climate change
Ice Loss in Antarctica
In the last six years, a 750 kilometer (466 mile) strip of Antarctica has been shedding ice into the ocean at a rate of about 60 cubic km each year according to data collected from Cryosat-2.
Fire Seasons Becoming Longer and More Frequent
Research on fire seasons indicates that around 25% of Earth’s vegetated surfaces now experience a longer fire season.
How Do Jet Contrails Affect Local Climates?
Do jet contrails have an effect on local temperatures?
Tracking Public Perception about Climate Change
The Yale Climate Opinion Maps track public opinion among adults on attitudes about climate change.
Carbon Budget
The global carbon budget is the amount of carbon gained and lost in the natural and manmade workings of the ...
Reducing Climate Change Could Be More Difficult in the Future
A recent study has declared that limiting climate change in the future could be more difficult due to shifting conditions ...
Melt Ponds and the Prediction of Ice Melt
One of the biggest environmental concerns is that of global climate change. Symptoms of major shifts in the Earth’s climate ...
Mapping the Impacts of Climate Change in California
A group of Stanford students taking a biology class entitled Geographic Impacts of Climate Change: Mapping the Stories have mapped out news and journal articles about climate change in California.
Hot Cities Getting Hotter in the US
Climate Central has published a new report that took at look at the increases in temperature in sixty of the largest U.S. cities.
Urban Heat Islands
Urban heat islands are places in the world that have higher temperatures than the locations around them. These urban heat ...
Tule Fog Declining in California’s Central Valley
A group of researchers analyzed satellite imagery over a 33 year span to establish an understanding of the fog climatology in the Central Valley.
Introduction to Climate Change
Changes that are normally brought about by climatic variations have caused major environmental concerns worldwide. These changes without doubt bring ...
National Climate Assessment Report Released
The National Climate Assessment, an important report on the impacts on climate change in the United States today and in ...
Underwater Global Warming
Scientists are using satellites and remote sensing to better understand changes in sea-surface temperatures.
Timelapse Satellite Imagery – View Changes on Earth over Time
The series of Landsat satellites has been collecting global imagery continuously since 1972. A total of eight satellites and millions ...
How Human Actions Change the Physical Environment
Human actions can have a profound impact on the environment and topography of an area.
Ancient Pluvial Lakes of North America and What They Can Tell Us about Climate Change
Datasets of paleoenvironmental variability contained in a variety of pluvial lakes is a treasure-trove of past climate conditions.
Various Forms of Carbon Sequestration: Helping the Overloaded Carbon Cycle
There are three main ways in which carbon can be removed from the atmosphere: physical processes, chemical processes and biological processes.
Fighting snowmelt with a windshield
Geographer Hans-Joachim Fuchs is convinced that the use of windscreens to funnel katabatic winds (cold winds that blow downhill) in ...