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Stanford's Global Climate and Energy Project Celebrates 10 Years of Funding Cutting-Edge Research

Stanford University engineer Shanhui Fan envisions a future where we don't just drive electric cars, we drive them on highways embedded with evenly spaced metal coils, generating electrical currents that charge the car wirelessly as it barrels down the road – car and coil never touch.

9 Nov 2012

New Tool to See Possible Local Effects of Climate Change

Climate scientists cannot attribute any single weather event — whether a drought, wildfire or extreme storm — to climate change. But extreme events, such as Hurricane Sandy, are glimpses of the types of occurrences the world could be more vulnerable to in the future. As the devastation left by Sandy continues to reverberate, decision-makers at every level are asking: How can we be better prepared?

8 Nov 2012

Paleotempestology Important in Current Period of Climate Change

Understanding Earth's paleo-hurricane record cannot be more timely and important in a light of Hurricane Sandy, which shocked the U.S. East Coast last week. Talks in this Wednesday afternoon session at the GSA Annual Meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, integrate field, lab, and model analysis of past hurricanes and future scenarios, covering a wide range of temporal and spatial scales.

8 Nov 2012

Global Warming May Cause Severe Failures of Indian Monsoon

Global warming could cause frequent and severe failures of the Indian summer monsoon in the next two centuries, new research suggests.

6 Nov 2012

Scenario-Based Planning Support System Examines Strategies on Alleviating Climate-Change Effects

Over the past decade, a global effort has been initiated to conserve and protect natural resources for future generations and to protect human health through environmental stewardship. However, the “Go Green” campaign is challenged on a daily basis by increasing land-use and transportation needs.

6 Nov 2012

Global Warming Affected Recovery of Species after Mass Extinction

Researchers have discovered why plants and animals had a hard time recovering from the largest mass extinction in Earth's history 250 million years ago.

6 Nov 2012

Researchers Link Colossal Volcanic Eruption 74,000 Years Ago with Global Climate Change

The largest volcanic eruption on Earth in the past millions of years took place in Indonesia 74,000 years ago and researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute can now link the colossal eruption with the global climate and the effects on early humans. The results are published in the scientific journal Climate of the Past.

6 Nov 2012

Climate Group Calls for Massive Scale-Up of Investment in Cleantech and Renewable Energy

The Climate Group called today for an “American Clean Revolution”, a massive scale-up of investment in cleantech and renewable energy, as a way to future-proof America’s infrastructure, avert catastrophic extreme weather events resulting from climate change, and boost the US economy.

5 Nov 2012

New Report Analyzes Threats to National Security from Climate Change

The American Security Project released a new report analyzing the threats to national security both at home and abroad from climate change. As we are seeing by the events of this week, extreme weather – exacerbated by a changing climate – poses clear threats to the United States.

2 Nov 2012

New Study Provides Insights to Improve Accuracy of Climate Models

Using dogwood trees, scientists are gaining a better understanding of the role photosynthesis and respiration play in the atmospheric carbon dioxide cycle. Their findings will aid computer modelers in improving the accuracy of climate simulations.

1 Nov 2012