Ocean buoy
Federal scientists studied temperature readings from ocean buoys and weather stations around the world and determined that global temperatures did not plateau at the turn of the century, as had been...
View ArticleGlobal warming 'hiatus' puts climate change scientists on the spot
Theories as to why Earth's average surface temperature hasn't risen in recent years include an idea that the Pacific Ocean goes through decades-long cycles of absorbing heat.Theories as to why Earth's...
View ArticleA cause for pause? Scientists offer reasons for global warming 'hiatus'
It's been dubbed both a "pause" and a "faux pause," and it's ignited debate among climate scientists and their critics.
View ArticleScientists explain how climate change helps fuel California drought
Climate change is increasing the risk of severe drought in California by causing warm periods and dry periods to overlap more often, according to a new study.
View ArticleIs Syria conflict a case study for climate change?
Science just served up a double coupon for the argumentative: A new study suggests that climate change is driving a Middle East conflict that brought the Islamic State to prominence.
View Article'Anthropocene' epoch for Earth etches human impacts in stone
Man's tenure on Earth is brief on the astronomical time scale, but the changes wrought by Homo sapiens have been measurable and profound.
View ArticleAntarctic ice shelves melting 70% faster, study shows
The frozen fringes of western Antarctica have been melting 70% faster in the last decade, raising concern that an important buttress keeping land-based ice sheets from flowing to the sea could collapse...
View ArticleOceans might take 1,000 years to recover from climate change, study suggests
Naturally occurring climate change lowered oxygen levels in the deep ocean, decimating a broad spectrum of seafloor life that took some 1,000 years to recover, according to a study that offers a...
View ArticleOcean acidification triggered devastating extinction, study finds
Ocean acidification triggered by massive volcanic eruptions helped cause the worst mass extinction in the history of life on Earth, according to a new study.
View ArticleOne in six species could be wiped out by climate change, study says
About one in six species now alive on the planet could become extinct as a result of climate change, according to a study published in Friday’s edition of the journal Science.
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