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University of Southampton Research Shows Delay in Signs of Autumn Season

A study by the University of Southampton suggests that on average the end of Autumn is taking place later in the year and Spring is starting slightly earlier.

31 Mar 2014

Research Casts Doubt over Potential of Biochar to Alleviate Climate Change

In the first study of its kind, research undertaken at the University of Southampton has cast significant doubt over the use of biochar to alleviate climate change.

29 Mar 2014

Earth's Temperature Rise Will Cause Methane Emissions to Outpace That of Carbon Dioxide

While carbon dioxide is typically painted as the bad boy of greenhouse gases, methane is roughly 30 times more potent as a heat-trapping gas. New research in the journal Nature indicates that for each degree that the Earth's temperature rises, the amount of methane entering the atmosphere from microorganisms dwelling in lake sediment and freshwater wetlands — the primary sources of the gas — will increase several times.

28 Mar 2014

Global Warming will be Detrimental to Three Essential Food Crops

Results from a new study co-authored by Netra Chhetri, a faculty member at the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes at Arizona State University, show global warming of only 2 degrees Celsius will be detrimental to three essential food crops in temperate and tropical regions. And beginning in the 2030s, yields from those crops will start to decline significantly.

26 Mar 2014

Unique Approach to Address Extreme Climatic Changes Before They Occur

How can communities dodge future disasters from Mother Nature before she has dealt the blow? Researchers are taking a unique approach to the issue and gaining input and support from community stakeholders. Daniel Murphy, a University of Cincinnati assistant professor of anthropology, will present findings on March 20, at the 74th annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SFAA) in Albuquerque, N.M.

19 Mar 2014

Deep Winter Mixing Plays a Critical Role in Iron Transportation, Climate Change

An international team of researchers analysed the available data taken from all previous studies of the Southern Ocean, together with satellite images taken of the area, to quantify the amount of iron supplied to the surface waters of the Southern Ocean.

17 Mar 2014

Pacific Decadal Oscillation, Anthropogenic Pollutants May Have Caused Widening of Tropical Belt

Recent studies have shown that the Earth’s tropical belt — demarcated, roughly, by the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn — has progressively expanded since at least the late 1970s. Several explanations for this widening have been proposed, such as radiative forcing due to greenhouse gas increase and stratospheric ozone depletion.

17 Mar 2014

Changes in Sun's Activity Could Have Had a Considerable Impact on Natural Climate Change

Changes in the sun's energy output may have led to marked natural climate change in Europe over the last 1000 years, according to researchers at Cardiff University.

10 Mar 2014

Warm River Waters Contribute to Melting of Arctic Sea Ice

The heat from warm river waters draining into the Arctic Ocean is contributing to the melting of Arctic sea ice each summer, a new NASA study finds.

6 Mar 2014

NPL Scientists Create Synthetic Air Reference Standard to Measure Climate Change

Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have produced a synthetic air reference standard which can be used to accurately measure levels of carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere. This will greatly help scientists contribute to our understanding of climate change.

5 Mar 2014