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Asking Precise Questions May Help Understand Relationship Between Global Warming and Extreme Weather

Extreme climate and weather events such as record high temperatures, intense downpours and severe storm surges are becoming more common in many parts of the world. But because high-quality weather records go back only about 100 years, most scientists have been reluctant to say if global warming affected particular extreme events.

15 Dec 2014

Natural Reserves Managed by UC Riverside to be used in Study of Ecological Impacts of Climate Change

Three natural reserves managed by the University of California, Riverside will be involved in an ambitious plan to use the UC Natural Reserve System (NRS) to detect and forecast the ecological impacts of climate change in California.

12 Dec 2014

Eastern Pacific Species Driven Northward Due to Climate Change

Anticipated changes in climate will push West Coast marine species from sharks to salmon northward an average of 30 kilometers per decade, shaking up fish communities and shifting fishing grounds, according to a new study published in Progress in Oceanography.

11 Dec 2014

Current Rate of Climate Change Will Outpace Animals' Acclimation Capacity

Animals that regulate their body temperature through the external environment may be resilient to some climate change but not keep pace with rapid change, leading to potentially disastrous outcomes for biodiversity.

11 Dec 2014

Spatial Patterns of Extreme Temperature Anomalies are Warming Even Faster than Overall Average

It's widely known that the Earth's average temperature has been rising. But research by an Indiana University geographer and colleagues finds that spatial patterns of extreme temperature anomalies -- readings well above or below the mean -- are warming even faster than the overall average.

11 Dec 2014

Climate Change May Favor Invasive Wetland Plants

In the battle between native and invasive wetland plants, a new Duke University study finds climate change may tip the scales in favor of the invaders -- but it's going to be more a war of attrition than a frontal assault.

10 Dec 2014

Rising Air Temperatures Cause Warming of Chesapeake Bay Region Streams

The majority of streams in the Chesapeake Bay region are warming, and that increase appears to be driven largely by rising air temperatures. These findings are based on new U.S. Geological Survey research published in the journal Climatic Change.

10 Dec 2014

Early Warning Signals of Oceans' Circulation Reorganisation Could Impact Global Climate System

A new study by researchers at the University of Exeter has found early warning signals of a reorganisation of the Atlantic oceans' circulation which could have a profound impact on the global climate system.

9 Dec 2014

Climate Change Could Affect Operations at Kennedy Space Center

The effects of climate change are already showing up in places from Miami to Alaska, scientists say, but two University of Florida geologists are focusing their attention on one especially noteworthy and vulnerable piece of waterfront real estate: Kennedy Space Center.

8 Dec 2014

Economists, Lawyers Urge Several Improvements to U.S. Government's Social Cost of Carbon Figure

The Social Cost of Carbon puts a dollar value on the climate damages per ton of CO2 released, and is used by - among others -policymakers to help determine the costs and benefits of climate policies. In the latest issue of the journal Science, a group of economists and lawyers urge several improvements to the government's Social Cost of Carbon figure that would impose a regular, transparent and peer-reviewed process to ensure the figure is reliable and well-supported by the latest facts.

5 Dec 2014