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Doing Nothing Might Be Best Management Decision for Forests Destroyed by Wind or Ice
October 17, 2012 — In newscasts after intense wind and ice storms, damaged trees stand out: snapped limbs, uprooted trunks, entire forests blown nearly flat. In a storm's wake, landowners, municipalities and state ... > full story -
Corals and Food Security: Study Shows Nations at Risk
October 17, 2012 — A new study identifies countries most vulnerable to declining coral reef fisheries from a food-security perspective while providing a framework to plan for alternative protein sources needed to ... > full story -
Too Late to Stop Global Warming by Cutting Emissions? Scientists Argue for Adaption Policies
October 17, 2012 — Governments and institutions should focus on developing adaption policies to address and mitigate against the negative impact of global warming, rather than putting the emphasis on carbon trading and ... > full story -
Shark Social Networking: Shark Migrations Studied With Underwater Robot Along Delmarva Peninsula
October 17, 2012 — Researchers are using an underwater robot to find and follow sand tiger sharks that they previously tagged with transmitters. The innovative project aims to better understand the behavior and ... > full story -
One by Land and One by Sea: NASA's Operation IceBridge Antarctic Campaign Off to a Productive Start
October 16, 2012 — NASA's Operation IceBridge got the 2012 Antarctic campaign off to a productive start with a land ice survey of Thwaites Glacier and a sea ice flight over parts of the Bellingshausen ... > full story -
Ice Sheet Retreat Controlled by the Landscape
October 16, 2012 — Ice-sheet retreat can halt temporarily during long phases of climate warming, according to ... > full story -
Long-Term Observations in the Tropics Linked to Global Climate Change
October 16, 2012 — Reports of declining ice coverage and drowning polar bears in the Arctic illustrate dramatic ecosystem responses to global climate change in Earth's polar regions. But in a first-ever account of a ... > full story -
Tropical Cyclones Are Occurring More Frequently Than Before, Study Shows
October 15, 2012 — Are there more tropical cyclones now than in the past -- or is it just something we believe because we now hear more about them through media coverage and are better able detect them with satellites? ... > full story -
Protecting and Restoring the Great Lakes
October 15, 2012 — U.S. and Canadian universities are joining forces to propose a set of long-term research and policy priorities to help protect and restore the Great Lakes and to train the next generation of ... > full story -
Climate Change: Circulation of Atlantic Ocean Was Faster During Last Ice Age Than Today
October 15, 2012 — Heat transport in the Atlantic Ocean during the last Ice Age was not weaker, as long assumed, but in fact stronger than it is today. Scientists used ultra-precise measurements of natural ... > full story
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