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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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APR 10, 2015Earth & The Environment
Unearthing and burning all the earth's practically reachable fossil fuels would result in a rise in global mean temperat ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 02, 2015Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Communications provides insight into how large-scale deforestation could impact global ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 01, 2015Earth & The Environment
While it might seem that climate change is responsible for bringing record cold to some areas of the United States this ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 29, 2015Earth & The Environment
Termites might not top the list of humanity's favorite insects, but new research suggests that their large dirt mounds a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 28, 2015Plants & Animals
Giant pandas turn out to be a lot more social - and flirtatious - than anyone had ever imagined, according to new resear ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 26, 2015Earth & The Environment
Termites are among the world's most destructive pests, causing more than a billion dollars in damage each year in the U. ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 26, 2015Earth & The Environment
A new study based in part on NASA satellite data has shown that an increase in large, well-organized thunderstorms is be ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 24, 2015Earth & The Environment
Winter storms can wreak havoc with our lives, but you probably don't think of them as bringing the sort of deadly menace ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at Harvard University are one step closer to bringing Woolly mammoths back to life, after successfully insert ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 20, 2015Earth & The Environment
A small region in the southern Alaska coast saw an almost constant amount of rain, snow and glacial melting between 2003 ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 17, 2015Earth & The Environment
A controversial canal that would connect the Pacific and Atlantic oceans across Nicaragua has environmental scientists c ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 17, 2015Earth & The Environment
As reported in the Washington Post, the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced that in 2014, the economy grew ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 13, 2015Videos
UN affiliates review 2015 initiatives on energy, water, food security, sustainable development, and climate change.Written By: Will HectorMAR 13, 2015Earth & The Environment
Localized die-offs aren't even the most disruptive effect of depleted oxygen. "Changes in oxygen turn out to be really i ...Written By: Greg CruikshankMAR 11, 2015Plants & Animals
An Antarctic octopus gives literal meaning to the phrase "blue blood," as a new study finds the cephalopod has blue pigm ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 25, 2015Earth & The Environment
Over the past few decades, rainforests have come to be rock stars, of a sort, in the scientific community. Extensively s ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 23, 2015Microbiology
The appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile virus and Ebola, is a predictable r ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeSEP 30, 2014Genetics & Genomics
For hundreds of years, the Dorset people, the last of the Paleo Eskimos, dominated eastern Canada and Greenland. Then, s ...Written By: Peter MicheliSEP 25, 2014Earth & The Environment
There have been five "mass extinctions" on Earth. These are periods when extremely large numbers of species go extinct. ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUL 01, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Former Secretary of State and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, who gave a 65-minute keynote appearance at the 2014 BIO ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 25, 2014Earth & The Environment
CO2, which is generally accepted as being the leading cause of climate change, has been increasing in the atmosphere for ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUN 19, 2014Earth & The Environment
Understanding how clouds affect the climate is a difficult proposition. What controls the makeup of the low clouds that ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 09, 2014Earth & The Environment
If you were heading to Antarctica 40 million or so years ago it probably would have been a good idea to bring your swims ...Written By: Peter MicheliMAY 05, 2014Earth & The Environment
What could have a more natural and positive effect on climate change than agriculture? Contrary to what you may think, t ...
APR 10, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Unearthing and burning all the earth's practically reachable fossil fuels would result in a rise in global mean temperat
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 02, 2015
Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Communications provides insight into how large-scale deforestation could impact global
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 01, 2015
Earth & The Environment
While it might seem that climate change is responsible for bringing record cold to some areas of the United States this
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 29, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Termites might not top the list of humanity's favorite insects, but new research suggests that their large dirt mounds a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 28, 2015
Plants & Animals
Giant pandas turn out to be a lot more social - and flirtatious - than anyone had ever imagined, according to new resear
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 26, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Termites are among the world's most destructive pests, causing more than a billion dollars in damage each year in the U.
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 26, 2015
Earth & The Environment
A new study based in part on NASA satellite data has shown that an increase in large, well-organized thunderstorms is be
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 24, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Winter storms can wreak havoc with our lives, but you probably don't think of them as bringing the sort of deadly menace
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at Harvard University are one step closer to bringing Woolly mammoths back to life, after successfully insert
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 20, 2015
Earth & The Environment
A small region in the southern Alaska coast saw an almost constant amount of rain, snow and glacial melting between 2003
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 17, 2015
Earth & The Environment
A controversial canal that would connect the Pacific and Atlantic oceans across Nicaragua has environmental scientists c
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 17, 2015
Earth & The Environment
As reported in the Washington Post, the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced that in 2014, the economy grew ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 13, 2015
Videos
UN affiliates review 2015 initiatives on energy, water, food security, sustainable development, and climate change.
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 13, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Localized die-offs aren't even the most disruptive effect of depleted oxygen. "Changes in oxygen turn out to be really i
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
MAR 11, 2015
Plants & Animals
An Antarctic octopus gives literal meaning to the phrase "blue blood," as a new study finds the cephalopod has blue pigm
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 25, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Over the past few decades, rainforests have come to be rock stars, of a sort, in the scientific community. Extensively s
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 23, 2015
Microbiology
The appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile virus and Ebola, is a predictable r
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
SEP 30, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
For hundreds of years, the Dorset people, the last of the Paleo Eskimos, dominated eastern Canada and Greenland. Then, s
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
SEP 25, 2014
Earth & The Environment
There have been five "mass extinctions" on Earth. These are periods when extremely large numbers of species go extinct.
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUL 01, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Former Secretary of State and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, who gave a 65-minute keynote appearance at the 2014 BIO
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 25, 2014
Earth & The Environment
CO2, which is generally accepted as being the leading cause of climate change, has been increasing in the atmosphere for
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUN 19, 2014
Earth & The Environment
Understanding how clouds affect the climate is a difficult proposition. What controls the makeup of the low clouds that
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 09, 2014
Earth & The Environment
If you were heading to Antarctica 40 million or so years ago it probably would have been a good idea to bring your swims
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
MAY 05, 2014
Earth & The Environment
What could have a more natural and positive effect on climate change than agriculture? Contrary to what you may think, t
...