Scientists Developing Online West Nile Virus Warning System by Collecting Climate and Mosquito Data
June 19 — Cornell University?s Northeast Regional Climate Center and Department of Entomology will collect climate data this summer in areas where disease-carrying mosquitoes are found, to develop a system that predicts when, where and under which conditions mosquitoes that carry West Nile Virus can either thrive or die. (Cornell University) More

Plant Diversity Threatened By Climate Change and Buildup of Greenhouse Gas, Study Reveals
June 16 — Doubling the amount of carbon dioxide in the air significantly reduces the number of plant species that grow in the wild, according to a new study in the June 16 edition of PNAS Online. (Stanford University release) More

Changing Global Nitrogen Cycle Impacting Human Health
June 12 — Despite greatly increasing food production for humans, the growing use of nitrogen as a nutrient is affecting people's health far beyond just the benefits of growing more crops, according to a new University of Colorado at Boulder-led study. (University of Colorado-Boulder Release) More

Atmospheric Mercury Has Declined -- But Why?
June 10 — The amount of gaseous mercury in the atmosphere has dropped sharply from its peak in the 1980s and has remained relatively constant since the mid 1990s, but scientists who have just concluded a study of atmospheric mercury say they cannot reconcile the amounts actually found with current understanding of natural and manmade sources of the element. (American Geophysical Union Release) More

Salt Levels in Rain Provide Clues to Hurricane Formation
June 9 — University of Houston scientists are testing the waters — literally — with a new salt-detection device specially designed to collect data from rain and water vapor in tropical cyclones, all in an effort to better understand how tropical storms form and intensify into hurricanes. (University of Houston Release) More

Weather Forecasting Tool Outperforms Competing Models
June 9 — The dramatic rescue of a physician from a remote science station at the South Pole two years ago provided researchers with an opportunity to test how well current weather forecast models actually perform. (Ohio State University Release) More

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