Items tagged with warming

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Averting a Climate-Led Food Crisis in Africa Monday, June 22nd, 2009 - 09:50:19 - Ehud Rattner A study to be published in the journal Global Environmental Change, found that by 2050, most African countries will experience temperatures they have... read more

Eskimos Forced to Abandon Village Monday, April 27th, 2009 - 17:52:17 - Ehud Rattner The indigenous people of Alaska have stood firm against some of the most extreme weather conditions on Earth for thousands of years. But now... read more

Satellites Confirm West Antarctic Warming Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 - 12:43:44 - Anuradha Menon The Antarctic Peninsula juts into the Southern Ocean, reaching farther north than any other part of the continent. The southernmost reach of global... read more

Corn Ethanol Increases Global Warming Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 - 14:10:06 - Anuradha Menon A new study shows that switching from corn ethanol to grass may have great benefits. The ethanol business is a booming market, buoyed by several... read more

Global Warming Predictions Are Overestimated Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 - 13:50:03 - Ehud Rattner A detailed analysis of black carbon - the residue of burned organic matter - in computer climate models suggests that those models may be... read more

Dried Mushrooms to Rescue Climate Change? Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 - 12:43:20 - Anuradha Menon The fight against climate warming has an unexpected ally: mushrooms growing in dry spruce forests covering Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia and other... read more

Proof That Humans Cause Polar Warming Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 - 10:14:09 - Anuradha Menon New research by the University of East Anglia has demonstrated for the first time that human activity is responsible for significant warming in both... read more

Global Warming Kills Yellowstone Amphibians Thursday, October 30th, 2008 - 10:19:20 - Anuradha Menon Frogs and salamanders, those amphibious bellwethers of environmental danger, are being killed in Yellowstone National Park. The predator, Stanford... read more

Climate Change Seeps into the Sea Saturday, October 25th, 2008 - 14:15:38 - Anuradha Menon Good news has turned out to be bad. The ocean has helped slow global warming by absorbing much of the excess heat and heat-trapping carbon dioxide... read more

Unique 'Magnetic Death Star' Fossil Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 - 18:01:04 - Anuradha Menon An international team of scientists has discovered microscopic, magnetic fossils resembling spears and spindles, unlike anything previously seen... read more

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