Jan 27 2011
Warm North Atlantic Heating Arctic
The warmest North Atlantic Ocean water in the past 2,000 years is flowing into the Arctic, scientists report, and probably speeding the decline in northern polar ice.
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Jan 21 2011
The Sensitive Seasons of Europe
Going back 500 years, scientists find the seasons of Europe more sensitive to outside climate influences than they previously thought.
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Jan 14 2011
Megastorm: California’s Other “Big One”
The pineapple express aka 'atmospheric river' may threaten California shores.
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Jan 11 2011
EarthObserver: A Planet in Your Pocket
Great new -- free -- earth science software applications for the iPad and iPhone-iPod Touch have been developed by scientists and software engineers at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University.
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Jan 10 2011
CO2 and the Hangover that Won’t Quit
Models developed by Canadian scientists simulate changes in climate that run very far into the future.
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Dec 08 2010
The Slippery Slope of Ice Sheet Melting
Researchers are zeroing in on the complicated process of ice sheet melting in response to a warming climate.
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Nov 29 2010
Clouds May Make Warming Worse
New climate modeling shows that the response of clouds to global change worsens the warming trend.
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Oct 14 2010
Atmospheric CO2: Climate’s ‘Control Knob’
New experiments by NASA scientists show how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere acts as the "control knob" for climate change.
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Oct 11 2010
Are Volcanoes and Earthquakes Related?
Large earthquakes can trigger volcanic trouble, and magma movement can cause tremors. Geologists often use information from one to help predict the other.
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Oct 07 2010
Uncovering the Secrets of the Greatest Holes on Earth
From volcanoes to nuclear weapons tests and sinkholes, researchers who study giant collapse structures hope to understand what happens when Earth caves in.
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