Economics Ecosystems Energy Health Oceans Science Authors EDF Voices: People on the Planet Extreme weather is changing minds on climate Benjamin Schneider / Published June 26, 2013 in Climate Nasa/flickr Less than a year after extreme weather events like Hurricane Sandy and severe droughts ravaged American communities, it was welcome news that President Obama included Continue Reading →
A Stepping-Stone for Oxygen On Earth June 26, 2013 — For most terrestrial life on Earth, oxygen is necessary for survival. But the planet’s atmosphere did not always contain this life-sustaining substance, and one of science’s greatest mysteries is how and when oxygenic photosynthesis — the process responsible for producing oxygen on Earth through the Continue Reading →
Climate Tug of War Disrupting Australian Atmospheric Circulation Patterns June 26, 2013 — Further evidence of climate change shifting atmospheric circulation in the southern Australian-New Zealand region has been identified in a new study. Share This: 15 The study, in the Nature journal Scientific Reports, demonstrates that mid-latitude high pressure zones (30oS-45oS) are being pushed Continue Reading →
Location of Upwelling in Earth’s Mantle Discovered to Be Stable June 26, 2013 — A study published in Nature today shares the discovery that large-scale upwelling within Earth’s mantle mostly occurs in only two places: beneath Africa and the Central Pacific. More importantly, Clinton Conrad, Associate Professor of Geology at the University of Hawaii — Continue Reading →
Floods to close NSW bridges and ferries Updated: 06:18, Thursday June 27, 2013 NSW bridges and ferry services may close after the State Emergency Service (SES) issued several flood warnings and Warragamba Dam peaked. Warragamba Dam, which began to spill around noon, peaked at 128,000 ML/day around 9pm on Wednesday, the State Emergency Service (SES) Continue Reading →
International attention focuses on a climate change ‘trigger’ [Date: 2013-06-26] The science of climate change has led international EU-funded researchers to an area thought to be responsible for redistributing and controlling heat around the globe. The Agulhas Current off the coast of South Africa is said to stimulate the so-called overturning circulation of the Atlantic Continue Reading →