18 most recent entries:
News: Large Methane Release Could Cause Abrupt Climate Change (Jun 05 2008 16:06 GMT)
An abrupt release of methane about 635 million years ago from ice sheets caused a dramatic shift in climate, triggering a series of events that effectively ended the last "snowball" ice age, a new study reports. (University of California - Riverside press release)
News: World's Fastest-Growing Mud Volcano is Collapsing (Jun 05 2008 16:06 GMT)
The world's fastest-growing mud volcano is collapsing, with consequences for the surrounding environment, according to new research. (Durham University press release)
News: Satellites Illuminate Pollution's Influence on Clouds (Jun 05 2008 16:06 GMT)
Clouds serve a valuable role in Earth's climate, and thanks to A-Train satellites, a closer look at them is possible.
News: Scorched Earth Millennium Map Shows Fire Scars (Jun 05 2008 16:06 GMT)
A geographer from the University of Leicester has produced for the first time a map of the scorched Earth for every year since the turn of the millennium. (University of Leicester press release)
News: Pacific Coast Turning More Acidic (Jun 05 2008 16:06 GMT)
An international team of scientists surveying the waters of the continental shelf off the West Coast of North America has discovered for the first time high levels of acidified ocean water within 20 miles of the shoreline, raising concern for marine ecosystems from Canada to Mexico. (Oregon State University press release)
News: Seeing Clearly Despite the Clouds (Jun 05 2008 16:06 GMT)
Researchers have found a way to reduce cloud-induced glare by as much as ten-fold in some cases when satellites measure blue skies on cloudy days, by using an indirect measurement of that reflected light. (DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory press release)
News: Scientists Identified Earthquake Faults in Sichuan, China (May 22 2008 13:05 GMT)
Last summer scientists published research concluding that geological faults in the Sichuan Basin, China "are sufficiently long to sustain a strong ground-shaking earthquake, making them potentially serious sources of regional seismic hazard." (British Geological Survey press release)
Natural Hazards: Dust in the Central Mediterranean (Apr 13 2008 14:05 GMT)
In early April 2008, numerous dust plumes blew off the Libyan coast and over the Mediterranean Sea.
Natural Hazards: Dust over the Eastern Mediterranean (Apr 13 2008 14:05 GMT)
A thick plume of dust blew off the Egyptian coast and over the Mediterranean Sea in early April 2008.
Natural Hazards: Fires in Myanmar (Apr 13 2008 14:05 GMT)
In early April 2008, smoke from hundreds of fires mingled with clouds over eastern India, Myanmar, and China.
Natural Hazards: Floods in Northeast Brazil (Apr 13 2008 14:05 GMT)
Extensive floods swept over the normally dry northeastern corner of Brazil in the wake of heavy rains in March and April 2008.
Natural Hazards: Fires in Southern Russia (Apr 13 2008 14:05 GMT)
Dozens of fires were burning in southern Russia near the border with Mongolia and China in early April 2008.
Natural Hazards: Fires in the Southern Plains (Apr 13 2008 14:05 GMT)
In early April 2008, agricultural fires dotted the Southern Plains of the United States.
Natural Hazards: Dust Storm off the African West Coast (Apr 13 2008 14:05 GMT)
In late March 2008, Saharan dust blew off the west coast of Africa over the Atlantic Ocean. Dust plume activity continued in April.
Natural Hazards: Floods in the U.S. Midwest (Apr 13 2008 14:05 GMT)
Widespread flooding swept across the midwestern United States in the wake of a powerful early spring storm.
NASA's Visible Earth (Apr 13 2008 14:05 GMT)
For Earth imagery from NASA.
News: 'Revolutionary' CO2 Maps Zoom in on Greenhouse Gas Sources (Apr 13 2008 00:05 GMT)
A new, high-resolution, interactive map of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels has found that the emissions aren't all from where we thought. (Purdue University press release)
News: Climate Change ? Research Suggests it is Not a Swindle (Apr 13 2008 00:05 GMT)
New research shows no reliable connection between the cosmic ray intensity and cloud cover, dealing a blow to the skeptics who argue that climate change is all due to cosmic rays rather than to man-made greenhouse gases. (Institute of Physics press release)
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