News tagged with changing climate
New predictions for sea level rise
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Fossil coral data and temperature records derived from ice-core measurements have been used to place better constraints on future sea level rise, and to test sea level projections.
How rolling terrain rolls: New study could help identify signs of life on other planets (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Anyone who has flown over the western United States knows the patterns well: Seemingly endless repetitions of similar landforms, ridges and valleys and ridges and valleys arranged with nearly ...
Changing climate will lead to devastating loss of phosphorus from soil
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Crop growth, drinking water and recreational water sports could all be adversely affected if predicted changes in rainfall patterns over the coming years prove true, according to research published this month in Biology an ...
Drop in daddy long legs is devastating bird populations
Mar 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Warm summers are dramatically reducing populations of daddy long legs, which in turn is having a severe impact on the bird populations which rely on them for food.
Climate-related changes on the Antarctic peninsula
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Scientists have long established that the Antarctic Peninsula is one of the most rapidly warming spots on Earth. Now, new research using detailed satellite data indicates that the changing climate is affecting ...
Mama whales teach babies where to eat
Biology /
Feb 09, 2009 |
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University of Utah biologists discovered that young "right whales" learn from their mothers where to eat, raising concern about their ability to find new places to feed if Earth's changing climate disrupts ...
