Government works to coordinate climate response efforts as farmers suffer

Research shows northern forests in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are drying up and shrinking from drought caused by climate change, while the eastern boreal forest is holding its own.

Published: Monday, January 30, 2012 - 11:34 in Earth & Climate Oceanographers have identified a series of ocean hotspots around the world generated by strengthening wind systems that have driven oceanic currents, including the East Australian Cur...

COMMENTARY By Geoff Grant   Here’s a Monday morning conversation starter for the casual sports fan: did global warming cause Sidney Crosby’s concussion? No, the Na...

But experts warn traditional knowledge alone will not be enough to cope with changing conditions

Sylvia Fallon, Senior Scientist, Washington, DC: A new study has documented a decline in songbird populations in Arizona as a result of climate change.  What gets less attention in this story is that this ...

While restored wetlands may look superficially similar—and the animal and insect populations may be the same—the plants take much longer to return to normal and establish the carbon resources in the soil that make for a healthy ecosystem. (Credit:...

Both new maize varieties and old ones are helping protect yields in the face of dryer conditions

Dan Lashof, Program Director, Climate & Clean Air, Washington, D.C.: An important study published in Science last week shows that targeted measures to curb methane, black carbon, and carbon dioxide emissions would yield huge ...

In the movie "Austin Powers," the villain, Dr. Evil, demands that his henchmen find sharks with lasers on their heads in order to intimidate and kill his enemies. Based on a news story out of Australia today, I suspect that if the same movie were t...

Author of IPCC 'extreme weather' report is among those displaced by flooding

Andrew Wetzler, Director, Land & Wildlife Program, Chicago: Environment 360 reports: "A new study says that a warming climate is having a more profound effect on the world’s mountain vegetation than previously believed and ...

Rising, warming and increasingly acidic seas threaten the very survival of Pacific island countries. The retreat of glaciers and snowfields in the Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau jeopardize these "water towers" on which 1 billion Asians depend for flows ...

Wild weather hits Latin AmericaSacramento BeeFor many witnessing the extreme weather in the region and around the world, the question that comes up again and again is whether climate change is playing a role. The response from experts: Probably. While ...

An international aid organization that has seen the worst of what war and climate change could do to man has come here to replace one of the most crucial things that such manmade and natural disasters strip human communities of—shelter.

Climate change in the Nepalese Himalayas means many glaciers are being eroded, leading to the production of large lakes that pose a future flood hazard.

“As a result of this research, we can now say unequivocally that the oxygen content of the ocean is sensitive to climate change, confirming the general cause for concern," says study co-author Eric Galbraith. (Credit: iStockphoto) MCGILL (CAN) — D...

Rapid rise in wildfires in large parts of Canada? Public release date: 16-Dec-2011[ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Tilo Arnholdpresse@ufz.de49-341-235-1635Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres Ecologists show for the first time threshold va...

"Visiting parks earlier may not be a big deal, but it may serve as a bellwether for more severe human adjustments required to cope with climate change," says study author Lauren Buckley, a biology professor at UNC-Chapel Hill. (Credit: iStockphoto) UN...

Man-made and natural factors, like road construction and fires, can cause a changeover from forest to savanna or vice versa. The change can happen within several decades and can be extremely difficult to reverse once it happens. (Credit: Carla Staver)...

October 27, 2011 Winter precipitation trends in the Mediterranean region for the period 1902 - 2010. High Resolution (Credit: NOAA) Wintertime droughts are increasingly common in the Mediterranean region, and human-caused climate change is partly ...

Ozone in Earth's stratosphere at an altitude of approximately 12 miles (20 kilometers) in mid-March 2011, near the peak of the 2011 Arctic ozone loss. Red colors represent high levels of ozone, while purple and grey colors (over the north polar re...

The extent to which creatures like the red-bellied newt (Taricha torosa) can withstand fluctuations in temperature during climate-induced journeys will be a crucial determinant of their ultimate survival. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons) BROWN (US) — Whi...

Climate change will show which animals can take the heat Public release date: 29-Sep-2011[ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Richard LewisRichard_Lewis@brown.edu401-863-3766Brown University IMAGE: The speckled black salamander, one of the spec...

Wangari Maathai, a prominent Kenyan environmental and political activist and 2004 Nobel prize winner passed away on September 25. She was the first African woman to be awarded the prize and is recognized worldwide in the fight to protect the environment on the African continent.

Press Release 11-196Deep Oceans May Mask Global Warming for Years at a Time Computer simulations of global climate lead to new conclusions New findings on a link between oceans and global climate look at ocean depths.Credit and Larger Version Septe...

Clouds play a small role in initiating climate variations, but the "bottom line is that clouds have not replaced humans as the cause of the recent warming the Earth is experiencing," says Andrew Dessler. (Credit: iStockphoto) TEXAS A&M (US) — Cl...

(Click on images for larger view.) Jewel-like green against the desert of central Asia, the Aral Sea has a long history of change. Over thousands of years, the lake has filled and dried, its fate linked to the flow of the rivers that feed it, par...

Press Release 11-168Newly Discovered Icelandic Current Could Change Climate Picture Current called North Icelandic Jet contributes to key component of ocean circulation Northern Denmark Strait showing newly discovered deep current, in relation to kn...

Press Release 11-162Arctic Ice Melt Could Pause in Coming Decades Researchers find unexpected results in study of ice cover in the Arctic Scientists are finding some surprising results about sea ice in the Arctic.Credit and Larger Version August 11...