New research suggests Antarctica has been getting gradually warmer for the last 150 years, a trend not identifiable in the short meteorological records and masked at the end of the 20th century by large temperature variations.
New research shows fast-warming climate appears to be triggering genetic changes in a species of fruit fly that is native to Europe and was introduced into North and South America about 25 years ago.
Researchers at Syracuse University and Boston University have discovered evidence for a warming climate change that occurred more than 14 million years ago. The result -- catastrophic drainage of subglacial lakes caused flooding that formed a 50-kilometer maze of canyons (called the Labyrinth) in Antarctica's southern Victoria Land. Could this happen again?
As first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina nears, a just-released Zogby poll shows that not only are Americans more convinced global warming is happening, they are also linking recent intense weather events like Hurricane Katrina and this summer's heat wave and droughts to global warming.
The California Climate Action Team has released a summary report of 17 scientific studies examining the potential impacts of climate change on California. Today, officials discussed the report, the science and what the state is doing to take action on reducing heat-trapping gases that threaten to cause more frequent coastal floods, rising sea levels, beach erosion and disruptions to wetlands.
One of the most insidious impacts of global warming will be changes in the timing of ecological events which can disrupt natural communities. At a special session on this subject at the ESA annual meeting, University of Maryland's Dr. David Inouye presents three decades of data suggesting climate change impacts on pollination ecology in mountain environments.
Palm trees on Florida's west coast appear to be dying more rapidly than in previous years because of sea level rise tied to global warming.
A little-known valley in northern Sweden holds evidence that warming temperatures may lead to significant changes in nutrient availability for plants and increasing amounts of greenhouse gases, a University of Arkansas researcher and his colleagues say.
Earthwatch-supported scientist, Dr. Stephen Williams of James Cook University, reports on the limited distributions of diverse rainforest animals in the Wet Tropics of Queensland, Australia. Stranded on mountaintop habitats, these populations may have nowhere to go in the face of climate change, making them vulnerable to extinction.
The increasing number of pine plantations in the southern United States could contribute to a rise in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, a new study reports. This is important because carbon dioxide is a key greenhouse gas, one that is linked to global warming.
A new paper by Dr. Ilan Koren of the Weizmann Institute Environmental Studies and Energy Research Department and Dr. Yoram Kauffman of the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, USA,* published in Science Express online, weaves together two opposing effects of atmospheric aerosols to provide a comprehensive picture of how they may be affecting our climate.
A study implicates rising seasonal temperatures and the earlier arrival of spring conditions in connection with a dramatic increase of large wildfires in the western United States.
For the first time, glaciologists have combined and compared sets of ancient climate records trapped in ice cores from the South American Andes and the Asian Himalayas to paint a picture of how climate has changed "“ and is still changing "“ in the tropics. Their conclusions mark a climate shift to a much warmer world within the last 50 years.
The following faculty members from The University of Texas at Austin are available to the media for interviews concerning global warming issues.
Global warming accounted for around half of the extra hurricane-fueling warmth in the waters of the tropical North Atlantic in 2005, while natural cycles were only a minor factor, according to a study from the National Center for Atmospheric Research appearing in the June 27 issue of Geophysical Research Letters.
Extra amounts of key nutrients in tropical rain forest soils cause them to release more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to research conducted by scientists at the University of Colorado (CU) - Boulder.
A climate scientist at the University of Chicago and 30 of her colleagues from across North America and Europe are urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the polar bear as a threatened species because global warming is melting its sea-ice habitat.
If you're looking for experts to discuss the impact global warming has on wildlife and large-scale ecosystems, call the National Wildlife Federation.
In the coming weeks, former Vice President Al Gore's film, "An Inconvenient Truth," (www.climatecrisis.net), will be released nationally and in the San Diego region beginning June 9. The movie focuses on problems associated with global warming-driven changes and draws attention to climate change issues.
The majority of America's sportsmen say global warming is an urgent problem that needs immediate action, and they want clean energy solutions that create jobs and cut pollution from burning fossil fuels, a national poll of hunters and anglers reveals.
Many of Florida's coastal bays and estuaries will be inundated by 2100 due to sea-level rise from global warming, making the "Fishing Capital of the World" uninhabitable by some of Florida's most prized game fish, a new study reveals.
Based on current trends for both air and water temperatures, by 2100 the body temperatures of California mussels "“ found along thousands of miles of coast in the northeast Pacific Ocean and not just in California "“ could increase between about 2 degrees F and 6.5 F depending on where they live.
Climate researchers at Purdue University have concluded in a new study that rising sea-surface temperatures over the past 40 years are linked to a trend of more globally intense tropical cyclone activity.
Earthwatch-supported scientist asserts coral decline is symptom of global warming. Staghorn and elkhorn corals were registered as "threatened" under the U.S. Endangered Species Act on May 9, with listing effective 30 days later. Based on Earthwatch-supported data from the Bahamas, scientist John Rollino charges that drastic coral declines have their roots in climate change and increased outbreaks of disease.
Shoreline to the northeast of London has dispelled some of the concern caused by research that predicts that sea levels have risen and will continue to rise to a degree that will threaten human and wildlife communities. Evidence from a new study indicates that relatively little change in shoreline position has occurred since World War II.
A new analysis by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, has produced surprising results showing how air pollution, global warming-producing greenhouse gases and natural fluctuations in the climate may have a range of significant consequences on the world's most populous region.
Arctic climate is particularly prone to global warming caused by carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Now, a University of Utah study finds a surprising new way society's pollutants warm the far north: the Arctic's well-known haze "“ made of particulate pollution from mid-latitude cities "“ mixes with thin clouds, making them better able to trap heat.
An important source of uncertainty in predictions about global warming is how plants will respond to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide. Now biologists at the University of California, San Diego have made significant advances toward understanding the mechanism plants use to regulate their carbon dioxide intake.
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