Category: Environment, Climate
16 May 2013
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Atlantic Coast Warping Like a 'Magic Carpet'
Discovery may change how geologists reconstruct past climate
15 May 2013
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Study of Controversial Dam Reveals Hidden Dependence on Rainforest
Deforestation in Amazon reduces electricity from hydropower dams by up to 40%
14 May 2013
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ScienceShot: The Big Unknown in Sea-Level Rise
Research consortium finally pegs impact of melting ice sheets
30 April 2013
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ScienceShot: Global Warming at Your Doorstep
Yards may be pumping a surprising amount of carbon into the atmosphere
25 April 2013
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ScienceShot: For Great Tits, Climate Change's Downside Leads to Upside
Less competition buffers birds against food source loss
15 April 2013
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Color-Changing Hare Can't Keep Up With Climate Change
Winter white becomes a lagomorph’s liability when snow melts early
8 April 2013
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ScienceShot: Climate Change Will Boost Plane Turbulence
By some measures, flight time spent in bumpy air could more than double in coming decades
21 March 2013
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Warming World Caused Southern Ocean to Exhale
Ocean sediment cores suggest these waters might sequester less CO2 in future
18 February 2013
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Handicapping the River's Rise
Adding probabilities to flood predictions could help mitigate natural disasters
17 February 2013
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Live Chat: Our Toxic Environment
Talk with experts about how chemicals like lead and BPA are impacting human health
16 February 2013
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ScienceShot: Ancient Pee Provides Clues to Africa's Past
Hyrax waste suggests a wetter southern continent 12,000 years ago
14 February 2013
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Drugged Fish Lose Their Inhibitions, Get the Munchies
Antianxiety medications in waterways may be having profound impacts on fish behavior
11 February 2013
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Slumping Arctic Soils Produce Significant Amounts of CO2
Sinkholes called thermokarsts could be a large source of greenhouse gases
8 February 2013
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Saving the Past in Dying Trees
Project aims to collect climate records in Hemlocks before they disappear
1 February 2013
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California Irrigation Changing Weather Patterns in American Southwest
Billions of liters of water boosting rainfall and flooding
30 January 2013
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ScienceShot: Arctic Driftwood Reveals Its Secrets
Tree detritus could reveal long-term changes in ocean currents, climate
16 January 2013
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Live Chat: Can We Conquer Climate Change?
Talk to experts about what it may take to phase-out greenhouse gas emissions
15 January 2013
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Soot Is Warming the World, A Lot
A massive assessment finds that dirty burning is the second largest man-made contributor to global warming behind carbon dioxide
15 January 2013
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ScienceShot: It's Official ... Last Year Was One of the Warmest on Record
Temperatures were about 0.57°C above the 20th century average
7 January 2013
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A Glimmer of Hope for Coral Reefs
New study identifies genes behind coral resilience to climate change
3 January 2013
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El Niños Are Highly Unpredictable
Climate phenomenon even more variable than average during 20th century
20 December 2012
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Coral Reefs Could Be Decimated by 2100
Fresh simulations offer grim outlook on fate of oceans
7 December 2012
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Widespread Devastation Found in 2010 Amazon Megadrought
Data from new scanner could settle debate over drought impacts
7 December 2012
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Ticking Arctic Carbon Bomb May Be Bigger Than Thought
New field work, analyses raise alarm on thawing permafrost
21 November 2012
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Trees Living on the Edge
Forests poorly equipped to deal with drought as the climate gets drier
14 November 2012
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Recent Drought Trends Not So Cut-and-Dried
A commonly used metric to assess dry spells can overestimate their effects
7 November 2012
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Hog Farm Stink Raises Neighbors' Blood Pressure
The farm odors have a measurable effect on human health
23 September 2012
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Stratospheric Winds Churn Up the Abyss
By influencing ocean circulation, upper atmosphere isn't above it all
11 September 2012
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ScienceShot: Breaking the Ice Won't Help Foxes Mingle
Ancient arctic foxes crossed sea ice into Iceland
11 September 2012
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Greenland Lemmings' Collapse Pushes Predators to Brink
Snowy owl and stoat are struggling to survive
1 August 2012
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ScienceShot: Earth Keeps Sucking Up Greenhouse Gases
Planet's carbon sinks are doing their job, according to new study
25 July 2012
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Live Chat: Invasive Species,Threats or Just Misunderstood?
Talk with experts about the ecological role of introduced species
10 July 2012
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Global Warming Punched Up Some 2011 Weather Extremes
Analyses find humans amped Texas drought but not Thai flooding
1 June 2012
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ScienceShot: Climate Combat Could Turn Sky White
Adding tiny aerosols to atmosphere to curb global warming could brighten the heavens
14 May 2012
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Keeping Greenhouse Emitters Honest
New technique can track changes in a city's carbon dioxide emissions, ensuring compliance with climate change treaties
10 May 2012
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Primeval Land Rises From the Ashes
A "vegetational Pompeii" buried in a coal deposit is shedding light on the Permian period
3 May 2012
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Whoa There! Some Greenland Glaciers Slowing Down
Ice loss in coming decades will be considerable, but less than many previous estimates
1 May 2012
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ScienceShot: There's Cow in Your Smog
California bovines contribute to air pollution
29 April 2012
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ScienceShot: Wind Farms Warm the Night
West Texas turbines found to increase local temperatures by as much as 0.65°C
20 April 2012
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ScienceShot: No Letup in World's Warming
Oceans continue to soak up most of our greenhouse heat
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