Where does water from rain and snow melt actually go?
Jul 20, 2015, 10:00 am By ENNMore than a quarter of the rain and snow that falls on continents reaches the oceans as runoff. Now…Warming impacting bird populations in Hawai'i
Jul 20, 2015, 8:07 am By ENNHawai‘i, the name alone elicits images of rhythmic traditional dancing, breathtaking azure sea…Does past sea level rise portend future rise from warming?
Jul 19, 2015, 8:13 am By ENNYou may have seen claims in recent weeks that historic records show a global temperature rise could…The role of oceanic plankton in cloud formation
Jul 18, 2015, 7:40 am By ENNNobody knows what our skies looked like before fossil fuel burning began; today, about half the…How clouds get their brightness
Jul 17, 2015, 3:34 pm By ENNHow clouds form and how they help set the temperature of the earth are two of the big remaining…Oceans slowed global temperature rise
Jul 17, 2015, 10:16 am By ENNA new study of ocean temperature measurements shows that in recent years, extra heat from greenhouse…Welcome three new National Monuments
Jul 17, 2015, 7:59 am By ENNUsing his authority under the Antiquities Act of 1906, President Obama announced last week that he…Acidic Arctic Ocean Threatens Food Web
Jul 16, 2015, 9:59 am By ENNOne byproduct of rising carbon-dioxide levels is increasing ocean acidity — a phenomenon that…France estimates the economic costs of air pollution
Jul 16, 2015, 7:40 am By ENNThe French Senate has called for new efforts to tackle air pollution, arguing it inflates healthcare…Going to the beach may require hand sanitizer in addition to sunscreen
Jul 15, 2015, 2:07 pm By ENN“No swimming” signs have already popped up this summer along coastlines where fecal bacteria…Turtle Hotspots Identified Around the World Contain Diverse Species and Richness
Jul 15, 2015, 11:17 am By ENNGlobal biodiversity is becoming more threatened as the human population continues to grow and use…Seaweed that tastes like bacon? Sign me up!
Jul 15, 2015, 11:10 am By ENNOregon State University researchers have patented a new strain of a succulent red marine algae…As species adapt to a warming climate, ecosystems change
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Jul 14, 2015, 10:30 am By ENNA collection of fossilized owl pellets in Utah suggests that when the Earth went through a period of…Greenland ice sheet melting more rapidly from impact of rainfall
Jul 14, 2015, 7:24 am By ENNAccording to a new study published in Nature Geoscience, the Greenland ice sheet has been shown to…How Climate Change will Affect Air Travel
Jul 13, 2015, 5:48 pm By ENNGlobal air travel contributes around 3.5 percent of the greenhouse forcing driving anthropogenic…Wildfires ravage Canada and Alaska causing mass evacuations
Jul 13, 2015, 9:38 am By ENN"Extreme." "Unprecedented." "Historic." Those are just a few of the words being used to describe the…Another reason the West Antarctic ice sheet is melting
Jul 13, 2015, 7:40 am By ENNThe amount of heat flowing toward the base of the West Antarctic ice sheet from geothermal sources…How microbes are cleaning up the BP oil spill
Jul 12, 2015, 8:06 am By ENNMicrobes, primarily bacteria and fungi, get a bad rap in today’s society. However they’ve long…California towns getting water by truck as drought continues and wells run dry
Jul 11, 2015, 8:04 am By ENNRural Tulare County, Calif., is now being called the epicenter of this drought.That's because at…
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