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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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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 ...JAN 09, 2014Earth & The Environment
Plants in extreme desert environments must adapt to their harsh and relentless conditions in order to survive. It's diff ...JAN 07, 2014Earth & The Environment
For years, scientists and conservationists have been concerned about the decreasing number of species on earth, and the ...
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
...
JAN 09, 2014
Earth & The Environment
Plants in extreme desert environments must adapt to their harsh and relentless conditions in order to survive. It's diff
...
JAN 07, 2014
Earth & The Environment
For years, scientists and conservationists have been concerned about the decreasing number of species on earth, and the
...