News Focus Channel: Global Warming

A storm of hype or a wind of hope? Russian climate expert comments on climate change

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 12:05:22 EST

New Park Protects Tigers, Elephants and Carbon

Wildlife Conservation Society — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:55:00 EST

The government of Cambodia has transformed a former logging concession into a new, Yosemite-sized protected area that safeguards not only threatened primates, tigers, and elephants, but also massive stores of carbon according to the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which worked closely with governmental agencies to help create the protected area.

Scientists Uncover Solar Cycle, Stratosphere, and Ocean Connections

National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:00:00 EST

Subtle connections between the 11-year solar cycle, the stratosphere, and the tropical Pacific Ocean work in sync to generate periodic weather patterns that affect much of the globe, according to research appearing this week in the journal Science.

Ocean Warming May Increase the Abundance of Marine Consumers

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:00:00 EST

Warmer ocean temperatures could mean dramatic shifts in the structure of underwater food webs and the abundance of marine life, according to a new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Professor Available to Discuss the Politics of Environmental Policymaking

University of New Hampshire — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:00:00 EST

Stacy VanDeveer, associate professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire, is available to discuss the complexities and contradictions regarding climate policy in North America, and the politics of U.S.-EU energy and environmental policymaking.

Cleaning Up Black Carbon Provides Instant Benefits Against Global Warming

University of California San Diego — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:30:00 EST

The world could buy time to forestall disastrous environmental and geopolitical climate change effects by using existing technologies to curb emissions created through diesel and solid biomass fuel burning, according to an article co-authored by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego climate and atmospheric scientist V. Ramanathan.

New Spout Nearly Doubles Maple Production, Has 1 Million Advance Orders

University of Vermont — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:00:00 EST

An innovative new spout developed by the University of Vermont for the maple industry will increase production by up to 90 percent, by preventing a tree's tap hole from becoming contaminated with bacteria. It will also mitigate the effects of global warming, which is shortening the sugaring season.

Report Presents New Research on Climate Change Effects in California

University of California San Diego — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:20:00 EST

Scripps researchers contribute to assessment concluding that loss of agricultural land, increased risk of wildfires among potential outcomes.

Survey: Scientists Agree Human-Induced Global Warming is Real

University of Illinois Chicago — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:00:00 EST

A broad poll of experts taken by UIC earth scientist Peter Doran finds that the vast majority of climatologists and other earth scientists believe in global warming and think human activity is a factor for the temperature rise. It dispels lingering doubts by some of a consensus among the scientists.

Global Warming Is Changing Organic Matter in Soil

University of Toronto — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST

New research shows that we should be looking to the ground, not the sky, to see where climate change could have its most perilous impact on life on Earth.

Severe Climate Change Costs Forecast for Pa., N.C., Tenn., N.D.

University of Maryland, College Park — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:15:00 EST

College Park, Md. - The economic impact of climate change will cost a number of U.S. states billions of dollars, and delaying action will raise the price tag, concludes the latest series of reports produced by the University of Maryland's Center for Integrative Environmental Research (CIER). The new reports project specific long-term direct and ripple economic effects on North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. In most cases, the price tag could run into billions of dollars.

New Studies Find Global Warming Will Have Significant Economic Impacts on Florida Coasts; Call for State Adaption

Florida State University — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:45:00 EST

Leading Florida-based scientific researchers released two new studies today, including a Florida State University report finding that climate change will cause significant impacts on Florida's coastlines and economy due to increased sea level rise. A second study by researchers at Florida Atlantic University recommends that the state of Florida adopt a series of policy programs aimed at adapting to these large coastal and other impacts as a result of climate change.

Warmer Seas Linked to Strengthening Hurricanes: Study Fuels Global Warming Debate

Florida State University — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:00:00 EST

The theory that global warming may be contributing to stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic over the past 30 years is bolstered by a new study led by a Florida State University researcher. The study will be published in the Sept. 4 edition of the journal Nature.

Satellite Images Show Breakup of Two of Greenland's Largest Glaciers

Ohio State University — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:00:00 EST

Researchers monitoring daily satellite images here of Greenland's glaciers have discovered break-ups at two of the largest glaciers in the last month. They expect that part of the Northern hemisphere's longest floating glacier will continue to disintegrate within the next year.

Forests Could Benefit When Fall Color Comes Late

Michigan Technological University — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:00:00 EST

Climate change delays the autumn spectacle of multi-colored leaves but increases forest productivity.

Bering Glacier Melting Faster Than Scientists Thought

Michigan Technological University — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:00:00 EST

A new technology for measuring glacial water melt reveals that the Bering Glacier is melting at twice the rate that scientists believed.

Bones Beat Trees as Markers for Environmental Change

Michigan Technological University — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:00:00 EST

The bones of wolves provide a much clearer picture of the history of environmental change than the traditionally studied rings in trees.

Scientists Reveal Soot's Role in Climate Change

Weizmann Institute of Science — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:00:00 EST

Soot, or aerosols, can have both heating and cooling effects on clouds. Weizmann Institute scientists and colleagues have now developed a model of this complex relationship, showing when aerosols rising into the clouds will result in heating or cooling. Their findings may help convey the true climatic consequences of fires and industrial fuels.

Oceans on the Precipice: Scripps Scientist Warns of Mass Extinctions and 'Rise of Slime'

University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:00:00 EST

Threats to marine ecosystems from overfishing, pollution and climate change must be addressed to halt downward trends .

Antarctic Climate: Short-Term Spikes, Long-Term Warming Linked to Tropical Pacific

National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:00:00 EST

Dramatic year-to-year temperature swings and a century-long warming trend across West Antarctica are linked to conditions in the tropical Pacific, according to an analysis of ice cores. The findings show the connection of the world's coldest continent to global warming, as well as to events such as El NiA plus or minus o.