Yellowstone's Quiet Power
February 28 — A 17-year study of ground movements shows that the power of the huge volcanic hotspot beneath Yellowstone National Park is much greater than previously thought when the giant volcano is slumbering. (University of Utah press release) More

New Evidence That Global Warming Fuels Stronger Hurricanes
February 28 — Atmospheric scientists have uncovered fresh evidence to support the hotly debated theory that global warming has contributed to the emergence of stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. (University of Wisconsin-Madison press release) More

Imagery Shows Outer Great Barrier Reef at Risk from River Plumes
February 26 — A series of satellite images of Australia's Great Barrier Reef shows for the first time visual confirmation that sediment plumes travel to the outer reef and beyond. (CSIRO press release) More

A Climate-Change Amplifying Mechanism
February 26 — A scientific research group has highlighted a feedback mechanism of ocean circulation on the climate which reinforces heating or cooling. (CNRS press release) More

Antarctic Marine Explorers Reveal First Hints of Biological Change After Collapse of Polar Ice Shelves
February 25 — Aboard a research icebreaker, scientists have explored a near-pristine Antarctic seabed, uncapped after several millennia when the Larsen A and B ice shelves disintegrated. (Census of Marine Life press release) More

Warming Climate, Cod Collapse, Have Combined to Cause Rapid North Atlantic Ecosystem Changes
February 22 — Ecosystems along the continental shelf waters of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean are experiencing large, rapid changes, an oceanographer reports. (Cornell University press release) More

White-Knuckle Atmospheric Science Takes Place
February 19 — A physicist flies head-on into hurricane-force winds off the southern tip of Greenland. (University of Toronto press release) More

From Icehouse to Hothouse: Melting Ice and Rising Carbon Dioxide Caused Climate Shift
February 18 — Three hundred million years ago, Earth's climate shifted dramatically from icehouse to hothouse, with major environmental consequences. (University of Michigan press release) More

The Insides of Clouds May Be the Key to Climate Change
February 17 — As scientists develop ever more sophisticated climate models to project an expected path of temperature change, it is becoming increasingly important to include the effects of aerosols on clouds. (University of Michigan press release) More

Better Freshwater Forecasts to Aid Drought-Plagued West
February 17 — Forecasting models that incorporate high-powered computers and satellite data may soon modernize the way Western states manage freshwater supplies. (University of Washington press release) More

Changes in West Coast Marine Ecosystems Significant
February 16 — The California Current system has experienced significant changes during the past decade, resulting in dramatic variations in the ecosystem. (Oregon State University press release) More

Antarctic Warming to Reduce Animals at Base of Ecosystem, Shift Some Penguin Populations Southward
February 15 — The warming most global climate models predict will result in drastic changes in fragile ecosystems throughout the world, especially in the Antarctic. (Ohio State University press release) More

Antarctic Temperatures Disagree with Climate Model Predictions
February 15 — A new report on climate over the world's southernmost continent shows that temperatures during the late 20th century did not climb as had been predicted by many global climate models. (Ohio State University press release) More

Adaptation to Global Climate Change is an Essential Response to a Warming Planet
February 7 — A greater focus on adapting to our changing planet is needed, says a team of science policy experts writing in this week's Nature magazine. (Arizona State University press release) More

Study Shows Largest North America Climate Change in 65 Million Years
February 7 — The largest climate change in central North America since the dinosaur age 65 million years ago - a temperature drop of nearly 15 degrees Fahrenheit - is documented within the fossilized teeth of mammals, a new study reveals. (University of Florida press release) More

Human's Ecological Footprint in 2015 and Amazonia Revealed
February 6 — A recent study shows human population size and affluence are the main drivers of human-caused environmental stressors. (Ecological Society of America press release) More

Methane Bubbling Through Seafloor Creates Undersea Hills
February 6 — Researchers report that methane gas bubbling through seafloor sediments has created hundreds of low hills on the floor of the Arctic Ocean. (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute press release) More

World's Oldest Rocks Show Earth May Have Dodged Frozen Fate of Mars
February 5 — Carbon dioxide may have saved Earth from freezing over early in the planet's history, according to analysis of the world's oldest sedimentary rocks. (University of Colorado at Boulder press release) More

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Finalizes Report
February 2 — The United States joined 112 other nations in finalizing and approving a landmark climate change science report issued by the IPCC today in Paris, France. More

New Report Presents Strongest Evidence Yet Of Human Link To Global Warming
February 2 — Evidence presented in the IPCC's latest report paints the clearest picture yet that human-derived greenhouse gases are playing a significant role in observed global warming, says a Duke University scientist. (Duke University press release) More

Sea Level on the Rise - in Real and Virtual Worlds
February 2 — The climate system, and in particular sea level, may be responding more quickly to rising carbon emissions than climate scientists have estimated with climate models, researchers say. (CSIRO-Australia press release) More

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