Global Warming
Global Warming: the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects. Seen as a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants. Multiple lines of scientific evidence show that the climate system is warming. Many of the observed changes since the 1950s are unprecedented in the instrumental temperature record which extends back to the mid-19th century, and in paleoclimate proxy records covering thousands of years.
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FEB 18, 2019Plants & Animals
FEB 18, 2019Humans commercially harvest many marine animals because a booming market exists above the ocean’s surface. Unfortunately, some these same animals are...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 14, 2019Earth & The Environment
FEB 14, 2019New research published in the journal Environmental Research Letters by an international team of Earth scientists led by USC adds a scary twist to our view...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 11, 2019Plants & Animals
FEB 11, 2019Climate change impacts all kinds of wild animals, including several varieties of sea turtles – many of which are now recognized by the International...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 05, 2019Earth & The Environment
FEB 05, 2019New research published in the journal Nature Communications suggests that higher water temperatures resulting from climate change will affect the compositi...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 30, 2019Plants & Animals
JAN 30, 2019The last several decades have seen an explosive uptick in the number of mass stranding events (MSEs) involving certain types of whales, prompting researche...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
FEB 18, 2019
Plants & Animals
FEB 18, 2019
Humans commercially harvest many marine animals because a booming market exists above the ocean’s surface. Unfortunately, some these same animals are...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 14, 2019
Earth & The Environment
FEB 14, 2019
New research published in the journal Environmental Research Letters by an international team of Earth scientists led by USC adds a scary twist to our view...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 11, 2019
Plants & Animals
FEB 11, 2019
Climate change impacts all kinds of wild animals, including several varieties of sea turtles – many of which are now recognized by the International...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 05, 2019
Earth & The Environment
FEB 05, 2019
New research published in the journal Nature Communications suggests that higher water temperatures resulting from climate change will affect the compositi...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 30, 2019
Plants & Animals
JAN 30, 2019
The last several decades have seen an explosive uptick in the number of mass stranding events (MSEs) involving certain types of whales, prompting researche...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 29, 2019
Earth & The Environment
JAN 29, 2019
New research published in Nature Climate Change explains how climate change is affecting long-established atmospheric and oceanic patterns. The study comes...
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Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 23, 2019
Earth & The Environment
JAN 23, 2019
New research published in Science suggests that we had better rethink current climate models. The research comes from Hebrew University of Jerusalem Profes...
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Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 22, 2019
Earth & The Environment
JAN 22, 2019
A series of studies published within the last two months highlight the concern that previous estimates regarding the state of the planet’s warming we...
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Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 04, 2019
Microbiology
JAN 04, 2019
Methane is a greenhouse gas considered to be 20-28 times more powerful than carbon dioxide....
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Carmen Leitch
