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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
... > full story
Biologist Solves Mystery of Tropical Grasses' Origin
Biologists have found that
rainfall, not temperature,
was the primary trigger for
the evolutionary beginnings
of C4 tropical grasses. ... > full story
Animals Cope With Climate Change at the Dinner Table: Birds, Foxes and Small Mammals Adapt Their Diets to Global Warming
New research measures the
evolving body sizes of birds
and animals in areas where
climate change is most
extreme. In higher
... > 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
- Climate 'Tipping Points' May Arrive Without Warning, Says Top Forecaster
- Biologist Solves Mystery of Tropical Grasses' Origin
- Animals Cope With Climate Change at the Dinner Table: Birds, Foxes and Small Mammals Adapt Their Diets to Global Warming
- How Well Do Scientists Understand How Changes in Earth's Orbit Affect Long-Term Natural Climate Trends?
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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 -
Earlier Glacial Melt Rate Revised Downward, but Recent Melt Is Accelerating Dramatically
February 7, 2010 — Glaciologists have shown that previous studies have largely overestimated mass loss from Alaskan glaciers over the past 40 years. Recent data from the SPOT 5 and ASTER satellites have enabled ... > full story -
Oceans Reveal Further Impacts of Climate Change
February 5, 2010 — The increasing acidity of the world's oceans -- and that acidity's growing threat to marine species -- are definitive proof that the atmospheric carbon dioxide that is causing climate change is also ... > full story -
Enlisting a Drug Discovery Technique in the Battle Against Global Warming
February 4, 2010 — Scientists in Texas are reporting that a technique used in the search for new drugs could also be used in the quest to discover new, environmentally friendly materials for fighting global warming. ... > full story -
Learning from Climate's Sedimental Journey
February 4, 2010 — By analyzing sediments up to 4,000 years old, an environmental scientist is hoping to provide a tool to help predict future climate change. Ancient records of what was happening with climate ... > full story -
Black Carbon a Significant Factor in Melting of Himalayan Glaciers
February 4, 2010 — The fact that glaciers in the Himalayan mountains are thinning is not disputed. However, few researchers have attempted to rigorously examine and quantify the causes. Scientists have now isolated the ... > 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 -
Plantations Can Provide the Same Ecosystem Services as Natural Forests
February 2, 2010 — Not all plantations need to be the biological deserts that have come to characterize large-scale, industrial plantations. According to scientists, well-planned plantations can actually alleviate some ... > full story -
White Roofs May Successfully Cool Cities, Computer Model Demonstrates
February 2, 2010 — Painting the roofs of buildings white has the potential to significantly cool cities and mitigate some impacts of global warming, a new study indicates. The research, which is the first computer ... > full story
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