Warmer World Will Be a Sicker World, Say Scientists
June 20 — Global warming and changing climatic conditions are triggering disease epidemics in wildlife around the world, reports a renowned team of ecologists and epidemiologists in the Friday June 21st issue of Science. (Seaweb release) More

New satellite technique helps spot fast-growing fires
June 19 — Spotting forest fires in remote areas will be faster and easier this summer as fire-weather forecasters begin using a new technique that automatically detects wildfires in environmental satellite imagery. More

Record Winter Weather Caused Major Economic Impacts in the U.S.
June 18 — Unusual weather across most of the United States last winter created huge and generally positive impacts to the nation's struggling economy. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign release) More

Fungi Help Some Trees Weather Acid Rain, Not All
June 18 — Although some acid rain-battered trees get needed calcium via fungi on their roots, forests are still endangered by other effects of acid rain, ecologists say. (Cornell University release) More

New Study Sheds Light on Frog Malformations
June 18 — A new study in Wisconsin and Minnesota wetlands shows that ultraviolet radiation could be responsible for strange deformities in amphibian populations. (American Chemical Society release) More

Study Shows How Pollution Affects Tree Growth
June 13 — An international group of researchers are finding that carbon dioxide and ozone dramatically alter tree growth. (University of Wisconsin release) More

Volcanic Eruptions Interfere with the Effect of Sunspots on Global Climate
June 11 — New research provides striking evidence that sunspots do influence global climate change, but that explosive volcanic eruptions on Earth can completely reverse those influences. (State University of New York - University at Buffalo release) More

New Climate Study Shows California's Vulnerability to Global Warming
June 3 — Researchers have produced a detailed picture of how California's climate is likely to change within the next 50 to 100 years as a result of global warming. (University of California?Santa Cruz release) More

Falklands Penguins Forage Far Enough from Home to Get into Trouble
June 3 — Fishing and oil exploration in the southern Atlantic could prove detrimental to Falklands penguins, whose numbers already could be declining. (University of Washington release) More

Air-Sampling Study IDs Source of Excessive Ozone Pollution
June 3 — Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified specific volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as key sources of excess ozone smog in industrial areas of Houston, Texas. (U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory release) More

Advance Warning of Storms and Cyclones with New Technique
June 3 — The catastrophic flooding in Jakarta in February this year could have been predicted nearly 3 weeks in advance with a new technique. (International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme release) More

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