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Scientists Endure Arctic For Last Campaign Prior To CryoSat-2 Launch
An international group of
scientists has swapped their
comfortable offices for one
of the most inhospitable
environments on the planet
... > full story
Climate Models Overheat Antarctica, New Study Finds
Computer analyses of global
climate have consistently
overstated warming in
Antarctica, new research
concludes. The study can
help scientists improve
... > full story
Amazon Under Threat From Cleaner Air
The Amazon rainforest, so
crucial to the Earth's
climate system, is coming
under threat from cleaner
air say prominent climate
scientists. The new study
identifies a link between
... > full story
Cyclone Nargis And Myanmar Floods Seen From Space
Envisat captured Cyclone
Nargis making its way across
the Bay of Bengal just south
of Myanmar on May 1, 2008.
The cyclone hit the coastal
region and ripped through
... > full story
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Biodiversity: It's In The Water
May 8, 2008 — What if hydrology is more important for predicting biodiversity than biology? New research challenges current thinking about biodiversity, and opens up new avenues for predicting how climate change ... > full story -
Ocean Carbon Cycle Research Gets Boost From Satellite Data
May 7, 2008 — The Earth's oceans play a vital role in the carbon cycle, making it imperative that we understand marine biological activity enough to predict how our planet will react to the extra 25,000 million ... > full story -
Chile's Chaiten Volcano One Of Scores Of Active Volcanoes In Region
May 7, 2008 — The Chaiten volcano now erupting in southern Chile is one of 200 to 300 volcanoes in the "Andean Arc" region of Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Columbia considered active by volcanologists, some of which ... > full story -
Stressed Seaweed Contributes To Cloudy Coastal Skies, Study Suggests
May 7, 2008 — Scientists have helped to identify that the presence of large amounts of seaweed in coastal areas can influence the climate. A new international study has found that large brown seaweeds, when under ... > full story -
Trouble In Paradise: Global Warming A Greater Danger To Tropical Species
May 6, 2008 — The Arctic has become a poster child for the negative effects of climate change, but new research that species living in the tropics likely face the greatest peril in a warmer ... > full story -
Asteroid Impact 65 Million Years Ago Triggered A Global Hail Of Carbon Beads
May 5, 2008 — The asteroid presumed to have wiped out the dinosaurs struck the Earth with such force that carbon deep in the Earth's crust liquefied, rocketed skyward, and formed tiny airborne beads that blanketed ... > full story -
Rocks Under The Northern Ocean Are Found To Resemble Ones Far South
May 5, 2008 — Scientists probing volcanic rocks from deep under the frozen surface of the Arctic Ocean have discovered a special geochemical signature until now found only in the southern hemisphere. The rocks ... > full story -
Coherent Description Of Earth's Inaccessible Interior Clarifies Mantle Motion
May 4, 2008 — A new model of inner Earth pulls past information and hypotheses into a coherent story to clarify mantle motion. Scientists paint a story for a chemically complex inner earth, a model that sharply ... > full story -
Geochemists Challenge Key Theory Regarding Earth's Formation
May 3, 2008 — Geologists call into question three decades of conventional wisdom regarding some of the physical processes that helped shape the Earth as we know it today. New research provides a direct challenge ... > full story -
Sun's Movement Through Milky Way Regularly Sends Comets Hurtling, Coinciding With Mass Life Extinctions
May 2, 2008 — A new study suggests the solar system passes through the plane of the galaxy every 35 to 40 million years. The period coincides with evidence of crater impact and mass extinctions on Earth. The paper ... > full story
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