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Climate Change: a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time (i.e., decades to millions of years). Climate change may refer to a change in average weather conditions, or in the time variation of weather around longer-term average conditions (i.e., more or fewer extreme weather events). Climate change is caused by factors such as biotic processes, variations in solar radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics, and volcanic eruptions. Certain human activities have been identified as primary causes of ongoing climate change, often referred to as global warming.
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MAR 20, 2019Earth & The Environment
When we burn fossil fuels for energy, such as coal, oil or natural gas, carbon dioxide (CO2) is released into the atmosp ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 20, 2019Earth & The Environment
A small Southern California town is experiencing an extraordinary poppy super bloom, thanks to an unusually wet and cold ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 20, 2019Earth & The Environment
The U.K. is facing a severe water crisis. At the Waterwise Conference in London this week, Sir James Bevan—the chi ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 20, 2019Earth & The Environment
Devastation hit southern Africa from Cyclone Idai last week, which struck Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe and continues ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 19, 2019Earth & The Environment
Flooding in the Midwest has reached dangerous levels, with the death toll currently at three people and another two miss ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 18, 2019Microbiology
K. stuttgartiensis is a model anammox microorganism - it's an anaerobic bacterium that oxidizes ammonia / Image: Laura v ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 17, 2019Earth & The Environment
Young environmental activists around the world walked out of their classes on Friday to protest inaction on the behalf o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 11, 2019Earth & The Environment
Tidal marshes are a unique environment and only very specifically adapted species are able to survive in coastal marshla ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 10, 2019Earth & The Environment
New concern for the Arctic has popped up following a recent study published in the journal The Cryosphere. The research ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 05, 2019Videos
The global population is currently 7.7 billion (though you'll note that it was 7.6 billion at the time that this vid ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 05, 2019Earth & The Environment
It makes sense that the more precipitation a winter brings, the less severe the following wildfire season will be. After ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 04, 2019Plants & Animals
Wildlife experts were both shocked and confused last week when a massive and unidentified fish measuring nearly seven fe ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 03, 2019Microbiology
This work shows how weather data can be used to prevent future disease outbreaks from happening.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 27, 2019Plants & Animals
Many people get a bit cringy when they wander within the stinging distance of a regular honeybee, but can you even imagi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 25, 2019Plants & Animals
Understanding the complex patterns that exist between predators and their prey isn’t always easy, especially in th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 24, 2019Earth & The Environment
Scientists from the University of British Colombia’s Okanagan campus are taking a deeper look into how lake w ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 23, 2019Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Nature Climate Change details yet another danger of climate change – disruption to specie ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 19, 2019Microbiology
Our world is teeming with many different kinds of microorganisms, which interact with us, one another, and the environme ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 19, 2019Earth & The Environment
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) had its annual meeting in Washington DC this year and the ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 18, 2019Plants & Animals
The primary job of a conservationist is to safeguard existing animal species and mitigate the effects of human-related b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 16, 2019Microbiology
Some populations of frogs have been able to withstand a widespread epidemic of a deadly disease that is comparable to th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 14, 2019Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Environmental Research Letters by an international team of Earth scientists led by ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 11, 2019Plants & Animals
Climate change impacts all kinds of wild animals, including several varieties of sea turtles – many of which are n ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 10, 2019Earth & The Environment
Great emphasis has been placed on the impact the climate change has on the oceans, the atmosphere, the poles – but ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 20, 2019
Earth & The Environment
When we burn fossil fuels for energy, such as coal, oil or natural gas, carbon dioxide (CO2) is released into the atmosp
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 20, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A small Southern California town is experiencing an extraordinary poppy super bloom, thanks to an unusually wet and cold
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 20, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The U.K. is facing a severe water crisis. At the Waterwise Conference in London this week, Sir James Bevan—the chi
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 20, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Devastation hit southern Africa from Cyclone Idai last week, which struck Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe and continues
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 19, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Flooding in the Midwest has reached dangerous levels, with the death toll currently at three people and another two miss
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 18, 2019
Microbiology
K. stuttgartiensis is a model anammox microorganism - it's an anaerobic bacterium that oxidizes ammonia / Image: Laura v
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 17, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Young environmental activists around the world walked out of their classes on Friday to protest inaction on the behalf o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 11, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Tidal marshes are a unique environment and only very specifically adapted species are able to survive in coastal marshla
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 10, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New concern for the Arctic has popped up following a recent study published in the journal The Cryosphere. The research
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 05, 2019
Videos
The global population is currently 7.7 billion (though you'll note that it was 7.6 billion at the time that this vid
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 05, 2019
Earth & The Environment
It makes sense that the more precipitation a winter brings, the less severe the following wildfire season will be. After
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 04, 2019
Plants & Animals
Wildlife experts were both shocked and confused last week when a massive and unidentified fish measuring nearly seven fe
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 03, 2019
Microbiology
This work shows how weather data can be used to prevent future disease outbreaks from happening.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 27, 2019
Plants & Animals
Many people get a bit cringy when they wander within the stinging distance of a regular honeybee, but can you even imagi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 25, 2019
Plants & Animals
Understanding the complex patterns that exist between predators and their prey isn’t always easy, especially in th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 24, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Scientists from the University of British Colombia’s Okanagan campus are taking a deeper look into how lake w
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 23, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Nature Climate Change details yet another danger of climate change – disruption to specie
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 19, 2019
Microbiology
Our world is teeming with many different kinds of microorganisms, which interact with us, one another, and the environme
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 19, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) had its annual meeting in Washington DC this year and the
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 18, 2019
Plants & Animals
The primary job of a conservationist is to safeguard existing animal species and mitigate the effects of human-related b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 16, 2019
Microbiology
Some populations of frogs have been able to withstand a widespread epidemic of a deadly disease that is comparable to th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 14, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Environmental Research Letters by an international team of Earth scientists led by
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 11, 2019
Plants & Animals
Climate change impacts all kinds of wild animals, including several varieties of sea turtles – many of which are n
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 10, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Great emphasis has been placed on the impact the climate change has on the oceans, the atmosphere, the poles – but
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan