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Climate 'Tipping Points' May Arrive Without Warning, Says Top Forecaster
A new study by a top
ecological forecaster says
it is harder than experts
thought to predict when
sudden shifts in Earth's
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Thirty-Eight Percent of World's Surface in Danger of Desertification
Researchers have measured
the degradation of the
planet's soil using the Life
Cycle Assessment (LCA), a
scientific methodology that
... > full story
Carbonate Veins Reveal Chemistry of Ancient Seawater
The chemical composition of
our oceans is not constant
but has varied significantly
over geological time. In a
new study, researchers
describe a novel method for
... > full story
How Well Do Scientists Understand How Changes in Earth's Orbit Affect Long-Term Natural Climate Trends?
The notion that scientists
understand how changes in
Earth's orbit affect climate
well enough for estimating
long-term natural climate
... > full story
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Better Weather Forecasts With a Map Showing Atmospheric Vapor
February 8, 2010 — Weather forecasts, satellite navigation in cars and the inspection of dikes or natural gas fields: these applications using satellite data would all be even more accurate if we knew more about the ... > full story -
Instruments to Study Space Weather Set for NASA Launch
February 7, 2010 — A $32 million instrument package set for launch Feb. 9 by NASA should help scientists better understand the violent effects of the sun on near-Earth space weather that can affect satellites, ... > full story -
Seabed Biodiversity of the Straits of Magellan and Drake Passage
February 5, 2010 — A study of animals visible to the naked eye and living in and on the seabed -- the "macrobenthos" -- of the Straits of Magellan and Drake Passage will help scientists understand the biodiversity, ... > full story -
New Research Rejects 80-Year Theory of 'Primordial Soup' as the Origin of Life
February 3, 2010 — For 80 years it has been accepted that early life began in a "primordial soup" of organic molecules before evolving out of the oceans millions of years later. Today the "soup" theory has been ... > full story -
Airborne Radar Captures Image of Post-Quake Haiti
February 2, 2010 — JPL's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) captured a composite image of the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and the surrounding region on Jan. 27, 2010. This image will be ... > full story -
Glacier-Melting Debate Highlights Importance of Satellites
February 2, 2010 — The intense public debate on how rapidly the Himalayan glaciers are retreating highlights the necessity for the constant monitoring of glaciers worldwide by ... > full story -
Disappearing Ducks?
February 2, 2010 — The loss of wetlands in the prairie pothole region of central North America due to a warmer and drier climate will negatively affect millions of waterfowl that depend on the region for food, shelter ... > full story -
World Wetlands Day Focuses on Climate Change
February 2, 2010 — World Wetlands Day 2010: 'Wetlands, Biodiversity and Climate Change' stresses the fact that caring for wetlands is a part of the solution to climate change with the slogan: 'Caring for wetlands ... > full story -
Environmental Change Impacts Oklahoma Rivers
February 1, 2010 — Biodiversity in freshwater systems is impacted as much or more by environmental change than tropical rain forests, according to new ... > full story -
Stratospheric Water Vapor Is a Global Warming Wild Card
February 1, 2010 — A 10 percent drop in water vapor ten miles above Earth's surface has had a big impact on global warming, say researchers. The findings might help explain why global surface temperatures have not ... > full story
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