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Polar Storms Could Make a Big Difference to Climate Predictions

Intense but small-scale polar storms could make a big difference to climate predictions according to new research from the University of East Anglia and the University of Massachusetts.

17 Dec 2012

New Analysis Emphasizes Need for Earlier Action on Limiting Climate Change

This is a joint press release from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria, ETH Zurich in Switzerland, and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado.

17 Dec 2012

New Report Explores Climate-Smart Development Approaches

ACDI/VOCA's new World Report, Climate Change: Building Resilience in Changing Environments, examines climate-smart development approaches, highlighting practical ways to help communities adapt and thrive within a changing climate.

10 Dec 2012

Climate Change behind Decline in Wind Speeds at Inland Sites

Oceanographers at the University of Rhode Island have analyzed long-term data from several anemometers in southern New England and found that average wind speeds have declined by about 15 percent at inland sites while speeds have remained steady at an offshore site.

6 Dec 2012

EIA Calls Upon Global Leaders to Eliminate Hydrofluorocarbons

The Washington, DC-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today issued an open letter to global leaders meeting at the international climate negotiations in Doha, Qatar, urging them to act now to eliminate hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) – one of six classes of greenhouse gases (GHG) controlled under the climate regime.

5 Dec 2012

Allowing Natural Erosion Could Reduce Impact of Flooding Due to Rising Sea Levels

A study involving a scientist from the University of Southampton, which shows that ensuring continued flood protection for low lying coastal areas may mean sacrificing cliff top communities to the sea, has won the 2012 Lloyds Science of Risk prize for Climate Change research.

4 Dec 2012

Shrinking Polar Ice Sheets Linked to Devastating Superstorms

Charles H. Greene is professor of earth and atmospheric sciences and a fellow at the David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future at Cornell University. He is the author of “The Winters of Our Discontent: Loss of Arctic sea ice is stacking the deck in favor of harsh winters in the U.S. and Europe” in the upcoming December 2012 issue of Scientific American.

4 Dec 2012