http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. The first comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate and its relationship to the global climate system is published this week by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). The review - Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment - presents the latest research from the icy continent, identifies areas for future scientific research, and addresses the urgent questions that policy makers have about Antarctic melting, sea-level rise and biodiversity. http://www.physorg.com/news178867843.html Space & Earth Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:00:01 EST news178867843 A new European Earth observation satellite will be launched in the early hours of Monday morning (2 November 2009) from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. http://www.physorg.com/news176030951.html Space & Earth Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:40:06 EST news176030951 (PhysOrg.com) -- Climate scientists recognize that climate modeling projections include a significant level of uncertainty. A team of researchers using computing facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has identified a new method for quantifying this uncertainty. http://www.physorg.com/news175361982.html Space & Earth Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:40:13 EST news175361982 As preparations for the launch of SMOS and Proba-2 continue on schedule, the engineers and technicians at the Russian launch site say goodbye as both satellites are encapsulated within the half-shells of the Rockot fairing. http://www.physorg.com/news175338859.html Space & Earth Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:15:27 EST news175338859 (AP) -- Indian Kashmir's glaciers are melting fast because of rising temperatures, threatening the water supply of millions of people in the Himalayan region, a new study by Indian scientists says. http://www.physorg.com/news174651252.html Space & Earth Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:40:01 EST news174651252 A 2005-2007 dry spell in the southeastern United States destroyed billions of dollars of crops, drained municipal reservoirs and sparked legal wars among a half-dozen states -but the havoc came not from exceptional dryness but booming population and bad planning, says a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news173622528.html Space & Earth Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:00:02 EST news173622528 (AP) -- The man from the middle of the Indian Ocean, from one of the tiniest of nations, told his fellow presidents he knew "you are not really listening." http://www.physorg.com/news172909980.html Space & Earth Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:10:01 EST news172909980 An interdisciplinary team of University of Arizona researchers is building a network of soil moisture probes to improve short-term and seasonal weather forecasting. http://www.physorg.com/news172852040.html Space & Earth Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:50:03 EST news172852040 Arctic temperatures in the 1990s reached their warmest level of any decade in at least 2,000 years, new research indicates. The study, which incorporates geologic records and computer simulations, provides new evidence that the Arctic would be cooling if not for greenhouse gas emissions that are overpowering natural climate patterns. http://www.physorg.com/news171206871.html Space & Earth Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:28:28 EST news171206871 Hot on the heels of the Royal Society's Geoengineering the Climate report, September's Physics World contains feature comment from UK experts stressing the need to start taking geoengineering - deliberate interventions in the climate system to counteract man-made global warming - more seriously. http://www.physorg.com/news171025917.html Space & Earth Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:12:27 EST news171025917 (PhysOrg.com) -- Research published by climate scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) has been named one of the most highly-cited in its field in the last two years. http://www.physorg.com/news170328791.html Space & Earth Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:34:03 EST news170328791 Physicists at the University of Rochester have combed through data from satellites and ocean buoys and found evidence that in the last 50 years, the net flow of heat into and out of the oceans has changed direction three times. http://www.physorg.com/news169472486.html Physics Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:42:06 EST news169472486 Emergency plans to counteract global warming by artificially shading the Earth from incoming sunlight might lower the planet's temperature a few degrees, but such "geoengineering" solutions would do little to stop the acidification of the world oceans that threatens coral reefs and other marine life, report the authors of a new study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. The culprit is atmospheric carbon dioxide, which even in a cooler globe will continue to be absorbed by seawater, creating acidic conditions. http://www.physorg.com/news164378973.html Biology Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:20:16 EST news164378973 (PhysOrg.com) -- The most comprehensive modeling yet carried out on the likelihood of how much hotter the Earth`s climate will get in this century shows that without rapid and massive action, the problem will be about twice as severe as previously estimated six years ago - and could be even worse than that. http://www.physorg.com/news161953575.html Space & Earth Tue, 19 May 2009 12:07:06 EST news161953575 (PhysOrg.com) -- A survey of top climate scientists has revealed there is a real chance of key climate tipping points being passed with serious consequences for the planet. http://www.physorg.com/news156525085.html Space & Earth Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:13:03 EST news156525085 A study reported in today's issue of Nature disputes a longstanding picture of how ice sheets influence ocean circulation during glacial periods. http://www.physorg.com/news145202102.html Space & Earth Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:55:02 EST news145202102