News tagged with annual temperature
Giant extinct snake may -- or may not -- shed light on ancient climate
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Snakes coil up when they sense danger. Some snakes curl up in order to spring into action and strike. Snakes may also coil to preserve body heat, and this warming behavior could affect our understanding of ...
'Weedy' Bird Species May Win as Temperatures Rise
Jul 19, 2009 |
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Climate change is altering North American winter bird communities in ways that models currently favored by ecologists fail to predict.
Ghost alps of Antarctica are glimpsed after 14 million years
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Millions of years ago, rivers ran in Antarctica through craggy mountain valleys that were strangely similar to the European Alps of today, Chinese and British scientists reported on Wednesday.
Earth's seasons now arrive 2 days earlier, researchers report
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Not only has the average global temperature increased in the past 50 years, but the hottest day of the year has shifted nearly two days earlier, according to a new study by scientists from the University ...
Global increase of warmer years is no accident
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 09, 2009 |
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Between 1880 and 2006 the average global annual temperature was about 15°C. However, in the years after 1990 the frequency of years when this average value was exceeded increased.
