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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 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 ...MAY 01, 2014Earth & The Environment
Forested mountain areas throughout the western United States are suffering from the effects of bark beetles. To put the ...APR 16, 2014Earth & The Environment
The newest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) paints the bleakest picture yet with respect ...APR 01, 2014Earth & The Environment
Polynyas may sound to you like a new kind of plastic, or something you slept through in geometry class. They are really ...MAR 24, 2014Earth & The Environment
Scientists have been observing the decline of the Greenland Ice Sheet with great concern for some time now. A recent rep ...MAR 21, 2014Earth & The Environment
Theories about the climate of the early Earth are always subject to change, because of the potential errors in geologica ...FEB 24, 2014Earth & The Environment
The Obama administration has used the severe drought in California as an example of the unpleasant byproducts of man-mad ...FEB 13, 2014Genetics & Genomics
While you may know that polar bears adapt to their extremely cold environment, you probably don't know how they do it. N ...FEB 12, 2014Microbiology
It's tough to be a microbe. Microbes often live in extreme environments and feed on waste materials-processing them in w ...FEB 11, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Thanks to the relatively recent development of genome mapping, scientists have been able to delve deeper than ever into ...FEB 05, 2014Plants & Animals
Snowy owls are some of the most beautiful and regal creatures to be found in northern climates. With a typical wingspan ...JAN 17, 2014Earth & The Environment
With today's concerns about climate change and the massive amount of research emphasis in the field, data collection of ...
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
...
MAY 01, 2014
Earth & The Environment
Forested mountain areas throughout the western United States are suffering from the effects of bark beetles. To put the
...
APR 16, 2014
Earth & The Environment
The newest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) paints the bleakest picture yet with respect
...
APR 01, 2014
Earth & The Environment
Polynyas may sound to you like a new kind of plastic, or something you slept through in geometry class. They are really
...
MAR 24, 2014
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have been observing the decline of the Greenland Ice Sheet with great concern for some time now. A recent rep
...
MAR 21, 2014
Earth & The Environment
Theories about the climate of the early Earth are always subject to change, because of the potential errors in geologica
...
FEB 24, 2014
Earth & The Environment
The Obama administration has used the severe drought in California as an example of the unpleasant byproducts of man-mad
...
FEB 13, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
While you may know that polar bears adapt to their extremely cold environment, you probably don't know how they do it. N
...
FEB 12, 2014
Microbiology
It's tough to be a microbe. Microbes often live in extreme environments and feed on waste materials-processing them in w
...
FEB 11, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Thanks to the relatively recent development of genome mapping, scientists have been able to delve deeper than ever into
...
FEB 05, 2014
Plants & Animals
Snowy owls are some of the most beautiful and regal creatures to be found in northern climates. With a typical wingspan
...
JAN 17, 2014
Earth & The Environment
With today's concerns about climate change and the massive amount of research emphasis in the field, data collection of
...