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Silica algae reveal how ecosystems react to climate changes
Mar 09, 2009 |
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A newly published dissertation by Linda Ampel from the Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology at Stockholm University in Sweden examined how rapid climate changes during the most recent ice ...
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Oceanic seesaw links Northern and Southern hemisphere during abrupt climate change
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Very large and abrupt changes in temperature recorded over Greenland and across the North Atlantic during the last Ice Age were actually global in extent, according to an international team of researchers led by Cardiff University.
Rapid changes in the winter climate
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Aug 14, 2009 |
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The Baltic Sea winter climate has changed more in the last 500 years than previously thought. Research at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that our part of the world has experienced periods of both ...
Evolution, ecosystems may buffer some species against climate change
Mar 05, 2009 |
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(Physorg.com) -- Although ecologists expect many species will be harmed by climate change, some species could be buffered by their potential to evolve or by changes in their surrounding ecosystems.
Rodent size linked to human population and climate change
Jul 31, 2009 |
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You probably hadn't noticed -- but the head shape and overall size of rodents has been changing over the past century. A University of Illinois at Chicago ecologist has tied these changes to human population density and climate ...
Comet impact theory disproved
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 26, 2009 |
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New data, published today, disproves the recent theory that a large comet exploded over North America 12,900 years ago, causing a shock wave that travelled across North America at hundreds of kilometres per hour and triggering ...
Researchers find animal with ability to survive climate change
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Sep 24, 2008 |
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Queen's researchers have found that the main source of food for many fish - including cod - in the North Atlantic appears to adapt in order to survive climate change.
Measures to help species cope with climate change?
Jul 17, 2008 |
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Many species must move to new areas to survive climate change. Often, this seems impossible. Species stranded on mountain tops in southern Europe that are becoming too hot for them, for instance, are unlikely to be able ...
Some climate impacts happening faster than anticipated
Dec 17, 2008 |
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A report released today at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union provides new insights on the potential for abrupt climate change and the effects it could have on the United States, identifying key concerns ...
Study reveals dynamic Wisconsin climate, past and future
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Sep 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If the future scenarios being churned out by the world's most sophisticated computer climate models are on the mark, big changes are in store for Wisconsin's weather during the next century.
Ice Bridge Supporting Wilkins Ice Shelf Collapses
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Apr 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An ice bridge connecting the Wilkins Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula to Charcot Island has disintegrated. The event continues a series of breakups that began in March 2008 on the ice ...
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