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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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JUL 20, 2015Plants & Animals
While grizzly bears and black bears hibernate through long winters, the opposite was thought to be true for polar bears. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 14, 2015Videos
About 200 million years ago, there were plenty of plant eating dinosaurs roaming the Earth, but none in warm tropical ar ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 13, 2015Earth & The Environment
When you think about an ice age, the first things that come to mind are ice, snow, and the end of the world in an extinc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 12, 2015Videos
The world's underwater coral reefs are incredibly beautiful, but have you ever wondered what makes up coral, and more im ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 08, 2015Earth & The Environment
Global warming is one of those highly controversial subjects that continue to gain traction in the media. It feels like ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 01, 2015Plants & Animals
When you think of a farm, admit it, a deep dark tunnel isn't what you imagine. Farms are in the country, with green roll ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 23, 2015Earth & The Environment
It's a bad time to be a pine tree in western North America. The problem is the mountain pine beetle. Mountain pine beetl ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUN 21, 2015Videos
Scientists often use tracking devices to monitor how animals move, behave, and live. Depending on the type of animal tha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 16, 2015Chemistry & Physics
What if we told you that there was now a way to pull energy out of thin air?
You would probably question the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 16, 2015Earth & The Environment
Global warming is a big thing. The world is getting warmer; it's affecting the polar ice caps, it's increasing the sea l ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 09, 2015Earth & The Environment
Often, when the idea of total conversion to clean energy for the US is proposed, the chorus in return is: that's just no ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUN 08, 2015Space & Astronomy
It's taken more than 100 days since its launch, but NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory, (referred to as the DSCOVR sa ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUN 05, 2015Earth & The Environment
You may have heard recently about something of a 'hiatus' involving global warming in that the effects of global warming ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 19, 2015Earth & The Environment
In the cold southern continent of Antarctica, you'll find ice, and lots of it. But one particular mass of ice, an ice sh ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 14, 2015Videos
There couldn't be two climates that differ more from each other than the Sahara Desert and the Amazon Rainforest, but as ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 05, 2015Videos
An NASA C-130 is currently flying over the southwest coast Greenland in a mission to measure changes in the Arctic and A ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 01, 2015Earth & The Environment
The issue of carbon emissions and their effect on the environment can be complex. Indeed, most of the current science co ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 28, 2015Earth & The Environment
Why were Neanderthals replaced by anatomically modern humans around 40,000 years ago? One popular hypothesis states that ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 23, 2015Health & Medicine
Black-legged deer ticks are rapidly growing in number, expanding their range, and carrying pathogens into places where t ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 22, 2015Earth & The Environment
To celebrate Earth Day, this article from The Independent takes an inventory of how our planet has fared since the holid ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 21, 2015Earth & The Environment
Take heart, science readers: one study shows science news makes a difference in at least some classic culture war conver ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 19, 2015Earth & The Environment
Tens of thousands came to Washington's National Mall on Saturday to hear Gwen Stefani, Mary J. Blige and other pop stars ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 15, 2015Earth & The Environment
Haddock, plaice and other North Sea fish could disappear in next 50 years due to global warming.
The traditio ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 13, 2015Earth & The Environment
Leading coral reef scientists say Australia could restore the Great Barrier Reef to its former glory through better poli ...Written By: Robert Woodard
JUL 20, 2015
Plants & Animals
While grizzly bears and black bears hibernate through long winters, the opposite was thought to be true for polar bears.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 14, 2015
Videos
About 200 million years ago, there were plenty of plant eating dinosaurs roaming the Earth, but none in warm tropical ar
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 13, 2015
Earth & The Environment
When you think about an ice age, the first things that come to mind are ice, snow, and the end of the world in an extinc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 12, 2015
Videos
The world's underwater coral reefs are incredibly beautiful, but have you ever wondered what makes up coral, and more im
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 08, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Global warming is one of those highly controversial subjects that continue to gain traction in the media. It feels like
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 01, 2015
Plants & Animals
When you think of a farm, admit it, a deep dark tunnel isn't what you imagine. Farms are in the country, with green roll
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 23, 2015
Earth & The Environment
It's a bad time to be a pine tree in western North America. The problem is the mountain pine beetle. Mountain pine beetl
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
JUN 21, 2015
Videos
Scientists often use tracking devices to monitor how animals move, behave, and live. Depending on the type of animal tha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 16, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
What if we told you that there was now a way to pull energy out of thin air?
You would probably question the ...
You would probably question the ...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 16, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Global warming is a big thing. The world is getting warmer; it's affecting the polar ice caps, it's increasing the sea l
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 09, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Often, when the idea of total conversion to clean energy for the US is proposed, the chorus in return is: that's just no
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
JUN 08, 2015
Space & Astronomy
It's taken more than 100 days since its launch, but NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory, (referred to as the DSCOVR sa
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
JUN 05, 2015
Earth & The Environment
You may have heard recently about something of a 'hiatus' involving global warming in that the effects of global warming
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 19, 2015
Earth & The Environment
In the cold southern continent of Antarctica, you'll find ice, and lots of it. But one particular mass of ice, an ice sh
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 14, 2015
Videos
There couldn't be two climates that differ more from each other than the Sahara Desert and the Amazon Rainforest, but as
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 05, 2015
Videos
An NASA C-130 is currently flying over the southwest coast Greenland in a mission to measure changes in the Arctic and A
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 01, 2015
Earth & The Environment
The issue of carbon emissions and their effect on the environment can be complex. Indeed, most of the current science co
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 28, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Why were Neanderthals replaced by anatomically modern humans around 40,000 years ago? One popular hypothesis states that
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 23, 2015
Health & Medicine
Black-legged deer ticks are rapidly growing in number, expanding their range, and carrying pathogens into places where t
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 22, 2015
Earth & The Environment
To celebrate Earth Day, this article from The Independent takes an inventory of how our planet has fared since the holid
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 21, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Take heart, science readers: one study shows science news makes a difference in at least some classic culture war conver
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 19, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Tens of thousands came to Washington's National Mall on Saturday to hear Gwen Stefani, Mary J. Blige and other pop stars
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 15, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Haddock, plaice and other North Sea fish could disappear in next 50 years due to global warming.
The traditio ...
The traditio ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 13, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Leading coral reef scientists say Australia could restore the Great Barrier Reef to its former glory through better poli
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard