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Climate Change

Climate variability governs the position of the southern edge of the Greenland ice sheet near Kangerlussuaq.
Posted inScience Updates

Comprehensive Earth System Models of the Last Glacial Cycle

by M. Latif, M. Claussen, M. Schulz and T. Brücher 23 September 2016

Much of modern climate science fails to consider millennium-scale processes, many of which may prove to be important for predicting the climate trajectory in the shorter term.

Methane-releasing vegetation flourishes in small freshwater Arctic tundra ponds
Posted inNews

Aquatic Plants May Accelerate Arctic Methane Emissions

by R. Heisman 22 September 201611 August 2022

About two thirds of the gas produced by a study area near Barrow, Alaska, came from increasingly abundant greenery covering only 5% of the landscape, researchers estimate.

Barack Obama views Bear Glacier on a 1 September 2015 boat tour of Kenai Fjords National Park in Seward, Alaska.
Posted inNews

Top Arctic Science Diplomats Convene at White House Next Week

by Randy Showstack 22 September 201624 April 2023

Precipitous transformations from climate change add impetus for this international meeting to guide cooperative research in the northern polar region, U.S. official says.

Aerial view of Orakei basin, near Auckland, New Zealand, where a research team took core samples near the center of a maar, an ancient volcanic explosion crater.
Posted inScience Updates

Probing the History of New Zealand's Orakei Maar

by P. C. Augustinus 20 September 201623 September 2022

A team of scientists drilled into the bed within a northern New Zealand explosion crater lake to gain insights into volcanic hazards and past climates.

Whitehouse in winter
Posted inNews

Next President Must Name Science Leaders Fast, Report Urges

by Randy Showstack 16 September 201620 January 2023

The report steers clear of providing guidance for how the next president should deal with specific science and technology issues, but it calls out climate change as a key policy area.

Corn field near Franklin, Penn.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Climate Change May Reduce Future Corn Supply

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 15 September 201620 October 2021

A suite of simulations run with a spectrum of starting conditions shows that climate change will reduce corn crop yield, although the degree of reductions varies widely.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Air-Sea Interactions Influence Major Southern Wind Belt

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 13 September 201612 January 2022

Ocean and atmospheric data provide evidence for how sea surface temperatures affect the Southern Annular Mode.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Volcanic Java and Climate Change

by Michael Wysession 12 September 201610 July 2022

An account of a geophysicist's recent trip to Indonesia wouldn't be complete without intrigue and elucidations about what Java, climate change, and Butch Cassidy all have in common.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Here Comes the Anthropocene

by B. van der Pluijm 7 September 201624 January 2024

Two recent papers in Earth's Future discuss the addition of a new epoch to the geological timescale.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Exploring Formal Recognition of the Anthropocene

by Brooks Hanson 6 September 20166 March 2023

Colin Waters of the Anthropocene Working Group, which has been exploring formal recognition of the Anthropocene as a unit in the geological time scale, discussed the group's recommendations at the IGC.

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