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Study Reveals Seafloor Landscape Controls Ice-Sheet Retreat

Ice-sheet retreat can halt temporarily during long phases of climate warming, according to scientists.

17 Oct 2012

Study Reveals Frequency of Tropical Cyclones Has Become More Prevalent

Are there more tropical cyclones now than in the past? – or is it just something we believe because we now hear more about them through media coverage and are better able detect them with satellites? New research from the Niels Bohr Institute clearly shows that there is an increasing tendency for cyclones when the climate is warmer, as it has been in recent years. The results are published in the scientific journal PNAS.

16 Oct 2012

Human Activities in the Middle Ages May Have Contributed to Climate Change

New data extracted from Greenland’s glaciers show that methane in the atmosphere follows the waxing and waning of civilizations.

9 Oct 2012

Expanding Palm Oil Production Drives Carbon-Rich Rainforest Destruction

Expanding production of palm oil, a common ingredient in processed foods, soaps and personal care products, is driving rainforest destruction and massive carbon dioxide emissions, according to a new study led by researchers at Stanford and Yale universities.

8 Oct 2012

NPL Proposes to Launch Satellite to Accurately Predict Climate Change

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is leading a project seeking to launch a satellite which will provide more accurate climate data, improving our understanding of the impact of climate change.

4 Oct 2012

Southward Expansion of Subtropical Dry-Zone Linked to Decline in Rainfall

A decline in April-May rainfall over south-east Australia is associated with a southward expansion of the subtropical dry-zone according to research published today in Scientific Reports, a primary research journal from the publishers of Nature.

4 Oct 2012

Amazonia Climate Changes with Alterations in Atlantic Ocean Temperature

A new paper reveals that changes in the temperature of the Atlantic Ocean quickly translate into climate change in western Amazonia. North Atlantic forcing of Amazonian precipitation during the last ice age is co-authored by Dr Will Gosling of The Open University with the Florida Institute of Technology, and appears in this week’s Nature Geoscience.

3 Oct 2012