Modeled Climate and Land-Use Change Threatens Plant Species
February 28 — Proteas - plants with large, colorful flowers that are important in the floral trade - are under threat from land-use and climate change. (American Institute of Biological Sciences press release) More

Widespread Arctic Warming Crosses Critical Ecological Thresholds, Scientists Warn
February 28 — International research suggests the effects of climate change may be irreversible. (Queen's University press release) More

Scientists Discover Why the North Pole Is Frozen
February 23 — Researchers discover the mechanism behind ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere. (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona press release) More

Polar Expedition Contributes to ESA's Ice Mission Cryosat
February 23 — A three-man scientific expedition will endure the frozen Arctic to collect valuable data for climate change research. (European Space Agency press release) More

Antarctic Ice Shelf Retreats Happened Before
February 23 — A 'healthy' ice shelf experienced an extensive retreat about 9500 years ago, more than anything seen in recent years. (British Antarctic Survey press release) More

Assumptions of Effects of Rising Carbon Dioxide Probed
February 22 — A climate model will test the assumption that a single-abrupt increase in carbon dioxide concentrations will produce changes similar to gradual increases over several decades. (University of California-Riverside press release) More

We're Here, We're Warming, Can We Get Used to It?
February 20 — Climate change-related losses to agriculture in Washington's Yakima Valley will be between $92 million and $163 million a year, says new study. (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory press release) More

El Nino Forecasting Could Aid Fisheries Management, Disease Control, Marine Species Protection
February 20 — A Duke University oceanographer believes existing technology could further improve long-term El Nino predictions. (Duke University press release) More

Climate Change to Bring a Wave of New Health Risks
February 20 — Human populations will become far more vulnerable to disease in a warmer world. (University of Wisconsin-Madison press release) More

New research suggests a warmer climate could stifle summer's cleansing winds over the Northeast and Midwest. (Harvard University press release)
February 19 — Warming World Could Worsen Pollution in Northeast, Midwest More

Increasing Nitrogen Pollution in Nation's Coastal Waters
February 19 — Much of the nitrogen spewing from vehicle exhausts appears to be contaminating coastal systems more than previously thought. (Cornell University press release) More

Technological Revolutions in Sensors, Robotics, and Telecommunications Allow New Views of Ocean
February 19 — Scientists find undersea mountains, discover new species, and spy on fish with new technology. (SeaWeb press release) More

Scripps Researchers Find Clear Evidence of Human-Produced Warming in World's Oceans
February 18 — Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, and their colleagues have produced the first clear evidence of human-produced warming in the world's oceans, a finding they say removes much of the uncertainty associated with debates about global warming. More

Scientists Advance in Detection and Attribution of Climate Change
February 18 — Scientists obtain more comprehensive estimates of the expected "signal" of human influences on climate. (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory press release) More

Melting Ice Important Indicator of Global Warming
February 18 — A shift in the snowy season and the melting of ice sheets and glaciers are major signs of global warming. (Penn State University press release) More

Hawaiian Volcano May Be Health Risk
February 18 — Hawaiian residents who live downwind from the long-active Kilauea volcano are exposed to high levels of sulfur dioxide and aerosol particulates. (Oregon State University press release) More

Scientists Discover How Climate Change Causes the Simultaneous Boom or Bust of Multiple Populations
February 17 — For the first time, scientists have shown precisely how weather impacts the populations of a species. (Penn State University press release) More

Scripps Researchers Find Clear Evidence of Human-Produced Warming in World's Oceans
February 17 — Climate warming is likely to impact water resources in regions around the globe. (Scripps Institution of Oceanography press release) More

Tree-Ring Data Reveals Multiyear Droughts Unlike Any in Recent Memory
February 14 — Researchers using tree-ring data have determined six multiyear droughts between 1750 and 1950 that were much more severe than recent events. (University of Washington press release) More

New Supercomputer Enhances Reliability of Weather Predictions
February 14 — A revolutionary computer system, called Blixt promises to employ new computational methods to forecast land and sea weather conditions. (Swedish Research Council press release) More

Pollution Can Convert Airborne Iron into Soluble Form Required for Phytoplankton Growth
February 10 — A surprising link may exist between ocean fertility and air pollution over land. (Georgia Institute of Technology press release) More

Undergrad Researchers Head to Antarctica to Study Melting Ice Shelves
February 9 — College students and faculty are heading to Antarctica to learn more about the collapse of a massive ice sheet. (Hamilton College press release) More

Seismic Network Could Improve Disaster Response
February 7 — An accurate seismic network, now online, may reduce disaster response times. (American Geophysical Union press release) More

Experimental Radar Provides 3-D Forest View
February 5 — An advanced radar technique to image forests in three dimensions might measure global biomass to sharpen the accuracy of climate change models. (European Space Agency press release) More

Worldwide Collaboration to Answer Big Questions on Climate
February 3 — An international network of scientists, armed with groundbreaking technology is aiming to shed new light on climate change. (University of Bristol press release) More

Using Global Warming to Create Conditions for Life on Mars
February 3 — Adding greenhouse gases to the Martian atmosphere might make it habitable. (American Geophysical Union press release) More

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