Soil Biodiversity Will Be Crucial to Future Land Management and Response to Climate Change Aug. 12, 2013 — Research by scientists at The University of Manchester and Lancaster shows maintaining healthy soil biodiversity can play an important role in optimising land management programmes to reap benefits from the living soil. The findings, published in the Continue Reading →
Timing a Rise in Sea Level NASA, via Reuters The fast-retreating Sheldon Glacier in Antarctica. A collapse of a polar ice sheet could result in a jump in sea level. By JUSTIN GILLIS Published: August 12, 2013 Facebook Twitter Google+ Save E-mail Share Print Reprints Thirty-five years ago, a scientist named John H. Mercer issued Continue Reading →
Weather Extremes Japan Breaks National Heat Record. Chinese Heat Wave Continues Posted by: Christopher C. Burt, 8:48 PM GMT on August 12, 2013 +4 Japan Breaks National Heat Record. Chinese Heat Wave Continues An all-time national heat record was set in Japan today (August 12th) when the temperature peaked at 41.0°C (105.8°F) at the Ekawasaki Continue Reading →
Global warming, Arctic ice loss, and armchair scientists Armchair scientist Neven provides valuable insights into the rapid decline of Arctic sea ice Share 16 inShare3 Email Arctic sea ice image from NASA. Photograph: HO/AFP/Getty Images As humans put more and more heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere, the Earth’s climate changes; we all know that. Some Continue Reading →
Extreme weather events on the rise Rebecca Lollback 12th Aug 2013 5:47 AM Story Tools Use this content Photo of the cyclone that swept across Lennox Head in 2010, by Josh Lambie, 11 years old. EXTREME weather events will increase in magnitude and frequency as a result of climate change, a Senate inquiry has found, Continue Reading →
Climate change first: Ice sheets melt from below (Video) Comment0 ShareShare FacebookFacebook TwitterTwitter GoogleplusGoogle+ EmailEmail PrintPrint See also Science & Space Environment Greenland mantle Climate Change Play Filmmakers Glen Milner and Ben Hilton create a portrait of a modern Inuit family living in the fearsome North Greenland landscape. (on.aol.com) Paul HamakerPaeleontology Examiner Subscribe Related Photo: Continue Reading →