Island lizards are expert sunbathers, and researchers find it’s slowing their evolution
Credit: Virginia Tech If you've ever spent some time in the Caribbean, you might have noticed that humans are not ...
Tag: Temperature-Dependent Phenomena
From coal to gas: How the shift can help stabilize climate change
Benefits of phasing out coal outweigh risks, new study finds Led by Katsumasa Tanaka, a senior climate risk researcher at ...
Plants and microbes shape global biomes through local underground alliances
Credit: Mingzhen Lu, Princeton Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Dense rainforests, maple-blanketed mountains and sweeping coniferous forests demonstrate the growth and ...
Climate engineering needs to look at the big picture, says researcher
Concordia study examines the potential effects of large-scale projects designed to offset the Earth's changing climateCredit: Courtesy Nadine Mengis Of ...
Corals in the Red Sea offer long-term view of the south Asian summer monsoon
Credit: Photo by Konrad Hughen, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution When it comes to understanding future climate, the south Asian summer ...
What Earth’s gravity reveals about climate change
Researchers take stock of the GRACE satellite mission in Nature Climate ChangeCredit: AIRBUS/GFZ On March 17, 2002, the German-US satellite ...
Predictability limit: Scientists find bounds of weather forecasting
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- In the future, weather forecasts that provide storm warnings and help us plan our daily lives ...
The trouble with thaw
The warming Arctic permafrost may be releasing more nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, than previously thought About one fourth ...
Thunderstorms half a world away significantly contribute to heat waves in central California
Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences Heavy rain over the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia and the eastern Pacific Ocean is ...
New research adds to work of Prandtl, father of modern aerodynamics
Pitt's Inanc Senocak and postdoc Cheng-Nian Xiao publish findings in Journal of Fluid MechanicsCredit: Inanc Senocak PITTSBURGH (April 11, 2019) ...
Study: How will tropical mammals react to rising temperatures?
Ecologists draw conclusions from study of 400,000 TEAM Network camera-trap recordsCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University How wildlife will react to climate ...
NASA-NOAA satellite sees Tropical Cyclone Wallace dissipating
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Tropical Cyclone Wallace was dissipating in the Southern ...
New research reveals climate change secrets hidden in the Yukon permafrost
Credit: Trevor Porter A study from U of T Mississauga uses new research techniques to reveal alarming information about climate ...
How severe drought influences ozone pollution
From 2011 to 2015, California experienced its worst drought on record, with a parching combination of high temperatures and low ...