Glory in the Sky: New Satellite Set to Monitor the Sun and Reflected Heat to Determine Climate Effects
February 22, 2011Just how the sun's cycles of activity and Earth's atmospheric particles influence our climate is unclear, but NASA's Glory mission should provide some answers. more...
Scott's Antarctic Creatures May Give Climate Clue
February 22, 2011Tiny Antarctic marine creatures first collected by British explorer Robert Falcon Scott in 1901 may help scientists understand future climate change. (Scientific American/Reuters) more...
Major Quake Hits New Zealand
February 21, 2011Police report multiple fatalities in a city still recovering from a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Sept. 2010. (Discovery News) more...
Permafrost Meltdown May Herald Climate Catastrophe
February 20, 2011Average Arctic temperatures have risen by 2 degrees Celsius in recent years, melting soil that had been frozen for millennia, and that means both mealtime for microbes—and bad news for climate change. (Scientific American) more...
Tropical Forests Reshaped by Climate Changes
February 18, 2011Future climate change could change the shape of tropical forests, with possible consequences for carbon storage and biodiversity, a study says. (BBC News) more...
Siberia's Lake Baikal Feeling the Heat
February 18, 2011Three generations of Russian scientists have been keeping track of the world's largest and deepest lake and they're finding some surprising climate change connections. (Discovery News) more...
Study Links Extreme Weather to Climate Change
February 17, 2011Localized cyclone strike and flooding stress on the Great Barrier Reef likely to have far-reaching effects. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) more...
Extreme Storms and Floods Concretely Linked to Climate Change?
February 16, 2011New studies of severe storms and catastrophic floods provide more evidence that rising greenhouse gas levels actually do increase the odds of such extreme weather events—and perhaps make them stronger. (National Geographic) more...
Rising Seas Threaten 180 U.S. Cities by 2100
February 16, 2011Rising seas spurred by climate change could threaten 180 U.S. coastal cities by 2100, a new study says, with Miami, New Orleans and Virginia Beach among those most severely affected. (Scientific American) more...
Are Greenhouse Gases Upping the Risks of Flooding, Too?
February 16, 2011Climatologists suggest that climate change doubled the odds of the catastrophic flooding in 2000. (Scientific American) more...
Great Barrier Reef in Jeopardy Following Cyclone
February 14, 2011Localized cyclone strike and flooding stress on the Great Barrier Reef likely to have far-reaching effects. (Discovery News) more...
What's Living Where on the Seafloor?
February 11, 2011Ocean modelers are tracking the denizens of the deep from the deluge of data collected during the Census of Marine Life. (Discovery News) more...
Why it Feels Like a Polar Winter
February 11, 2011Severe winter in the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes are the result of a breakdown in the normal patterns of air pressure, winds, and the loss of sea ice in the Arctic. (Discovery News) more...
Coral Shines Light on Rainfall Records
February 10, 2011Australian researchers studying corals off the coast of Queensland have found the frequency of extreme rainfall events has increased over the past 100 years. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) more...
Satellites Could Keep an Eye Out for Floods
February 10, 2011A network of satellites could help detect who may be affected by floods—before the rain ever falls. (New Scientist) more...
Earth: 2010 Hurricane Season in 1 Minute
February 9, 2011Got a minute? Watch the entire 2010 Atlantic hurricane season blow by at lightning speed. (Discovery News) more...
Australia Corals Predict More Rains
February 9, 2011A high-resolution reconstruction of rainfall patterns going back to the middle of the 17th Century shows that extreme rain events are becoming more frequent. (Discovery News) more...
China Quakes Give U.S. Temblors Pause
February 9, 2011The unpredictable nature of quakes observed in a 2,000-year recorded history of earthquakes in north China could hold a warning for the central United States. (Discovery News) more...
Past Antarctic Cooling May Help Global Warming Study
February 9, 2011Sea temperatures off the Antarctic Peninsula have cooled over the past 12,000 years, according to a study on Wednesday that may help scientists understand the impact of modern global warming on the frozen continent. (Scientific American) more...
Seafloor Ties La Niña to Antarctic Melt
February 9, 2011A new long-term temperature record of the Western Antarctic Peninsula shows a strong link to the El Niño-La Niña cycle. (Discovery News) more...
Tree Rings Reveal History of History-Changing Mexican Droughts
February 8, 2011The water-stressed Central American region of today experienced super-droughts centuries ago that helped bring down two civilizations, says a study. (Scientific American) more...
January Arctic Sea Ice Hits Record Low
February 8, 2011Arctic sea ice was at its lowest extent in January compared with any other time in the last 32 years. (Live Science) more...
How Ocean Currents Once Warmed the Arctic
February 7, 2011New research could explain why the Arctic was much warmer during a period millions of years ago that scientists say most closely resembles Earth's climate today. (Scientific American) more...
Russian Volcano in Fresh Eruption
February 7, 2011A volcano in Russia has begun erupting, spurting ash up to four kilometres into the sky. (BBC News) more...
'Alarming' Amazon Droughts May Have Global Fallout
February 7, 2011In 2010, the Amazon experienced its second major drought in five years — both of which were thought to be once-in-a-century events; researchers say continued dry conditions could turn the carbon-absorbing forest into a major source of carbon emissions. (National Public Radio) more...
Is Severe Winter Weather Related to Global Warming?
February 7, 2011To understand how warming and snowstorms may be connected, it helps to start with the epicenter of winter weather. (The Washington Post) more...
New 'Hot Plate' Technique for Marine Study
February 4, 2011Researchers in Perth, Australia, have discovered a new method of studying the effects of ocean temperature, which could be integral to examining important marine habitats off Western Australia's mid-west coast. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) more...
Deep Below Antarctic Ice, Lake May Soon See Light
February 3, 2011Russian scientists on Antarctica are drilling down to reach a lake that's buried beneath more than two miles of ice, but some are concerned that rushing to explore the lake might disturb a primitive ecosystem that has been untouched for millions of years. (National Public Radio) more...
Cows Holding Breath Over New Methane Model
February 2, 2011Humans before the Industrial Revolution might not be to blame for early methane rise then -- cows are catching a second wind. (Discovery News) more...
Historic Pink Terraces Found in New Zealand Lake
February 2, 2011Scientists in New Zealand say they have found part of the famed Pink Terraces which were feared destroyed in a volcanic eruption 125 years ago. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) more...
Pictures: "Ominous" Japan Volcano Erupts Again
February 1, 2011The biggest explosion since the Shinmoedake volcano awoke last week coated cities in gray ash and shot debris 6,500 feet into the air. (National Geographic News) more...
Tropical Cyclones Attacking Australia: Big Pic
February 1, 2011Australia braced for Tropical Cyclone Yasi, the strongest in a series of storms to hit the country in early February. (Discovery News) more...
Dust Levels Doubled World-Wide
February 1, 2011There is twice as much dust in the atmosphere as there was 100 years ago, with consequences on global climate and ecology. (Discovery News) more...
Monster Snow and Megastorms, Oh My!
February 1, 2011All of the talk of massive storms and "snowmageddon" just might serve a higher purpose — because sometimes, the talk is not hyperbole. (National Public Radio) more...