Microbes under Greenland Ice may be preview of what scientists find under Mars' surface
...s about 10 degrees Celsius (18 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than that found at the base of the Greenland ice s...t - underground, where the temperature is slightly warmer than freezing and such microbes should average about one every cubic centimeter, or about 16 per cub...Max Planck researchers win part of Descartes Research Prize 2005
...ctuations in the Arctic: particularly, the notable warmer and cooler periods over the last century. Scientists discovered that there was a strong interaction between atmospheric circulation and ice cover. Their investigations took them to the Barents Sea, where they found that in the 1930s, the higher tempe...Fires from the past predict the vegetation of tomorrow
... analogy with vegetation composition under a past, warmer climate....New evidence extends greenhouse gas record from ice cores by 50 percent, adding 210,000 years
...iods of the two additional cycles, compared to the warmer warm periods of the last 400,000 years, is especially interesting for the study of climate sensitivity, which is a measure of how the climate system reacts when atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations double, explained Science author Dominique Ra...Picky female frogs drive evolution of new species in less than 8,000 years
...than 8,000 years ago as the climate got wetter and warmer and the rainforest expanded. Hoskin and his colleagues found that the northern and southern calls of the male frog, which are what females pay attention to in the mating game, had become different from each other. Yet despite this difference, reflect...Oil spills and climate change double the mortality rate of British seabirds
...Ecology Letters also shows a direct link between a warmer climate in the North Atlantic and a higher mortality rate among British guillemots. Professor Birkhead's long-term guillemot study has been carried out on Skomer Island, Wales, since 1972. The length of the ongoing study has allowed the research t...Satellite technology allows scientists to track warm sharks in cold polar seas
...e satellite data showed that blue sharks remain in warmer Pacific waters off the continental United States a... diving about a half-mile below sea level to avoid warmer temperatures at the surface. The capacity to summer in the plankton-rich seas of the temperate north...Climate change more rapid than ever
...s will affect agriculture. The winters will become warmer and wetter. Another consequence of the heated atmosphere will be extreme events like heavy precipitation with floods. "The significant result of these future scenarios is the progressive raising of mean global temperatures and the movement of climate...Lands surface change on Alaska tundra creating longer, warmer summers in Arctic
...th of shrubs and trees, may be creating a cycle of warmer and longer summers in the Alaskan Arctic according to a new study to be published in the Sept. 22, 2005, issue of Science Express. The resulting atmospheric heating in the region of northern Alaska is equivalent to what might be observed if there was......atures; some "perform" better in colder, others in warmer environments. Short-term adjustments to their muscle structure and function enables them to respond to different temperatures. Mosquito fish were introduced from the south-east of America into Asia, Australia, Mediterranean Europe and Northern Afric...Deep sea algae connect ancient climate, carbon dioxide and vegetation
... - 34 million years ago, global climates were much warmer than today with very little ice present at the poles. The boundary of the Oligocene and Eocene Epochs 33.7 million years ago was marked by rapid global cooling and the formation of large continental ice sheets on the Antarctic. "Before this study, t...NRL develops self-cleaning 'smart' fabrics
...hing that will draw off body moisture when used in warmer climates. And, because the coating is active throughout, it provides better protection against permeation and ensures the integrity of seamed areas on pieced fabric. One challenge faced by the military is the problem of hazardous materials clean-up ...Royal Society study on adaptability of fish to warming oceans
...tic fish. Here we show that after being exposed to warmer water for several weeks, Antarctic fish compensate for the initial negative impact of elevated temperatures and regain their original performance levels despite being several degrees warmer. These findings indicate that rising temperatures do not nec...Glaciers from Antarctic peninsula in widespread retreat, Science study says
... widespread glacier retreat began at the northern, warmer tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. As atmospheric temperatures rose along the peninsula -- more than 2.5 degrees Celsius in the last 50 years -- the trend of retreat moved south toward colder mainland Antarctica. The paper appears in the 22 April, 2005...Elephant seal pups suffer from ocean warming
...California in Santa Cruz, shows that as waters get warmer the average weight of an elephant seal pup decreases. Weaning weights are a direct indicator of food availability to mother seals during their pregnancy. Because their prey has migrated to colder waters, female seals have to swim further and spend mo...USGS workshop on the impact of carbon dioxide on marine life
...ypas. "Coral bleaching is a visible consequence of warmer waters. In contrast, the effects of lower pH-ocean water on coral growth are not as visible, but they are probably just as important to the coral reef ecosystem." "Workshop on the Impacts of Increasing Atmospheric CO2 on Coral Reefs and Other Marine ...NJIT math professor helps navy detect subs; Explains global warming
...temperature on sound propagation. In general, the warmer the water, the faster sound will travel between a source and a detector. Accordingly, investigating oceanic sound propagation relative to historic seasonal variations for antisubmarine research also promises to yield insights into climate change -- w...For sardine and anchovy, El Nio events do not always have the same effects
...le for abundant populations of sardine, adapted to warmer waters. IRD researchers and their Peruvian partner...like jack mackerel or mackerel), which live in the warmer waters, would experience an upsurge in numbers during or just after these episodes. A recent study ...Weather forecasts may be predictors for prevalence of West Nile virus
...at 2002, the major outbreak year, coincided with a warmer spring and summer and earlier abundance of Cx. pipiens than the two subsequent years. Other weather factors, such as precipitation, also may play a role in the transmission of West Nile virus. The scientists are continuing their research to better un...UF science discovery raises questions about origin of African mammals
...creatures all over the globe, Bloch said. With the warmer climates, the animals' ranges expanded, he said. As the once giant land mass, or supercontinent, known as Gondwana separated into smaller continents, land bridges temporarily formed that allowed generations of animals to migrate from one part of the...