Tropical Storm Alberto formed 13 days before the official start of hurricane season (June 1) and ramped up quickly. Alberto's maximum sustained winds jumped to…
Pollution is warming the atmosphere through summer thunderstorm clouds, according to a computational study published May 10 in Geophysical Research Letters….
New Lithosphere articles posted online 16 May 2012 report on (1) seismic anisotropy measured beneath 14 broadband stations in southeastern India; (2) why…
Problems of this type can be found in several application domains, e.g. in simulations of oil reservoirs, automotive design and also simulations relevant for…
Is Earth really a sort of giant living organism as the Gaia hypothesis predicts?A new discovery made at the University of Maryland may provide a key to…
A few years ago scientists reported large quantities of sulphur and iron compounds in the salvaged 17th century warship Vasa, resulting in the development of…
For the past decade scientists have outlined new areas suitable for mammals likely to be displaced as climate change first makes their current habitat…
At the time, scientists followed its paths using satellites, laser detectors, sun photometers and other instruments. Two years later they have now presented…
These predictions are made by climate researchers of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association in the coming…
“Other than ice on land, the excessive groundwater extractions are fast becoming the most important terrestrial water contribution to sea level rise,” said…
Since 1975, five high-elevation lakes in the Adirondacks have had rapid decreases in the duration of ice cover and are now frozen for 7 to 21 fewer days on…
The finding is important because it helps confirm that models that simulate global warming agree with observations, said Stephen Po-Chedley, a UW graduate…
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have joined an international group of scientists to study past climate changes in the Arctic. Comprising geologists…
The study published online today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology addresses the century-long debate among scientists about whether human and mammal…
An abrupt cooling in Europe together with an increase in humidity and particularly in windiness coincided with a sustained reduction in solar activity 2800…
As more research points toward the possibility of water on early Mars, scientists have increased their studies on the density of its atmosphere billions of…