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New Satellite Data Shows Sea Level Around Antarctic Coast is Rising Faster Than Global Average

According to new satellite data compiled over the last 19 years, the sea-level around the Antarctic coast is rising faster than the global rate.

1 Sep 2014

Aircraft Campaign Measures Methane Emissions from Ocean to Atmosphere

Methane is stored as a hydrate, an icy substance, under the seabed. When this substance melts it releases methane bubbles into the water. The bubbles may get dissolved in the ocean, or they may reach the surface – depending on the water depth. The seabed releases huge amouts of methane to the ocean.The amount of the green house gas that reaches the atmosphere, is however a mystery.

28 Aug 2014

Researchers Assess How Changing Aerosol Emissions Affect Global Climate

The re-distribution of anthropogenic aerosol emissions from Europe and North America towards China and India between 1996 and 2010 has surprisingly warmed rather than cooled the global climate. This result reinforces the notion that the recent hiatus in global warming is mainly caused by internal variability of the climate.

28 Aug 2014

Soil Micro-Organisms Have Ability to Eliminate Nitrous Oxide

INRA research scientists in Dijon have shown that the ability of soils to eliminate N2O can mainly be explained by the diversity and abundance of a new group of micro-organisms that are capable of transforming it into atmospheric nitrogen (N2).

28 Aug 2014

World’s Existing Power Plants to Spew over 300 Billion Tons of Carbon Dioxide into Atmosphere, Study Says

The world's accounting system for carbon emissions, run by the United Nations, disregards capital investments in future coal-fired and natural-gas power plants that will commit the world to several decades and billions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study from Princeton University and the University of California-Irvine published Aug. 26 in the journal Environmental Research Letters.

27 Aug 2014

Extreme Climatic Events Can Abruptly Restructure Ecosystems

An unprecedented marine heat wave that swept the Southeast Indian Ocean in 2011 has given FIU scientists a glimpse into the future of climate change.

25 Aug 2014

National Labs and Institutions Partner to Develop Most Complete Climate and Earth System Model

High performance computing researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are working with the Department of Energy (DOE) and other national laboratories and institutions to develop and apply the most complete climate and Earth system model, to address the most challenging and demanding climate change issues.

21 Aug 2014

Ice Sheet Size Fluctuations During the Ice Age May Have Triggered Abrupt Climate Change

Small fluctuations in the sizes of ice sheets during the last ice age were enough to trigger abrupt climate change, scientists have found.

20 Aug 2014

Study Reveals Unexpected Link Between Solar Activity and Climate Change

A new study from Lund University in Sweden has, for the first time, reconstructed solar activity during the last ice age. The study shows that the regional climate is influenced by the sun and offers opportunities to better predict future climate conditions in certain regions.

20 Aug 2014