Climate

  1. Animals

    Climate change now bigger menace than forest loss for snowshoe hares

    Shorter snow seasons push climate change ahead of direct habitat loss as menace for Wisconsin snowshoe hares.

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  2. Climate

    Maximum size for Arctic sea ice hits a new low

    Warm temperatures helped drop the Arctic sea ice maximum to the smallest size on record.

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  3. Earth

    Beware of rockfalls in warm weather

    Cracks in cliff faces grow and shrink as temperatures warm and cool, new research shows.

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  4. Climate

    Organic molecules help fatten cloud-making water droplets

    Cloud-forming water droplets can grow larger thanks to organic molecules on the exterior of the drop, new research suggests.

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  5. Agriculture

    Wine quality subject to climate change

    Wine quality could suffer as climate change desynchronizes warm temperatures and droughts, preventing grape growers from harvesting at the optimum time.

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  6. Agriculture

    Climate change threatens quality of French, Swiss wines

    Wine quality could suffer as climate change desynchronizes warm temperatures and droughts, preventing grape growers from harvesting at the optimum time.

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  7. Climate

    Antarctic history suggests ice sheet ‘danger’ threshold

    Carbon dioxide levels during the Antarctic ice sheet’s formation 34 million years ago suggest that Earth could soon enter “danger zone” for ice sheet’s demise.

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  8. Climate

    Earlier blooming intensifies spring heat waves in Europe

    The early arrival of spring plants due to climate change amplifies springtime heat waves in Europe, new climate simulations suggest.

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  9. Climate

    Hurricane frequency dropped during 17th century ‘Little Ice Age’

    Atlantic hurricane activity fell around 75 percent when the sun dimmed from 1645 to 1715, a new analysis of shipwrecks and tree rings suggests.

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  10. Oceans

    3.5 billion years ago, oceans were cool, not hot

    Extensive new evidence from South Africa suggests that 3.5 billion years ago, Earth was locked in a cold spell, with isolated blasts of hydrothermal heat that may have helped incubate life.

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  11. Environment

    California gas leak spewed massive amounts of methane

    New estimates suggest that a 2015 natural gas well blowout injected tons of greenhouse gases into the Los Angeles atmosphere.

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  12. Oceans

    Great Barrier Reef acidification predictions get worse

    New simulations suggest that ocean acidification poses an even greater threat to the Great Barrier Reef than suspected.

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