Press Release 11-105Significant Role of Oceans in Onset of Ancient Global Cooling Evidence that early Antarctic Circumpolar Current development affected global climate Aerial view of the drillship JOIDES Resolution.Credit and Larger Version May 26,...

Press Release 11-101Big Clue to Future Climate Change in Small Plants Scientists find surprising response to higher levels of carbon dioxide in 13 species of grassland plants A wild lupine blooms at NSF's Cedar Creek Long-Term Ecological Research si...

Purdue-led team studies Earth's recovery from prehistoric global warming Public release date: 21-Apr-2011[ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Elizabeth K. [email protected] University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Earth may be ab...

Press Release 11-084Fossil Sirenians Give Scientists New Look at Ancient Climate Change view of water temperature during time when first modern mammals emerged Geologist Mark Clementz samples tooth enamel from molars in the lower jaw of a Florida ma...

Published: Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 09:38 in Earth & Climate Cities worldwide are failing to take necessary steps to protect residents from the likely impacts of climate change, even though billions of urban dwellers are vulnerable to heat waves...

April 4, 2011 Tree rings are nature's historians Trees are outstanding historians. In fact, scientists dating back to Leonardo da Vinci recognized the value of trees. While others had figured out that you could determine the age of a tree by counting...

If you're sitting on a bench in New York City's Central Park in winter, you're probably freezing.After all, the average temperature in January is 32 degrees Fahrenheit.But if you were just across the pond in Porto, Portugal, which shares New York's la...

University of Cincinnati research is investigating why a highly sophisticated civilization decided to build large, bustling cities next to what is essentially swampland. The research by UC Geography Professor Nicholas Dunning, a three-year, interdiscip...

In a finding that has global implications for climate research, scientists have discovered that when icebergs cool and dilute the seas through which they pass for days, they also raise chlorophyll levels in the water that may in turn increase carbon d...