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New Study Analyzes Climate Change Impact on Winning of Endurance Racers

Researchers in Boston University’s Department of Earth and Environment recently looked into whether the effects of climate change can be found in the winning times of Boston Marathon runners. The study, titled “Effects of Warming Temperatures on Winning Times in the Boston Marathon,” was published last year in the journal PLOS ONE.

6 Apr 2013

Antarctic Peninsula’s Summer Melt Season Gets Longer over the Last 60 Years

New research from the Antarctic Peninsula shows that the summer melt season has been getting longer over the last 60 years -- Increased summer melting has been linked to the rapid break-up of ice shelves in the area and rising sea level

28 Mar 2013

UO to Host Second Annual Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples Keynote Address

The University of Oregon will host the second annual Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples keynote address at 6:30 p.m. on April 10 in the Many Nations Longhouse, 1630 Columbia St. in Eugene.

27 Mar 2013

Raytheon Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions Ahead of Schedule

Raytheon Company has received a Climate Leadership Award in recognition of cutting greenhouse gas emissions and achieving its reduction goal ahead of schedule.

From Raytheon 25 Mar 2013

Increase in Global Temperatures Will Lead to Frequent Hurricane-Induced Storm Surges

Extreme storm events of the magnitude of Hurricane Katrina will occur more frequently because of climate change, according to a new study involving the National Oceanography Centre in Liverpool.

21 Mar 2013

Australian Cleantech Review 2012 - Cleantech Sector Forging Ahead with $29bn AUD Revenue and 53000 Employees

The Australian Cleantech sector is profiled to a greater extent than ever before in a report to be launched this week at events in Perth and Brisbane.

19 Mar 2013

Earth Now Warmer than Most of the Past 11,300 Years

Using data from 73 sites around the world, scientists have been able to reconstruct Earth's temperature history back to the end of the last Ice Age, revealing that the planet today is warmer than it has been during 70 to 80 percent of the time over the last 11,300 years.

8 Mar 2013

Scientists Predict Irreversible Mass Loss of Canadian Arctic Archipelago Glaciers

Canada's Arctic Archipelago glaciers will melt faster than ever in the next few centuries. Research by European funded scientists has shown that 20 per cent of the Canadian Arctic glaciers may have disappeared by the end of this century which would amount to an additional sea level rise of 3.5cm

8 Mar 2013

Global Warming May Make Frigid Arctic Shipping Routes More Accessible

Shipping lanes through the Arctic Ocean won't put the Suez and Panama canals out of business anytime soon, but global warming will make these frigid routes much more accessible than ever imagined by melting an unprecedented amount of sea ice during the late summer, new UCLA research shows.

5 Mar 2013

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Acquires Control of Suomi NPP Satellite

The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite, a partnership between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), was transitioned to NOAA operational organization control Feb. 22, 2013. The transition marks the next step of the mission that supports NASA's Earth science research and NOAA's weather forecasting missions.

5 Mar 2013