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Muir Glacier Pair

Image Credit: National Snow and Ice Data Center, W. O. Field, B. F. Molnia

Click on the image to go to the story at the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

On the left is a photograph of Muir Glacier taken on August 13, 1941, by glaciologist William O. Field; on the right, a photograph taken from the same vantage on August 31, 2004, by geologist Bruce F. Molnia of the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Climate: CO2 decline linked with ice cap formation

Global warming: Multiplier effect seen in coastal ecosystems

Global warming: Signal versus noise

Global warming: October 2011 the 10th-warmest on record

Global warming: Tundra fires a big factor in carbon cycle

Pollution may be fueling unusual desert cyclones

Global warming: Forests not adapting as predicted

Climate: Preparing for mass migration a ‘moral imperative’

Global warming: Does albedo offset CO2?

New research may help fine-tune climate models

Scientists at Oregon State University say that, based on a recent study, some climate models need to revised to include changes in albedo resulting from large-scale forest disturbances. Albedo is a measure of radiation reflected by a surface — in this case [...]

Global warming: Arctic sea ice getting thinner

Research voyage yields solid  data on Arctic sea ice loss

Old, thick sea ice that helps sustain a long-term ice cover in the Arctic is disappearing, according to researchers with the Alfred Wegener Institute who recently sailed more than 12,000 miles through Arctic seas aboard the Polarstern to investigate [...]

Environment: U.S. wetlands at a ‘tipping point’

Forested and coastal wetlands declining the most

The latest comprehensive national wetlands survey showed a net loss of 82,300 acres between 2004 and 2009, and even though the rate of wetlands losses slowed, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said the trend is alarming, especially for places like the Mississippi River Delta. [...]

Environment: Unprecendented ozone loss above Arctic

Stratospheric cold snap led to depletion of protective gas last winter

An unusually long-lasting cold snap in the stratosphere above the Arctic last winter caused an unprecedented depletion of the Earth’s protective ozone layer, according to the results of NASA-led study published Oct. 2 in Nature. The researchers found [...]

Can forests offset some climate change impacts?

Forest Service researchers document trend toward more extreme weather

U.S. Forest Service researchers in western North Carolina said they’re seen a shift toward more extreme precipitation patterns since the 1980s. “We found significant increases in temperature and in the frequency of extreme wet and dry years since the 1980s,” [...]

Biodiversity: New research confirms global shark declines

Study: ‘Widespread, substantial, and ongoing declines in the abundance of shark populations worldwide …’

Australian researchers say they’ve developed a new way of accurately measuring shark populations, and the results show the ocean predators are in big trouble on the Great Barrier Reef and around the world. “There is [...]

Global warming: ‘Missing’ heat found deep in the ocean

New study explains why global surface temperatures don’t rise in a straight line By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — Changes in ocean currents and circulation are capturing some of the sun’s incoming heat deep in the ocean, according to researchers with the National Center for Atmospheric Research, who said their latest computer models account for [...]

Sea level rise to be costly for California

New study pinpoints economic impacts to beach communities

Shrinking beaches could cost California communities more than $1 billion as sea levels rise, according to a team of San Francisco State University researchers. The study tried to pinpoint economic impacts in five seaside communities: Ocean Beach in San Francisco; Venice [...]

Riders, skiers seek political action on global warming

Top athletes set to spotlight potential climate-change impacts to winter sports communities and industries

After a powder-filled La Niña season, it might be hard to come to grips with the fact that winters just aren’t what they used to be — but that’s exactly what a recent study from [...]

Climate: NOAA issues La Niña advisory

Drought may continue across south-central U.S.

It’s official — La Niña is back, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center, which last week upgraded its La Niña watch to a La Niña advisory. “This means drought is likely to continue in the drought-stricken states of [...]

New evidence from fossilized reefs suggest large sea-level changes during interglacial warm period, 120,000 years ago

Findings will help model future sea-level changes

New evidence gathered from coral reef fossils suggests that sea levels fluctuated by 13 to 20 feet within the span of just a few thousands of years during a warm interglacial period known as the Eemian Age, about 125,000 years ago.  [...]

Global warming: Arctic sea ice decline continues in August

Northwest passage open for shipping

The August sea ice extent in the Arctic reached the second lowest level for the month and tracked near record low levels for much of the summer. The latests readings underscore the continued decline in Arctic ice cover, according to the monthly update from [...]

Global warming: Will ‘extreme’ summers become the norm?

New study suggests that 70 to 80 percent of the Earth’s land surface will see summer temps that exceed historical extremes

Even if efforts to cap average global temperature increases at 3.5 degrees are realized, about 70 to 80 percent of the Earth’s land surface could experience summer temperatures [...]

El Niño beach erosion previews global warming impacts

USGS finds 2009 – 2010 storms caused unprecedented coastal erosion

Winter shoreline erosion at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach of more than 180 feet during the El Niño storms of 2009 – 2010 may be a harbinger of future climate change impacts, geologists said after an extensive West Coast assessment [...]

Study: Clouds do not cause climate change

New paper sure to fuel what some are now calling the climate wars

A new paper published this week in Geophysical Research Letters rebuts recent claims that clouds are the root cause of climate change. Based on a 10-year study of El Niño and La Niña cycles, Texas A&M [...]

Dust in the Southern Ocean may drive climate changes

Cycle of dust, phytoplankton and climate change studied

A study of dust deposition in the Southern Ocean going back 4 million years  shows a close link between high levels of dust in the Antarctic Ocean and  low concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere, which, in turn, are linked with [...]

Global warming: Sea levels could rise for centuries to come

Strong warning on climate threshold from University of Arizona researchers By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — Ice sheets in the Arctic and Antarctic will probably keep melting, and sea levels will keep rising for a long time — even if greenhouse gas emissions are curbed in the near future, according to a University of Arizona-led [...]

Climate: Warmer oceans absorbing less carbon

Yet another climate feedback loop with scary consequences

In the past few millennia, the world’s oceans have helped maintain a climatic balance by absorbing atmospheric carbon — up to one-third of all human carbon emissions, including atmospheric carbon dioxide and its associated global changes. But a broad and detailed [...]

Wildfires spur emissions of greenhouse gases from soil

Climate-fire feedback loop likely to accelerate global warming

An accidental grassfire during a series of climate change experiments showed that increased nitrogen deposits in soils, combined with wildfires, can significantly increase the release of nitrous oxide from the soil, which in turn can accelerate global warming. “Soils are the [...]

Global warming: Early spring warmup threatens plants

Earliest bloom dates have advanced by six days in past few decades

There little doubt that a changing climate has led to an earlier spring bloom for many plants around the world. This reset of nature’s clock has been well-documented, as scientists track the earliest blooms of many different species. [...]

Global warming deniers to pow-wow in Washington

Oil-funded group wants to ‘restore scientific method’ to climate science

If it weren’t so dangerous, it would be funny. The Heartland Institute, a conservative think tank funded by Exxon Mobil and Charles Koch, is once again rounding up its stable of climate change deniers for the sixth annual Conference [...]

Climate: High-mountain wildflower season getting shorter

 Changes have implications for pollinators like bees and hummingbirds

As the spring and summer become warmer and drier in the high altitudes of the southern Rocky Mountains, the wildfower season is getting shorter, with a fall-off in flowering in mid-season. That could have serious consequences for the entire ecosystem, [...]

Climate: May global temps above average

U.S. readings below average for the month, as drought expands across Southeast

For the first time in quite a while, May 2011 brought below average temperatures across the U.S.A. A few regions were warmer than average, but for the country as a whole, the average May temperature was 60 [...]

Environment: Jellyfish may get last dance

Balance of ocean food web at risk as jellyfish blooms increase

Warmer water temperatures, over-fishing and nutrient loading in coastal areas could result in a jellyfish takeover, according to a team of biologists who studied the role of the slimy floaters in marine ecosystems. The scenario might be good [...]

Environment: Gulf dead zone could be the largest ever

2011 hypoxic zone to be affected by extreme Mississippi River flooding

The 2011 hypoxic dead zone zone in the Gulf of Mexico is predicted to be the largest ever recorded due to extreme flooding of the Mississippi River this spring, according to an annual forecast by a team of [...]

Global warming: Venice storm surges may decrease

Shifting storm patterns may have implications for preservation of historic city

Although sea-level rise caused by global warming is considered a serious threat to Venice, new research suggests that storm surges in the northern Adriatic Sea may decrease in frequency by 30 percent in the next few decades, leaving [...]

Environment: Invasive weeds to thrive with global warming

Yellow starthistle grows to six times its normal size with levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide expected in the next few decades

Yellow starthistle, a noxious week that’s already gained a foothold in Summit County, could become even more of a problem with warming global temperatures and more carbon dioxide [...]

Environment: CO2 emissions reached new record in 2010

Per capita emissions still highest in developed countries

After a small recession-related dip in 2008, global carbon dioxide emissions from energy production climbed to record levels in 2010, according to the latest estimates released by the International Energy Agency. Total emissions reached 30.6 gigatons, up about 5 percent from [...]

Environment: Ocean acidification a ‘one-way’ experiment

Clownfish may lose hearing, become vulnerable to predators as C02 levels rise

Increasing acidification of the oceans is affecting sensory organs in fish and could make some marine species more vulnerable to predators. Existing research shows that the CO2 in the oceans is causing some fish to lose their [...]

Research pinpoints historic Greenland climate changes

New evidence shows Norse abandoned settlements when the weather got colder

Based on archaeological evidence, researchers have long speculated that the Norse settlements on Greenland disappeared when the climate turned much colder in the North Atlantic. Now, paleo-climatologists have reconstructed a 5,600-year temperature record from lake sediments that gives [...]

Environment: Abalone threatened by climate change

New research give direct evidence that global warming threatens an endangered species

Already under pressure from poachers, the northern abalone could be pushed to the brink of extinction by rising levels of ocean carbon dioxide, according to a new report from the University of British Columbia. Northern abalone are [...]

Colorado: Citizen science project to monitor pikas

Long-term citizen science effort aimed at measuring climate change impacts in the Colorado high country

The climate of the mountain West is changing, and some biologists have already raised alarm about the American pika, a small mammal that lives in some of the most rugged nooks and crannies of [...]

Biodiversity of South Georgia Island rivals the Galapagos

Study of Southern Ocean marine life provides benchmark for future environmental impacts of rapidly changing Antarctic climate

Sea spiders the size of dinner plates and tow-meter-long ribbon worms that eat prey several times their own size were among the 1,400-plus species cataloged by the British Antarctic Survey in a [...]

Massive Canadian fires linked with beetles, climate change

Pine beetles adapting to new habitat

Wildfires in Canada have burned 909 percent more than the average number of acres this year, mainly due to a number of blazes in northern Alberta that have been described as “freakish firestorms” by forestry officials. Some scientists in Canada are conjecturing that [...]

Global warming: Ancient ocean changes are warning signs

Fossil record shows potential for sudden ocean changes as CO2 builds

After studying prehistoric ocean sediments, a team of researchers from Australia and the UK concluded that increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide in the oceans will likely lead to massive die-offs of marine life. The fossil record pinpoints a [...]

Climate: April 2011 was the sixth-warmest on record

Northwestern U.S. and Australia were the only significant land areas with cooler than average temperatures during the month

April was another warm month for Planet Earth, with the combined land and ocean average surface temperature running 1.06 degrees above the 20th century average — the sixth-warmest April on record [...]

UN climate panel adopts strict reporting standards

Global climate change panel preparing new overall assessment of impacts

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which has been a whipping boy for the global-warming deniers on the fringe of the climate debate, last week adopted stringent new standards that will give the panel even more credibility as it [...]

Global warming hits crop yields, affects food prices

North America not affected yet, according to new Stanford study

Climate change has significantly affected global wheat and corn yields since the 1980s, but North America hasn’t been affected yet, according to a new study from Stanford University. The researchers also said that those climate change impacts have caused [...]

Climate: ‘The music of El Niño’

New study shows how El Niño may respond to climate change

El Niño and La Niña, the two Pacifc siblings that influence weather world-wide, are linked to larger climate cycles in the eastern–central tropical Pacific, where climate swings between warm and cool phases, each lasting from 50 to 90 [...]

Global warming: Arctic melting faster than projected

20 percent drop in snow cover, seasonal changes and permafrost temperature increases add up to massive impacts

Global warming impacts in the Arctic are much more dramatic than predicted by many climate models, with summer temperatures the past few decades the highest in 2000 years, and a 20 percent [...]

Environment: Giant eddies discovered in Pacific Ocean

Circulation shows link between surface winds and deep-sea ecology

Wind-driven swirls of water up to 500 kilometers wide and 2,500 meters deep may be helping disperse tiny sea creatures, chemicals and heat from hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor. The deep-sea eddies were discovered by researchers from  [...]

Western water supplies will take big climate change hit

BuRec report says higher temps, changes to runoff likely under most climate change scenarios

Water supplies in the western United States could be hit hard by projected global warming impacts, including temperature increases of 5 to 7 degrees across the region, according to the Department of Interior [...]

La Niña may return for an encore next winter

Historical patterns show strong La Niñas usually last two years

After the strongest La Niña conditions in 35 years, sea surface temperatures in the eastern and central equatorial Pacific started climbing sharply last month, signaling a shift in the larger Pacific ocean and wind patterns [...]

Forests sequester more carbon than previously thought

Researchers develop the most accurate carbon-balance assessment to-date 

Forests and other terrestrial ecosystems across the U.S. can absorb more carbon than previously thought, but major droughts or other disturbances can affect their ability to sequester emissions. Widespread droughts, like those in 2002 and 2006, can cut the amount of [...]

Global warming: Arctic temps climb off the charts

For the planet, March was the 13th-warmest on record; Antarctic sea ice was the second-lowest on record

Warmer than average temperatures prevailed across much of the planet in March, especially in the far north, where readings were so high that climatologists had to add a new color — hot pink [...]

Florida’s coral reefs hit hard by record cold water temps

Record March high temps outpace record lows by 5 to 1

Overall, March was 1.4 degrees above the long-term average

Record high temperatures outnumbered record lows by a ratio of five to one during March, with 901 locations across the country recording their highest temperature single-day readings. A huge number of those record highs were reported from across Texas [...]

Fossilized coral reefs offer global warming clues

Free-floating coral likely to survive; structured reefs will probably disappear

Fossilized coral reefs more than 2 million years old are providing some clues about how global warming may affect existing reefs. Scientists from the University of Miami are analyzing reefs from Pliocene era [...]

Global warming opinions change with the wind

Global warming: Pool of icy meltwater lurks in Arctic

European climate researchers studying future impacts to Atlantic Ocean currents

A pool of icy meltwater in the Arctic Ocean is growing and could disrupt important circulation systems in the Atlantic when it spills southward, according to European climate researchers who have been try to pinpoint future climate change impacts. [...]

Mangrove forests tabbed as key carbon sinks

New research highlights importance of coastal preservation

Coastal mangrove forests store more carbon than almost any other forest on Earth, according to a study conducted by a team of U.S. Forest Service and university scientists. Their findings are published online in the journal Nature Geoscience. [...]

Biologists document loss of emperor penguin colony

Climate change seen as likely factor

British scientists in Antarctica have documented the disappearance of an emperor penguin colony from an island near the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The area has warmed significantly in recent decades [...]

Antarctic ecosystems hit hard by human impacts

Fishing, tourism and global warming cited as top threats in new study

While the Antarctic Treaty provides a framework for protecting the resources of the remote region, but some of the key threats are not being fully addressed, according to a team of scientists from the U.S. and UK [...]

‘No regrets’ policy for long-term climate change planning

Flexible adaptation policies needed in developing countries

The well-respected London School of Economics is warning that developing countries must start considering climate change impacts in their long-term planning. That includes looking at potential changes in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events to avoid “locking in” vulnerabilities [...]

Coastal ecosystems seen as keys to global carbon cycle

Mangroves, sea grass beds and tidal marshes store five time more carbon per acre than tropical rainforests

The destruction of coastal carbon ecosystems, including mangroves, seagrasses and tidal marshes, is leading to rapid and long-lasting emissions of CO2 into the ocean and atmosphere [...]

Forest Service adopts climate-change ‘scorecard’

Icebergs tabbed as biodiversity hotspots

Melting bergs may play a role in global carbon cycle

As icebergs melt, they dilute and cool surrounding water, raising chlorophyll levels that may, in turn, increase carbon dioxide absorption in the Southern Ocean, according to a research team funded by the National Science Foundation. The new research has global [...]

Global warming: Joshua trees headed for oblivion

Fossil record and climate models combine to paint a grim picture for the iconic desert plant
Climate change is likely to all but wipe out the Southwest’s iconic Joshua Trees, according to U.S. Geological Survey scientists who predict that conditions will become too warm across 90 percent of the [...]

Global cooling system may be failing fast

Maximum sea ice extent at record low level as melting season begins
With the vernal equinox, the sun starts once again to shine north of the Arctic Circle, and that marks the beginning of the melt season for sea ice in the region. Researchers with the Boulder-based National Snow [...]

Remember the ozone hole? It’s back, over the North Pole

Climate change linked to abnormally cold temperatures in the Arctic stratosphere; those conditions result in regional ozone loss

While ozone hole over Antarctica has slowly started to heal — thanks to concerted global action to ban chlorofluorocarbons — unusually low temperatures in the Arctic ozone layer have recently initiated [...]

February ranked as 17th-warmest for planet Earth

Combined sea and ocean surface temps were .72 degrees above average for the month based on records going back to 1880

The winter may have been colder than average across parts of North America and northern Europe, but global temperatures continued warmer than average during the month of February, with the combined [...]

Deep ice core samples reveal Earth’s climate history

Study of ice core samples deposited over millennia reveal that climate change can be very rapid, happening in a matter of decades

Deep in the frozen vault of the National Ice Core Laboratory in Lakewood, Colorado, pieces of ice up to nearly a half a million years old are helping researchers unravel [...]

NASA: Arctic meltdown is speeding up

Latest data shows polar ice cap shrinking 9 percent per year

A new, complete data set of sea ice measurements show that Arctic perennial is melting at about 9 percent per decade — much faster than previous estimates. If the same rate of melting continues for a few more [...]

Arctic sea ice changes affecting plankton blooms

Changes could have huge impacts on ocean food chains, global carbon cycle

Changes in the Arctic ice pack are starting to have an effect on the timing of the annual phytoplankton bloom, a critical event in the marine food chain and in the global carbon cycle. By studying satellite data, [...]

Global warming: February sea ice extent at record low

Northern hemisphere snow cover well above average

Arctic sea ice extent in February tied with 2005 for lowest on record since 1979, when satellite measurements began. Ice covered about 5.54 million square miles of the Arctic area, about half a million square miles below the average. The sea ice [...]

Global warming: Lodgepole pine may be down — and out

Changing climate shrinks habitat for iconic western trees

Lodgepole pines may not only be down from the pinebeetle epidemic, it may be out, thanks to global warming, which is rapidly shrinking suitable habitat for the iconic Western tree. The hardy pine, which thrives in harsh mountain climates, may disappear [...]

Denver a leader in green building push

Nearly 30 LEED certified projects certified in 2010

Denver is on the forefront of the green building revolution, with almost 30 projects that have achieved LEED certification since 2010, two of which have achieved the highest platinum rating. “Colorado’s culture of sustainability and conservation are part of its DNA; [...]

Global warming: Desert dust storms to get worse

U.S. Geological Survey, UCLA study shows loss of vegetation in the Southwest will lead to more frequent and intense dust storms

Desert dust blowing from the Southwest into the Rockies has been implicated in everything from earlier snowmelt and air quality violations to causing avalanches. A new study shows  [...]

Upcoming climate workshop includes tour of ice core lab

How will climate affect Colorado’s future water supplies?

Researchers use all sorts of historic records to try and track various natural phenomena that influence climate, but one of the most useful tools are ice cores taken from glaciers. The cores contain more climate information than any other natural recording [...]

Scientists cleared in ‘climategate’ emails — again

Inspector General report finds no wrong-doing, no reason to doubt NOAA‘s climate data

Global warming skeptics may have to find a new axe to grind after the Department of Commerce Inspector General reviewed the so-called Climategate emails and found there was no evidence of improper manipulation of data, failure [...]

EPA wants comment on annual greenhouse gas inventory

U.S. emissions dropped 6 percent in 2009 to lowest level since 2005

While ideologically driven controversy continues to swirl around EPA plans to regulate greenhouse gases, the agency is moving ahead. One of the first steps to establishing a regulatory framework is to know what it is you’re regulating. [...]

Global warming: Time to look for higher ground

Research team pinpoints the impacts of sea level rise

Climate researchers have long known that rising sea levels from global warming will inundate coastal areas, and on some low-lying islands, residents are already making plans to relocate entire populations. Now, a new study led by University of Arizona scientists [...]

Global warming to increase human health risks

NOAA teams up with university researchers to show how warmer temperatures will increase toxic algae blooms and exposure to other waterborne pathogens

SUMMIT COUNTY — At the same time that ecologists and forest health researchers discussed some of their latest global warming research at a symposium in Aspen, Colorado, scientists at the [...]

Global warming: Forest impacts seen worldwide

New study looks for patterns in global forest die-offs

Colorado’s forests, under attack by insects and weakened by increasing heat and drought, are not the only forests that may be feeling the impacts of climate change. In North Africa, a massive die-off of cedars has been linked to drought, [...]

Global warming: Permafrost meltdown is coming

Carbon surge could add up to 190 gigatons — about half of what’s been pumped into the atmosphere since the start of the industrial age

Between 30 to 60 percent of the Earth’s permafrost will melt by 2200, releasing enormous quantities of carbon into the atmosphere, according to a [...]

Wolverines face dire global warming threat

Study suggests wolverine habitat could melt away by mid-century

A targeted climate-change study by scientists with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder suggests that rising temperatures may completely eliminate existing habitat for wolverines in the contiguous United States. “The researchers combined regional-scale climate projections with knowledge of [...]

Summit County: Forest health and global warming

Is there a link between global climate change and the pine beetle epidemic?

SUMMIT COUNTY — You don’t have to be an early-bird to attend this week’s meeting of the Summit County Forest Health Task Force. The group normally meets early Thursday morning, but in a shift from its regular schedule, the [...]

Arctic sea ice extent at record low in January 2011

Warm air temps, shifts in hemispheric winds tabbed as causes for slow freeze-up

Arctic sea ice was at an all-time record-low level since the era of satellite tracking started, as air temperatures over the polar region were 4 to 11 degrees above average for the month. For the second [...]

Researchers ask Congress to revisit climate change science

‘There are no Democratic or Republican carbon dioxide molecules; they are all invisible and they all trap heat.’

Facing a potentially hostile political climate — especially in the House, where new Republican leaders seem to want to start an ideological crusade against climate science, a group of leading scientists [...]

Global warming: Key ocean channel heating up

Warmer waters flowing north contribute to loss of Arctic sea ice

Ocean temperatures in a key North Atlantic channel are warmer than at any time during the past 2,000 years — well outside the range of natural variations seen in the historic record, according to University of Colorado researchers [...]

Loss of polar sea ice to amplify global warming

Previous research may have underestimated impacts of loss of reflectivity

Loss of sea ice cover in the Arctic could amplify global warming trends much more than previously believe, according to a new study funded by the National Science Foundation. The research analyzed the albedo feedback in the Northern Hemisphere [...]

Global warming: New study pinpoints glacier impacts

Smaller glaciers will melt faster and fuel sea level rise

A new study by Canadian researchers suggests that smaller glaciers in mountain regions will be especially hard-hit by global warming, with many of them likely to shrink by 50 percent from their current ice volumes. The melt-off from those [...]

Even with zero CO2, warming to roll on for 1,000 years

West Antarctic ice sheet likely to collapse; sea level to rise 15 feet

Even if CO2 emissions were to cease completely by 2010, the climate change already under way would continue for at least 1,000 years, according to new study done by researchers at the Canadian Centre for Climate [...]

Growing hypoxic zones threaten ocean fisheries

Snake River zinc increase linked to global warming

Opinion: Fossil fuel dinosaurs try to block new EPA rules

Curbs on greenhouse gases could save polar bears

Southwestern forests especially sensitive to global warming

Court rejects early challenge to EPA greenhouse gas regs

Fate of Aegean reptiles foreshadows global warming impacts

11th-hour climate deal in Cancun

Increased plant growth could slow rate of global warming

Coastal wetlands at risk from global warming

Global warming: New concerns about peatland methane

Global warming: Lake ecoysytems at risk

CO2 emissions bounce back in 2010

Large tundra fires linked to global warming

Lake Tahoe warming in synch with other major lakes

Mountain micro-climates provide global warming refuge

Mainstream media called out on global warming story

Ocean currents sensitive to saline balance

Coastal archaeological sites face sea level threat

Clouds: The wild card in the global warming deck

Antarctica: King crab invasion?

Global warming: A tale of two hemispheres?

Wet-dry cycles in Southeast linked to global warming

New coastal research station established in Wisconsin

Tracking global warming in Colorado’s alpine zone

Will global warming bring widespread drought?

Full-scale studies of ocean acidification planned

Americans starting to get climate change picture

Global warming: Pacific Ocean thermocline shifting

Soils drying in large parts of Southern Hemisphere

Worldwide rallies held to combat global warming

Massive crop failures more likely with global warming

Scientists measure surging global freshwater runoff

Global warming displacing Australian fish

Global warming may be factor in ibex decline

Study of Antarctic moss could deliver global warming clues

Warming found deep in the oceans

Polar sea ice paradox resolved?

Southwest already hit hard by climate change

August 2010: Third-warmest ever for Earth

Tree-killing bugs to spread faster in a warming world

Global warming: Arctic sea ice reaches second-lowest level

Hypoxic ‘dead zone’ found off Pacific Northwest coast

New report documents melting Asian glaciers

Climate feedback loop from firestorms?

El Niño intensity has doubled in past few decades

Indonesian coral reefs hit hard by global warming

Global warming: Dire outlook for rainforests

Global warming heat waves expected to impact birds

New research focuses on fungi in the alpine zone

New climate change clues on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea

Delving deep into the ice of Eemian age

EPA rejects petitions on global warming endangerment

Global warming will spur commerce in Arctic

Global warming and the vanishing tundra

New study details ocean heat build-up

Melting ice only one factor in rising sea levels

Global warming: June sets another all-time record

Greenland glacier breaks up overnight