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March 30, 2016

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Atmospheric Nitrogen Leads to Loss of Plant Diversity in Sites Across US

Mar. 28, 2016 — Rising levels of atmospheric nitrogen pollution threaten plant diversity at nearly one-quarter of sites across a widespread portion of the US, according a ... read more

Longer-Term Weather, Environmental Forecasts Will Provide Enormous Benefit

Mar. 29, 2016 — Weather and environmental forecasts made several weeks to months in advance can someday be as widely used and essential as current predictions of tomorrow's weather are, but first more research and ... read more

Desert Mangroves Are Major Source of Carbon Storage, Study Shows

Mar. 28, 2016 — Short, stunted mangroves living along the coastal desert of Baja California store up to five times more carbon below ground than their lush, tropical counterparts, ... read more

Climate Change: Greenland Melting Tied to Shrinking Arctic Sea Ice

Mar. 28, 2016 — Vanishing Arctic sea ice. Dogged weather systems over Greenland. Far-flung surface ice melting on the massive island. These dramatic trends and global sea-level rise are ... read more

GOES-R Satellite Could Provide Better Data for Hurricane Prediction

Mar. 24, 2016 — The launch of the GOES-R geostationary satellite in Oct. 2016 could herald a new era for predicting hurricanes, according to researchers. The wealth of information from this ... read more

Tolerance to Daily Versus Seasonal Temperature Changes May Dictate Fitness

Mar. 24, 2016 — Vertebrates that have adapted to endure greater swings in seasonal temperatures tend to have greater elevational range sizes, the theory goes, but a new study analyzing more ... read more

Ancient Bones Point to Shifting Grassland Species as Climate Changes

Mar. 25, 2016 — More rainfall during the growing season may have led to one of the most significant changes in Earth's vegetation in the distant past, and similar climate changes could affect the distribution of ... read more

Human Impact Forms 'Striking New Pattern' in Earth's Global Energy Flow

Mar. 23, 2016 — The impact humans have made on Earth in terms of how we produce and consume resources has formed a 'striking new pattern' in the planet's global energy flow, according ... read more

Biomass Offsets Little or None of Permafrost Carbon Release

Mar. 25, 2016 — An expert assessment helps quantify the amount of carbon dioxide that will be released in the Arctic following climate-related changes in ... read more

Scientists Part the Clouds on How Droplets Form

Mar. 24, 2016 — A new study reveals that much more is happening at the microscopic level of cloud formation than previously thought. The findings could help improve the accuracy of climate ... read more

Arctic Sea Ice Dips to Record Low: NASA

Oslo Trash Incinerator in Carbon Capture Trial

Manatees Crowd Into a Fla Spring to Stay Warm

How Our CO2 Emissions May Cause Snowstorms Like 'Snowzilla'

Survey Gives Clearer View of Risky Leaks from Gas Mains

Mar. 28, 2016 — Precise measurements of leaks from natural gas pipelines across metropolitan Boston have demonstrated that almost a sixth of the leaks qualified as potentially explosive, and that a handful of leaks ... read more

Renewable Energy Investments: Major Milestones Reached, New World Record Set

Mar. 24, 2016 — Coal and gas-fired generation attracted less than half as much capacity investment as renewables last year; Renewables added more to global energy generation capacity than all other technologies ... read more

Insurance for an Uncertain Climate

Mar. 24, 2016 — The application of insurance as a mechanism to help vulnerable people adapt to the impacts of climate change is gaining international support. Experts support the idea but warn of potential ... read more

Storing Extra Surface Water Boosts Groundwater Supply During Droughts

Mar. 24, 2016 — Although years of drought and over-pumping have significantly depleted groundwater in Arizona and California, a new study shows the situation has an upside: It has created underground reservoirs ... read more

Efforts to Curtail World Temps Will Almost Surely Fail

Mar. 23, 2016 — The goals set a few months ago in Paris to prevent further rising of worldwide temperatures are almost sure to fail and will never be achieved, according to a new ... read more

Wildfire Map Reveals Countries in Europe Most at Risk of Catastrophic Fire Damage

Mar. 23, 2016 — Researchers have mapped the risk from wildfires close to cities across Europe. Cities and tourist areas such as Catalonia, Madrid and Valencia are among those most at risk of catastrophic damage from ... read more

Unaccounted for Arctic Microbes Appear to Be Speeding Up Glacier Melting

Mar. 23, 2016 — Scientists have discovered that Arctic microbes are increasing the rate at which glaciers melt, in a process not accounted for in current climate change models. Working on an icecap in Svalbard, in ... read more

Researchers Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Sustainable Concrete

Mar. 22, 2016 — Imagine a world with little or no concrete. Would that even be possible? After all, concrete is everywhere -- on our roads, our driveways, in our homes, bridges and buildings. For the past 200 years, ... read more

'Watchdog' for Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Mar. 22, 2016 — Mistakes can happen when estimating emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane. Researchers have developed a method to independently validate national ... read more

Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential from Livestock Sector Revealed

Mar. 22, 2016 — Scientists have found that the global livestock sector can maintain the economic and social benefits it delivers while significantly reducing emissions, and in doing so help meet the global ... read more

Monitoring Greenhouse Gas Emissions Independently

Drought Alters Recovery of Rocky Mountain Forests After Fire

Mar. 21, 2016 — A changing climate is altering the ability of Rocky Mountain forests to recover from wildfire, according to a new study. When warm, dry conditions lead to drought in the years following fires, it ... read more

Plants Boost Extreme Temperatures by 5°C

Mar. 21, 2016 — Heatwaves from Europe to China are likely to be more intense and result in maximum temperatures that are 3 degrees Celsius to 5 degrees Celsius warmer than previously estimated by the middle of the ... read more

Scientists Say Many Plants Don't Respond to Warming as Thought

Mar. 21, 2016 — A global study suggests that increases in plant respiration that could occur under global warming might not be as big as previously estimated, especially in the coldest regions. Since respiration ... read more

Human Carbon Release Rate Is Unprecedented in the Past 66 Million Years of Earth's History

Mar. 21, 2016 — Researchers look at changes of Earth's temperature and atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) since the end of the age of the dinosaurs. Their findings suggest humans are releasing carbon about 10 ... read more

Risk of Multiple Tipping Points Should Be Triggering Urgent Action on Climate Change

Mar. 21, 2016 — Pioneering new research shows that existing studies have massively under-valued the risk that ongoing carbon dioxide emissions pose of triggering damaging tipping ... read more

Global Warming Pushes Wines Into Uncharted Terroir

Mar. 21, 2016 — In much of France and Switzerland, the best wine years are traditionally those with an exceptionally hot summer and late-season drought. Now, a study out this week shows that warming climate has ... read more

Speeding Up Accuracy of Flood Risk Assessment

Mar. 18, 2016 — Researchers hope to provide advances in the planning for flood risk, thanks to a new, faster method of assessing the highly complex factors that cause floods in a specific ... read more

China's Forest Recovery Shows Hope for Mitigating Global Climate Change

Mar. 18, 2016 — China's sweeping program to restore forests across the country is working. The vast destruction of China's forests, leveled after decades of logging, floods and conversion to farmland, has ... read more

'Climate Responsibility': New Methodology Applied to China

Mar. 18, 2016 — Using a new approach scientists have found that China's "climate responsibility", is not as significant as initially estimated. However, rather paradoxically, the latter country's ... read more

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