Climate

  1. Climate

    Coastal Los Angeles losing fog to urban sprawl

    Fog in parts of Southern California has become significantly less frequent due to urban warming.

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  2. Climate

    Scientists confirm amassing CO2 heats Earth’s surface

    Rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide increase the amount of thermal radiation striking Earth’s surface.

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  3. Oceans

    On East Coast, sea levels lean southward

    On North America’s East Coast, sea levels tilt slightly downward to the north, new research finds.

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  4. Climate

    Worst drought in a millennium predicted for central and southwest U.S.

    Comparing reconstructions of past drought conditions with models of future dryness shows that the Central Plains and Southwest U.S. will become the driest in a millennium.

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  5. Climate

    Artificial fixes for climate change nixed — for now

    Experts says schemes to manually adjust the world’s climate are not ready for use, but should be studied just in case.

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  6. Ecosystems

    Termite mound paradises help buffer dry land against climate change

    Landscapes dotted by Africa’s great termite mounds look on the verge of turning into desert but are, in fact, more resilient.

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  7. Earth

    Ice ages boost production of new ocean crust

    When sea levels drop during ice ages, magma at mid-ocean ridges surges.

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  8. Climate

    Warming Arctic will let Atlantic and Pacific fish mix

    The ultra-cold, ice-covered Arctic Ocean has kept fish species from the Atlantic and Pacific separate for more than a million years — but global warming is changing that.

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  9. Climate

    Central American fires may intensify U.S. tornadoes

    Smoke originating from Central American fires may strengthen U.S. tornadoes.

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  10. Climate

    The continental divide of 2014 temperature

    According to data from NASA and NOAA, 2014 was one of the hottest years on record — in some states.

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  11. Climate

    Warming could nearly double rate of severe La Niña events

    Changing climate in the western Pacific could roughly double the frequency of severe La Niña events that cause extreme weather shifts across the globe.

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  12. Climate

    2014 was Earth’s warmest year on record

    Record-hot 2014 marks the 38th consecutive year of temperatures above the 20th century’s average.

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