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Multiple Environmental Influences Can Hamper Predictions of Mid-Latitude Storms Behavior

The effects of man-made climate change can hamper scientific projections of how key global weather patterns will act in the future, a new study has revealed.

9 Sep 2016

Operation Icebridge Studies Impact Caused by Summer Melt on Greenland Ice Sheet

Operation IceBridge is NASA’s airborne survey of polar ice, and for the second time this year it is flying in Greenland in order to observe the impact caused by the summer melt season on the ice sheet.

7 Sep 2016

Low Relative Humidity is Often Under-Appreciated Cause of Plant Stress in Dry Weather Conditions

Newly published research by Indiana University scientists finds that low relative humidity in the atmosphere is a significant, growing and often under-appreciated cause of plant stress in hot, dry weather conditions.

6 Sep 2016

Researchers Discover How Methylmercury Enters Antarctic Sea and Bioaccumulates in Marine Food Web

Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) assisted a team from the University of Melbourne (link is external) in discovering how methylmercury enters the Antarctic sea and bioaccumulates in the marine food web.

1 Sep 2016

Leaf Temperature Regulation Offers Promise for Refining Earth System Models

A recent study has discovered that plants can control their leaf temperature with some independence from the surrounding air temperature. This trait in plants will help them to increase carbon uptake through photosynthesis.

1 Sep 2016

Breeding of Climate-Friendly Cows Can Contribute to Reduced Methane Emissions

In the future, the breeding of the climate-friendly cow can be speeded up by using genetic information. A recent study identifies areas in the cow’s genotype which are linked to the amount of methane it produces. Cows subjected to study did not unnecessarily chew their cuds when being placed in glass cases.

31 Aug 2016

UCSB Researchers Show Significant Impacts of Climate Change on Vegetation

In California's Sierra Nevada mountains, as more precipitation falls in the form of rain rather than snow, and the snowpack melts earlier in spring, it's important for water managers to know when and how much water will be available for urban and agricultural needs and for the environment in general.

31 Aug 2016

New Research Suggests that Repeated Human Occupation Enhances Temperate Rainforest Productivity

Human occupation is usually associated with deteriorated landscapes, but new research shows that 13,000 years of repeated occupation by British Columbia's coastal First Nations has had the opposite effect, enhancing temperate rainforest productivity.

31 Aug 2016

Plants Retain More Moisture in High CO2 Conditions than Previously Predicted

As a multiyear drought grinds on in the Southwestern United States, many wonder about the impact of global climate change on more frequent and longer dry spells. As humans emit more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, how will water supply for people, farms, and forests be affected?

30 Aug 2016

Plant Trait Diversity May Enable the Amazon Forests to Adjust to Some Level of Climate Change

A forest with greater diversity of plants can better adjust to climatic stress. Now for the first time, a team of scientists can show this in computer simulations of the Amazon region by accounting for its amazing diversity of trees.

30 Aug 2016