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Documented Decrease in Frequency of Hawaii's Northeast Trade Winds
October 12, 2012 — Scientists have observed a decrease in the frequency of northeast trade winds and an increase in eastern trade winds over the past nearly four decades, according to a recent ... > full story -
Drought, Climate Change Impact Salamander Survival Rates
October 10, 2012 — On the heels of one the worst U.S. droughts in more than half a century, a new study raises questions about the future of one of the most integral members of stream ecosystems throughout the ... > full storyMore: -
Changes in Atlantic Ocean Temperature Affects Western Amazonia Climate
October 1, 2012 — A new paper reveals that changes in the temperature of the Atlantic Ocean quickly translate into climate change in western ... > full story -
Climate Change Could Cripple Southwestern U.S. Forests: Trees Face Rising Drought Stress and Mortality as Climate Warms
September 30, 2012 — Combine the tree-ring growth record with historical information, climate records, and computer-model projections of future climate trends, and you get a grim picture for the future of trees in the ... > full story -
Droughts Are Pushing Trees to the Limit
September 11, 2012 — Southwestern droughts made more severe by warming temperatures are pushing plants up against extremely stressful growing conditions, a new study has found, identifying an increasingly water-thirsty ... > full story -
Forest Mortality and Climate Change: The Big Picture
September 9, 2012 — Over the past two decades, extensive forest death triggered by hot and dry climatic conditions has been documented on every continent except Antarctica. Forest mortality due to drought and heat ... > full story -
Surviving Drought: Discovery May Help Protect Crops from Stressors
August 30, 2012 — New findings of a key genetic mechanism in plant hormone signaling may help save crops from stress and help address human ... > full story -
No-Till Farming Helps Capture Snow and Soil Water
August 30, 2012 — A smooth blanket of snow in the winter can help boost dryland crop productivity in the summer, and no-till management is one way to ensure that blanket coverage, according to new ... > full story -
What's Behind Rising Food Prices, Beyond the U.S. Drought
August 29, 2012 — Although many U.S. consumers were alarmed to see news reports this summer of droughts leaving shriveled crops dying in the fields, a professor of food marketing warns other factors will have a ... > full story -
Good News from the Bad Drought: Gulf 'Dead Zone' Smallest in Years
August 24, 2012 — The worst drought to hit the United States in at least 50 years does have one benefit: It has created the smallest "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico in years, say ... > full story
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