Last 15 Postings

Modeling 12 Centuries of Northern Hemispheric Hydroclimate (31 August 2016)
Once again, the current slate of climate models is shown to be unable to correctly hind-cast the behavior of an important climatic phenomenon...

How Genomics Can Help Feed Earth's Growing Human Population (30 August 2016)
Just as there is more than one way to skin a cat, there are also more ways of ensuring that the increasing population of our planetary home will have enough food to eat throughout the eons to come...

Two Decades of Changing Bird Abundances on Mt. Kilimanjaro (29 August 2016)
Contrary to alarmist expectations, rising temperatures and ongoing habitat disturbances have not negatively impacted bird abundances on Mt. Kilimanjaro. In fact, by most measures they appear to have led to enhanced abundances...

Elevated CO2 Stimulates the Growth of an Aquatic Fern (29 August 2016)
A four-fold increase in atmospheric CO2 leads to a two-fold stimulation of Azolla filiculoides...

Plant Growth Database (26 August 2016)
Our latest result of plant growth responses to atmospheric CO2 enrichment obtained from experiments described in the peer-reviewed scientific literature is for Old Man Saltbush. To access the entire database, click here.

The Interactive Effects of CO2 and Temperature on Wheat and Rice (25 August 2016)
A four-year FACE study reveals a stimulatory effect of atmospheric CO2 enrichment on these two crops under both ambient and elevated temperature conditions...

The Behavioral Plasticity of the American Pika (24 August 2016)
Behavioral adjustments are one important mechanism by which the American pika can persist outside of its previously appreciated dietary and thermal niches. And that is good news, for those who might be concerned about the potential impacts of global warming on this mammal species...

Response of Wheat to Elevated CO2, an Aphid Herbivore and the Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (23 August 2016)
Aphid herbivore activity will likely remain at similar or reduced levels on wheat in a CO2-enriched world of the future...

Climate Change is a Relatively Insignificant Factor in Malaria Transmission and Outbreaks (22 August 2016)
Socio-economic and land use factors are more than capable of compensating for unfavorable changes in climate that can lead to malaria transmission and outbreaks. And as long as countries continue to focus on improving these more important elimination factors, malaria trends will continue to remain little influenced by future climate change, model projections notwithstanding...

Effects of Elevated CO2 and Salinity on Lithifying Microbial Mats (19 August 2016)
Some of the seas' tiniest bottom-dwelling organisms are not harmed by increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Quite to the contrary, in fact, they are actually enriched by it...

Elevated CO2 Increases Soil Phosphorus Availability in a Phosphorus-Limited Australian Woodland (18 August 2016)
A new FACE study reveals another significant benefit of increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations for plants growing in phosphorus-limiting soils...

The Global Effects of Global Warming on Human Mortality (17 August 2016)
Evidence from many locations around the world demonstrates that the type of warming humanity has experienced during the planet's recovery from the cold of the not-so-distant Little Ice Age has helped to significantly lengthen human life span...

Seismic Activity and Global Warming: How Might They be Related? (16 August 2016)
The question posed in this review's title may seem a little strange; but a recent study of the subject suggests that it goes to the very heart of the overriding climatic concern of our day...

Plant Growth Database (15 August 2016)
Our latest result of plant growth responses to atmospheric CO2 enrichment obtained from experiments described in the peer-reviewed scientific literature is for Quinoa. To access the entire database, click here.

The Growth Response of Aspen Trees to Soil CO2 Enrichment (15 August 2016)
How does the latter phenomenon impact the former? Read on to find out...