Climate Change Could Affect Forest Species Indirectly
Climatological data from the past 50 years uncover unexpected ecological trends observed in the northern hardwood forest in New England. These might change the composition...
Obama Recognizes Climate Change, But Does He Lack Conviction?
US President Barack Obama, recently elected to a second term in office, made little mention of climate change during the preceding debates. Climate change...
Global Drought Predictions Overestimated and Uncertain, Study Says
The journal Nature published a study, which strongly criticizes the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI), used as the basis by IPCC in their 4th...
Atmospheric Humidity Measurements Improve Prediction of Climatological Models
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2007 calculated a range between 2 and 4.5 °C of temperature rise given that the amount of carbon...
Contrary to Popular Belief, 77% of Americans Worry About Climate Change
Americans have a reputation as cynical climate change deniers. Despite data that the arctic is melting, crops are dying in droves, and hurricanes are...
US Rangelands Severely Affected by Climate Change
Climate change has long been a hot topic, but the effects of climate change on US range and grazing lands is often overlooked. Soil...
The Year 2011 Breaks Records For Greenhouse Gas Emissions
China remains on top of the World’s largest producers of carbon dioxide emissions, contributing greatly towards the new record of 34 billion tonnes of...
Methane-Eating Anaerobic Bacteria Discovered by Scientists
It has long been known that there are vast deposits of methane under the sea floor, generated by the decay of animal and plant...
Climate Change May Have Driven Maya Civilization To Collapse
There is no question that climate change has definitely been one of the hottest topics of discussion over the past few decades. Potential rising...
Forest Fertilization Increases Carbon Sequestration, Helps Landowners
Scientists at the Texas A&M University department of ecosystem science and management are measuring how much would the rate of productivity of forests could...
