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Ozone Layer Recovery to be Uneven Duet o Climate Change and Atmospheric Circulation

Earth's ozone layer should eventually recover from the destruction caused by the use of chlorofluorocarbons and other ozone-depleting chemicals. But new research suggests the ozone layer of the future is unlikely to look much like the past because greenhouse gases are changing the dynamics of the atmosphere

14 Apr 2009

California Climate Change Experts to Discuss Global Warming at Science Summit

Scripps to host leading state experts on wildfires, water supply, sea-level rise and societal and economic impacts of climate change

13 Apr 2009

Sundarbans Inslanders Use Technology to Protect Against Climate Change Threats of Rising Sea Levels and Cyclones

The 20,000 residents of tiny, vulnerable Mousuni Island in the Indian Sundarbans are using technology to protect themselves from climate change-related threats – including deadly cyclones and rising sea levels – now impacting more and more severely upon them

13 Apr 2009

The Mathematics of Climate Change

Kenneth Golden, an expert in mathematical models of percolation in sea ice, is a leader in the international effort to model polar climate dynamics and has brought a new level of rigor and precision to this area of research. A forthcoming article describes the mathematics he and collaborators have developed to study sea ice

13 Apr 2009

Sustainability and Global Climate Change The Main Themes of Earthstock Festival

Earthstock, Stony Brook University’s 8th annual week long awareness-raising celebration of Earth Day, kicks off at 10 am on Friday, April 17 with a full day of entertainment, food, refreshments, environmentally-oriented activities and visual displays situated all around the Academic Mal

13 Apr 2009

Zero Carbon Houses Made From Hemp Fighting Climate Change in the Future

Hemp, a plant from the cannabis family, could be used to build carbon-neutral homes of the future to help combat climate change and boost the rural economy, say researchers at the University of Bath

9 Apr 2009

Warming of the Arctic Being Driven by Aerosols

Though greenhouse gases are invariably at the center of discussions about global climate change, new NASA research suggests that much of the atmospheric warming observed in the Arctic since 1976 may be due to changes in tiny airborne particles called aerosols

8 Apr 2009