General Climate News


  • Climate change affects geographical range of plants, study finds Researches at the University of Gothenburg have shown how climate change many million years ago has influenced the geographical range of plants by modelling climate preferences for extinct species. The method can also be used to predict what effects climate change of today and tomorrow will have on future distributions of plants and animals.
    ScienceDaily.com, August 15, 2010

  • Second warmest july and warmest year-to-date global temperature on record The combined global land and ocean surface temperature made this July the second warmest on record, behind 1998, and the warmest averaged January-July on record. The global average land surface temperature for July and January–July was warmest on record. The global ocean surface temperature for July was the fifth warmest, behind 1998.
    NOAA, August 13, 2010

  • Indonesian ice field may be gone in a few years Glaciologists who drilled through an ice cap perched precariously on the edge of a 16,000-foot-high Indonesian mountain ridge say that the ice field could vanish within in the next few years, another victim of global climate change.
    ScienceDaily.com, August 11, 2010

  • Common orchid gives scientists hope in face of climate change A study led by scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew's Jodrell Laboratory, which focuses on epigenetics in European common marsh orchids, has revealed that some plants may be able to adapt more quickly to environmental change than previously thought. The research, published in Molecular Biology and Evolution, brings new hope to plant conservation.
    ScienceDaily.com, August 10, 2010

  • Higher temperatures to slow Asian rice production Production of rice - the world's most important crop for ensuring food security and addressing poverty - will be thwarted as temperatures increase in rice-growing areas with continued climate change, according to a new study by an international team of scientists.
    ScienceDaily.com, August 10, 2010

  • Modelling Effects of Sea Level Rise in Northern Gulf of Mexico NOAA has awarded USD 750,000 for the first year of an anticipated USD 3 million research investment to develop the information and tools critically needed to plan for sea level rise and other consequences of climate change along more than 300 miles of the northern Gulf of Mexico's shoreline.
    Waterlink International, August 09, 2010

  • Greenhouse Gas Calculator connects farming practices with carbon credits Greenhouse gas markets, where invisible gases are traded, must seem like black boxes to most people. Farmers can make money on these markets, such as the Chicago Climate Exchange, by installing methane capture technologies in animal-based systems, no-till farming, establishing grasslands, and planting trees.
    ScienceDaily.com, August 09, 2010

  • July sea ice second lowest: oldest ice begins to melt Arctic sea ice extent averaged for July was the second lowest in the satellite record, after 2007. After a slowdown in the rate of ice loss, the old, thick ice that moved into the southern Beaufort Sea last winter is beginning to melt out.
    US National Snow and Ice Data Center, August 04, 2010

  • Warmer climate could increase release of carbon dioxide by inland lakes Much organically bound carbon is deposited on inland lake bottoms. A portion remains in the sediment, sometimes for thousands of years, while the rest is largely broken down to carbon dioxide and methane, which are released into the atmosphere. Swedish researchers have shown that carbon retention by sediment is highly temperature-sensitive and that a warmer climate would result in increased carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere.
    ScienceDaily.com, July 23, 2010

  • Scientists receive first CryoSat-2 data A better understanding of how Earth's ice fields are changing has come another step closer as the first data from ESA's ice mission are released to selected scientists around the world for fine-tuning. The CryoSat mission promises to deliver data of unprecedented accuracy so that we can understand more about the effect that climate change is having on polar ice.
    ESA, July 20, 2010

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