Local extinctions are almost twice as common in tropical species than temperate species.Image Credit: Flickr/Mariya Chorna
Extinctions related to climate change have already happened in hundreds of plant and animal species around the world. New research, publishing on December 8th...
A deadly avalanche in western Tibet: On July 17, more than 70 million tons of ice broke off from the Aru glacier in the mountains of western Tibet and tumbled into a valley below, taking the lives of nine...
A seaside sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus) in the salt marshes. Credit: Andrea Bonisoli Alquati
The ecological consequences of an environmental disaster can extend further than one may imagine as effects propagate through interconnected food webs. Most recently, researchers in the US...
A fog blanketed London in December 1952, killing as many as 12,000 people and puzzling researchers for decades. Texas A&M researchers believe they have solved the mystery.Image Credit: Flickr/RV1864
Few Americans may be aware of it, but in 1952 a...
Global temperatures showing the change from pre-industrial times. The global temperatures for January to September 2016 were approximately 1.2°C above pre-industrial levels and 0.88°C (1.58°F) above the average for the 1961-1990 reference period.Credit: NOAA; NASA/ UK Met Office; CRU
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Global carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels did not grow in 2015 and are projected to rise only slightly in 2016, marking three years of almost no growth, according to researchers at the University of East...
A screenshot from an animation of ~200 three-second exposures displaying the awesome movement of Auroras. Patrick Cullis took pictures of the Milky Way over Atmospheric Research Observatory at the South Pole, Antarctica, and then switched the camera 90 degrees...
Global changes in temperature due to human-induced climate change have already impacted every aspect of life on Earth including Arctic species like this bearded seal. Credit: KIT M. KOVACS - CHRISTIAN LYDERSEN NPI
Study in journal Science says every aspect...
UM Rosenstiel School associate scientist Shane Elipot and Professor Lisa Beal alongside oceanographic instruments used during the Ahulhas Current Time Series Experiment. Credit: Diana Udel and Valery Lyman
A new study by University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine...
Global five-year average temperature anomalies (relative to 1961--1990) for 2011-- 2015.Credit: The analysis uses HadCRUT4 analysis produced by the Met Office Hadley Centre in collaboration with the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom.
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Where the world emits is more important than how much it emits, suggesting that the southward shift of emissions toward the equator is driving the increase in total ozone
Since the 1980s, air pollution has increased worldwide,...
