Tag Archives: Climate Change

Adapting to Climate Change: International Organizations

How an Arctic people are coping with the combined effects of warming temperatures and increased industrial presence. Continue reading

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Exporting Coal: Questions and Uncertainty

Proposed coal export terminal in Washington State fuels debate regarding economic growth and environmental health.
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With a Grain of Salt

Ocean surface layer captures influence of human activity. Continue reading

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Q&A with Andreas Munchow, Seafaring Physical Oceanographer

The University of Delaware associate professor discusses his ventures in the Arctic and wonders whether the future of his research area may be heading away from field work. Continue reading

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A Drying Water Source in the Western US

Evidence from tree rings suggests that the recent decline in snowpack throughout the Rockies so extensive that climate change is the likely cause. Continue reading

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Where has all the Flora Gone?

Diversity of European alpine plant life may be shrinking. Continue reading

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EGU 2012: The Latest Dirt on Reducing Carbon Emissions

Scientists gather to discuss permafrost ecosystem recovery and the use of charcoal for counteracting carbon loss from soil. Continue reading

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The Old Maya and the Sea

Maya civilization survived and thrived in a changing environment. Still, scientists speculate on why it ceased to thrive in the presence of climatic and social change. Continue reading

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A Dionysian Indicator of Climate Change

Drier soil and warmer temperatures are causing wine grapes to ripen earlier in Australia. Continue reading

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Food for Thought on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Reducing humans’ meat consumption by at least 50% will be necessary to stabilize discharge of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, by 2050. Continue reading

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