than 30 years ago, one example of how global warming may be influencing people’s “weather-related” behavior. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Nov 23, 2011 12:40 - 0 Comments
Deforestation’s effects? Location, location
UC DAVIS (US) — The impact of deforestation on global warming varies with latitude, a finding that calls for revised climate-monitoring strategies, a new study shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Nov 10, 2011 15:46 - 0 Comments
Methane likely fueled Earth’s big warm-up
RICE (US) — New calculations suggest the release of massive amounts of carbon from methane hydrate frozen under the seafloor 56 million years ago likely led to a major climate shift on Earth. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 18, 2011 10:02 - 5 Comments
In experimental forest, trees soak up CO2
U. MICHIGAN (US) — North American forests appear to have a greater capacity to soak up heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas than previously thought. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 19, 2011 11:51 - 1 Comment
Downward slide for arctic sea ice
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — The blanket of sea ice that floats on the Arctic Ocean appears to have reached its lowest extent for 2011, the second lowest recorded since satellites began measuring it in 1979. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 15, 2011 11:15 - 5 Comments
Don’t blame clouds for climate change
TEXAS A&M (US) — Clouds are not the root cause of climate change, but only amplify global warming brought on by human activity, according to a new study. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 13, 2011 10:26 - 0 Comments
Volcanic vents belch pure CO2 into sea
STANFORD (US) — Rare volcanic vents in the Mediterranean Sea bubble carbon dioxide, making the water more acidic—a glimpse of how marine ecosystems may be affected as global warming intensifies. (more…)
Top Stories - Aug 24, 2011 9:41 - 0 Comments
Fingernails are 55 million years old
U. FLORIDA (US) — Nails on fingers and toes first appeared at the same time as a 200,000-year global warming event 55 million years ago, giving modern primates better agility and the ability to grasp. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 23, 2011 10:34 - 1 Comment
Polar sea ice: Down but not out
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Polar sea ice can recover from even the harshest period of climate-induced melting as long as the planet cools again, according to a new study. (more…)
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…)
Science & Technology - Aug 10, 2011 11:34 - 0 Comments
Dino footprints discovered Down Under
EMORY (US) — Polar dinosaur tracks from about 105 million years ago are offering clues into animal behavior during the last period of pronounced global warming. (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 - 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…)
