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Climate change
hideClimate change is any long-term change in the statistics of weather over periods of time that range from decades to millions of years. It can express itself as a change in the mean weather conditions, the probability of extreme conditions, or in any other part of the statistical distribution of weather. Climate change may occur in a specific region, or across the whole Earth.
In recent usage, especially in the context of environmental policy, climate change usually refers to changes in modern climate (see global warming). For information on temperature measurements over various periods, and the data sources available, see temperature record. For attribution of climate change over the past century, see attribution of recent climate change.
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News tagged with climate change
Node-3 and Cupola: European technology to complete the ISS
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Feb 08, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched at 10:14:08 CET today and is heading for the International Space Station carrying two sophisticated European modules: Node-3 (Tranquility) and Cupola. ...
Butterflies seek higher ground to escape warmer temperatures
Feb 08, 2010 |
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A study of beleaguered butterflies in California provides some of the best clues yet as to how other animals may react to climate change, scientists say.
Netherlands adds to UN climate report controversy
Feb 05, 2010 |
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The Netherlands has asked the UN climate change panel to explain an inaccurate claim in a landmark 2007 report that more than half the country was below sea level, the Dutch government said Friday.
Penn State clears climate researcher on 3 charges; 1 still pending
Feb 04, 2010 |
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A Pennsylvania State University committee Wednesday cleared climate researcher Michael Mann of professional-misconduct charges but said it would further investigate whether the scientist "deviated from accepted practices."
According to new survey, Americans support strong climate, energy policies
Feb 04, 2010 |
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Despite a sharp drop in public concern over global warming, Americans—regardless of political affiliation—support the passage of federal climate and energy policies, according to the results of a national survey released ...
Grid computing for the masses
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Feb 04, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Having helped scientists study the building blocks of the universe, peer inside the human body in miniscule detail and monitor climate change, grid computing could soon be put to more mundane ...
Invasive plants are beneficiaries of climate change in Thoreau's woods
Feb 03, 2010 |
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Invasive plants could become even more prevalent and destructive as climate change continues, according to a new analysis of data stretching back more than 150 years.
Ecologists discover forests are growing faster
Feb 01, 2010 |
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Speed is not a word typically associated with trees; they can take centuries to grow. However, a new study to be published the week of Feb. 1 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has found evidence that f ...
Computer model demonstrates that white roofs may successfully cool cities
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 01, 2010 |
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Painting the roofs of buildings white has the potential to significantly cool cities and mitigate some impacts of global warming, a new study indicates. The research, which is the first computer modeling study to simulate ...
Plantations can provide the same ecosystem services as natural forests
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Not all plantations need to be the biological deserts that have come to characterize large-scale, industrial plantations. According to scientists in a paper out in February's issue of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and th ...
Disappearing ducks?
Feb 01, 2010 |
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The loss of wetlands in the prairie pothole region of central North America due to a warmer and drier climate will negatively affect millions of waterfowl that depend on the region for food, shelter and raising young, according ...
Smart grid could reduce emissions by 12 percent
Jan 29, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A smart electrical power grid could decrease annual electric energy use and utility sector carbon emissions at least 12 percent by 2030, according to a new report from the Department of Energy's ...
Watchdog: UK university hid climate data
Jan 28, 2010 |
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(AP) -- The university at the center of a climate change dispute over stolen e-mails broke freedom of information laws by refusing to handle public requests for climate data, Britain's data-protection watchdog said Thursday.
Early humans caused extinction of Australia's giant animals
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Jan 28, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The mass extinction of Australia's giant animals, such as huge kangaroos and rhinoceros-sized wombats, might have been more rapid than previously thought, according to new research from the ...
With climate change, birds are taking off for migration sooner; not reaching destinations earlier
Jan 28, 2010 |
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Migrating birds can and do keep their travel dates flexible, a new study published online on January 28th in Current Biology reveals. But in the case of pied flycatchers, at least, an earlier takeoff hasn't necessarily transl ...
