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Desert Dust Alters Ecology Of Colorado Alpine Meadows
Accelerated snowmelt --
precipitated by desert dust
blowing into the mountains
-- changes how alpine plants
respond to seasonal climate
cues that regulate their
... > full story
Move Any Mountain: New Research Tracks Track Snowmelt Accurately
Water is constantly being
moved about our planet. The
water, or hydrologic, cycle
describes how water changes
from liquid to solid to
vapor and how it is stored
... > full story
Measuring Snow With A Bucket, A Windmill, And The Sun? Government Goes Off The Power Grid In Maine
In Maine, government
scientists have figured out
how to measure snowfall in
remote areas with a bucket,
a small windmill, and the
... > full story
New Antarctic Seabed Sonar Images Reveal Clues To Sea-level Rise
Motorway-sized troughs and
channels carved into
Antarctica's continental
shelves by glaciers
thousands of years ago could
... > full story
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Did Melting Snow Shape America's Southern Rocky Mountains?
July 2, 2009 — Is it possible that something as insubstantial and transitory as snow could be responsible for large scale vertical movements of Earth's surface and the excavation of deeply incised ... > full story -
Newly Discovered Snow Roots Are 'Evolutionary Phenomenon'
June 11, 2009 — It may not be the Yeti, but in a remote region of the Russian mountains a previously unknown and entirely unique form of plant root has been ... > full story -
Warming Climate Is Affecting Cascades Snowpack In Pacific Northwest
May 15, 2009 — There has been recent disagreement about the snowpack decline in the Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest, but new research leaves little doubt that a warmer climate has a significant effect on ... > full story -
March 2009 Tenth Warmest On Record For Global Temperatures
April 20, 2009 — The combined global land and ocean surface average temperature for March 2009 was the 10th warmest since records began in 1880, according to an analysis by ... > full story -
Satellite Snow Maps Help Reindeer Herders Adapt To A Changing Arctic
April 10, 2009 — Arctic reindeer herders are facing the challenges of adapting to climate change as a warmer Arctic climate makes it harder for herds to find food and navigate. To help them adapt, the ESA-backed ... > full story -
NASA Flies To Greenland To Extend Polar Science
April 1, 2009 — Imagine a piece of ice 1,000 miles long, 400 miles wide, and 2 miles thick in the center. That's the Greenland ice sheet. But that island-sized piece of ice is melting, so NASA researchers are flying ... > full story -
Ninth Warmest February For Globe, NOAA
March 16, 2009 — The combined global land and ocean surface average temperature for February 2009 was the ninth warmest since records began in 1880, according to an analysis by ... > full story -
Mathematical 'Snowfakes' Mimic Nature, Advance Science
February 25, 2009 — Exquisitely detailed and beautifully symmetrical, the snowflakes made by a mathematician are icy jewels of art. But don't be fooled; there is some serious science behind a mathematician's charming ... > full story -
Greenland And Antarctic Ice Sheet Melting, Rate Unknown
February 25, 2009 — The Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets are melting, but the amounts that will melt and the time it will take are still unknown, according to ... > full story -
Permafrost Is Thawing In Northern Sweden
February 19, 2009 — Areas with lowland permafrost are likely to shrink in northern Sweden. Warmer summers and more winter precipitation are two of the ... > full story
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