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Global Land Temperature Warmest On Record In March 2008
The average global land
temperature in March of 2008
was the warmest on record
and ocean surface
temperatures were the 13th
warmest. Combining the land
... > full story
Journey To The Center Of The Earth: Discovery Sheds Light On Mantle Formation
Uncovering a rare,
two-billion-year-old window
into the Earth's mantle,
geoscientists have found our
planet's geological history
... > full story
Current Major Flooding In U.S. A Sign Of Things To Come, NOAA Predicts
Major floods striking
America's heartland in
mid-March offer a preview of
the spring seasonal outlook,
according to NOAA's National
... > full story
Satellites Can Help Arctic Grazers Survive Killer Winter Storms
Rain falling on snow sounds
like a relatively harmless
weather event, but when it
happens in the far north it
can mean lingering death for
reindeer, musk oxen and
... > full story
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Arctic Sea Ice Still At Risk Despite Cold Winter, NASA Says
March 19, 2008 — Using the latest satellite observations, NASA researchers and others report that the Arctic is still on "thin ice" when it comes to the condition of sea ice cover in the region. A colder-than-average ... > full story -
Coolest Winter Since 2001 For U.S., Globe, According To NOAA Data
March 15, 2008 — The average temperature across both the contiguous U.S. and the globe during climatological winter (December 2007-February 2008) was the coolest since 2001, according to scientists at NOAA’s ... > full story -
Warmer Springs Mean Less Snow, Fewer Flowers In The Rockies
March 6, 2008 — Spring in the Rockies begins when the snowpack melts. But with the advent of global climate change, the snow is gone sooner. Some of the region's wildflowers are blooming less because of it. Three ... > full story -
Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse Blamed On More Than Climate Change
February 11, 2008 — When the Larsen B Ice Shelf in Antarctica collapsed in 2002, the event appeared to be a sudden response to climate change, and this long, fringing ice shelf in the north west part of the Weddell Sea ... > full story -
Human-caused Climate Change At Root Of Diminishing Water Flow In Western US, Scientists Find
February 1, 2008 — The Rocky Mountains have warmed by 2 degrees Fahrenheit. The snowpack in the Sierras has dwindled by 20 percent and the temperatures there have heated up by 1.7 degrees Fahrenheit. All could lead to ... > full story -
Alaska Glacier Speed-up Tied To Internal Plumbing Issues, Says Study
January 18, 2008 — Meltwater periodically overwhelms the interior drainpipes of Alaska's Kennicott Glacier and causes it to lurch forward, similar to processes that may help explain the acceleration of glaciers ... > full story -
Increasing Amounts Of Ice Mass Have Been Lost From West Antarctica
January 14, 2008 — Increasing amounts of ice mass have been lost from West Antarctica and the Antarctic peninsula over the past ten years, according to new research. Scientists arrived at a best estimate of a loss of ... > full story -
Older Arctic Sea Ice Replaced By Young, Thin Ice
January 13, 2008 — A new study indicates older, multi-year sea ice in the Arctic is giving way to younger, thinner ice, making it more susceptible to record summer sea-ice lows like the one that occurred in ... > full story -
Faster Help For Avalanche Victims
December 9, 2007 — Victims buried by an avalanche only have a chance of survival if they can be quickly and precisely located under the snow. A novel position-ing system, which will use the signals of Europe's future ... > full story -
City Dwellers Look To Backyards When Deciding To Head To Slopes
December 6, 2007 — City dwellers are less likely to head to the slopes when their backyards are bare, even if New England ski resorts have many feet of packed power and ideal skiing conditions, according to new ... > full story
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