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Where Have All The Butterflies Gone?
May 8, 2006 — Cold, wet conditions early in the year mean that 2006 is shaping up as the worst year for California's butterflies in almost four decades, according to Art Shapiro, professor of evolution and ecology ... > full story -
Earth From Space: Iceberg Knocks The Block Off Drygalski Ice Tongue
April 7, 2006 — An enormous iceberg, C-16, rammed into the well-known Drygalski Ice Tongue, a large sheet of glacial ice and snow in the Central Ross Sea in Antarctica, on 30 March 2006, breaking off the tongue's ... > full story -
Greenland's Glaciers Pick Up Pace In Surge Toward The Sea
April 2, 2006 — With warming temperatures as the possible underlying cause, scientists wonder what is pushing Greenland's glaciers out to sea as much as 50 percent quicker than before. As a glacier loses large ... > full story -
New Test Of Snow's Thickness May 'Bear' Results Key To Polar Climate Studies, Wildlife Habitat
March 18, 2006 — A NASA-funded expedition to the Arctic to map the thickness of snow has a legion of unexpected furry fans hailing from one of the world's coldest regions: polar ... > full story -
Unique Weather Radar To Investigate Snowfall
March 17, 2006 — The Department of Physical Sciences at the University of Helsinki has acquired a state-of-the-art polarimetric weather radar reserved exclusively for research. The scientists intend to focus on snow ... > full story -
Scientists In Dogged Pursuit Of Snow Research Embark On Arctic Trek
March 17, 2006 — An expedition into the frozen Arctic using dogsled teams kicked off March 12 from Alaska to help NASA find out how much snow blankets the Earth. This NASA-funded trek is one leg of a multi-sponsor ... > full story -
Radar Altimetry Confirms Global Warming Is Affecting Polar Glaciers
March 17, 2006 — Scientists have confirmed that climate warming is changing how much water remains locked in the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, according to an article published in the Journal of ... > full story -
Chance Discovery: Alaska Range Glacier Surges
March 16, 2006 — There is evidence that the McGinnis Glacier, a little-known tongue of ice in the central Alaska Range, has surged. Assistant Professor of Physics Martin Truffer recently noticed the lower portion of ... > full story -
NASA Finds Stronger Storms Change Heat And Rainfall Worldwide
March 12, 2006 — Studies have shown that over the last 40 years, a warming climate has been accompanied by fewer rain- and snow-producing storms in mid-latitudes around the world, but the storms that are happening ... > full story -
Study Previews Ice Sheet Melting, Rapid Climate Change
March 12, 2006 — The behavior of a massive ice sheet that existed in northern Europe at the end of the last Ice Age has been outlined for the first time, and researchers believe it may provide a sneak preview of how ... > full story
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