Jan 17, 2013
PLoS One Abstract: Flowering times are well-documented indicators of the ecological effects of climate change and are linked to numerous ecosystem processes and trophic interactions. Dozens of studies have shown…
The federal National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee has just released a draft report focusing on the importance of human adaptation to a changing climate. This report includes chapters…
A new study from the Journal of Geophysical Research finds that soot emissions or “black carbon” (such as diesel and coal burning) has more influence on global warming than previously…
Jan 10, 2013
Remember the mother-of-pearl buttons you used to find in the drawers at Grandma’s house? They have since been replaced by plastic buttons, but the freshwater pearly mussels that provided them…
Jan 9, 2013
NOAA announced on Tuesday that 2012 was officially the warmest year on record in the contiguous 48 states, based on 118 years of temperature records dating back to 1895. While…
Dec 17, 2012
In the southeastern U.S., urbanization and urban warming will occur in concert with global warming. Urban warming also provides a lens into the changes that might be expected with global…
Dec 12, 2012
The Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units invites the Southeastern LCCs to a workshop that will focus on communicating and using uncertain scientific information in conservation decision making as…
Dec 3, 2012
Changes in winter hydrology, ecology and biogeochemistry are focus of session at American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference. If you’re planning to skate on a frozen lake or river this winter,…
Dec 2, 2012
Chasing Ice is a breathtaking documentary giving a visual tour of the earth’s shrinking ice formations. Environmental photographer, James Balog, set up Extreme Ice Survey to automatically photograph ice formations…
Nov 30, 2012
A new Duke University technical report reveals that land conversion of coastal and marine ecosystems is becoming a significant source of GHGs. In their natural state, these ecosystems provide a…
