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March 7, 2017

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Study Finds Knowledge Gaps on Protecting Cultural Sites from Climate Change

Mar. 7, 2017 — Many cultural sites vulnerable to climate-related changes such as rising sea levels, coastal erosion and flooding from stronger storms, ... read more

Asian Carp and Old Chicago Waterways

Mar. 7, 2017 — Asian carp, currently confined to the Mississippi River system, are threatening to invade Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes through the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. ... read more

'Traveling' Droughts Bring New Possibilities for Prediction

Mar. 7, 2017 — Droughts can travel hundreds to thousands of kilometers from where they started, like a slow-moving hurricane. A new study sheds light on how these droughts evolve in space ... read more

Evidence Disproving Tropical 'Thermostat' Theory

Mar. 6, 2017 — As the world warmed millions of years ago, conditions in the tropics may have made it so hot some organisms couldn't survive, new research findings ... read more

Going Deep to Learn the Secrets of Japan's Earthquakes

Mar. 2, 2017 — The 11 March 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake was the largest and most destructive in the history of Japan. Scientists are hard at work trying to understand just what made it ... read more

Declining Arctic Sea Ice Influences European Weather, but Isn't a Cause of Colder Winters

Feb. 28, 2017 — The dramatic loss of Arctic sea ice through climate change is unlikely to lead to more severe winter weather across Northern Europe, new research has ... read more

NASA Study Improves Forecasts of Summer Arctic Sea Ice

Mar. 3, 2017 — The Arctic has been losing sea ice over the past several decades as Earth warms. However, each year, as the sea ice starts to melt in the spring following its maximum ... read more

Iron Dissolved by Air Pollution May Increase Ocean Potential to Trap Carbon

Mar. 1, 2017 — Iron particles generated by cities and industry are being dissolved by human-made air pollution and washed into the sea -- potentially increasing the amount of greenhouse gases that the world's ... read more

Acidification of Arctic Ocean May Threaten Marine Life, Fishing Industry

Feb. 27, 2017 — An international research team found a rapid rise in acidification in the western Arctic Ocean, a potential threat to shellfish, the marine ecosystem and the fishing ... read more

Tree Scars Record 700 Years of Natural and Cultural Fire History in a Northern Forest

Mar. 1, 2017 — Distinguishing human from climatic influence on historical fire patterns is critical to forest management planning, which is ... read more

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Flashy First Images Arrive from NOAA's GOES-16 Lightning Mapper

Mar. 6, 2017 — Detecting and predicting lightning just got a lot easier. The first images from a new instrument onboard NOAA's GOES-16 satellite are giving NOAA National Weather Service forecasters richer ... read more

Forest Degradation in the Tropics

Mar. 1, 2017 — Village communities in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia and South America have not been using local forest resources as sustainably as is often assumed. According to the study, in 90 percent of ... read more

Highest Temperatures Recorded for Antarctic Region

Mar. 1, 2017 — The World Meteorological Organization announced today new verified record high- temperatures in Antarctica, ranging from the high 60s (in Fahrenheit) to the high teens, depending on the location they ... read more

Using Google to Map Our Ecosystem

Feb. 28, 2017 — Researchers have developed a method to quantify ecosystem services of street trees. Using nearly 100,000 images from Google Street View, the study helps further understanding on how green spaces ... read more

Calculating Recharge of Groundwater More Precisely

Feb. 28, 2017 — Current models underestimate role of subsurface heterogeneity, researchers suggest in a new article. Groundwater is a vital resource in many regions around the globe. For managing drinking water, the ... read more

Earth Probably Began With a Solid Shell

Feb. 27, 2017 — Plate tectonics -- a defining feature of modern Earth and the driving force behind earthquakes, volcanoes and mid-ocean spreading ridges -- did not start until later in Earth's history, new ... read more

Hammerhead Shark Migration Gives New Hope for Conservation

Feb. 24, 2017 — Great Hammerhead sharks have been tagged and tracked across the USA and Bahamas in a bid to shed light on their migration habits. Researchers suggest that these sharks are more at risk than ... read more

First Direct Measurements of Pacific Seabed Sediments Reveal Strong Methane Source

Feb. 24, 2017 — A major source of an important greenhouse gas has been discovered in the Tropical Pacific Ocean for the first ... read more

Melting Sea Ice May Be Speeding Nature's Clock in the Arctic

Feb. 23, 2017 — Spring is coming sooner to some plant species in the low Arctic of Greenland, while other species are delaying their emergence amid warming winters. The changes are associated with diminishing sea ... read more

Air Pollution May Have Masked Mid-20th Century Sea Ice Loss

Feb. 23, 2017 — Humans may have been altering Arctic sea ice longer than previously thought, according to researchers studying the effects of air pollution on sea ice growth in the mid-20th ... read more

Last Year's El Niño Waves Battered California Shore to Unprecedented Degree

Feb. 23, 2017 — Last winter's El Niño may have felt weak to residents of Southern California, but it was one of the most powerful weather events of the last 145 years, scientists ... read more

Warming Temperatures Could Trigger Starvation, Extinctions in Deep Oceans

Feb. 23, 2017 — Researchers from 20 of the world's leading oceanographic research centers today warned that the world's largest habitat -- the deep ocean floor -- may face starvation and sweeping ... read more

Study Targets Warm Water Rings That Fuel Hurricane Intensification in the Caribbean Sea

Feb. 23, 2017 — A new study deployed 55 aircraft ocean instruments from the National Oceanographic Atmospheric Administration's WP-3D aircraft. The purpose of the scientific mission was to measure ocean ... read more

Hot Spots of Marine Biodiversity Most Severely Impacted by Global Warming

Feb. 22, 2017 — A new study aimed at identifying areas of highest conservation priority in the world's oceans found six 'hot spots of marine biodiversity' that are severely impacted by climate change ... read more

Farther from the Forest: 'Eye-Opening' Study Shows Rural US Loses Forests Faster Than Cities

Feb. 22, 2017 — Between 1990 and 2000, the average distance from any point in the United States to the nearest forest increased by 14 percent, a new study shows. The distance can present challenges for wildlife and ... read more

'Atmospheric Rivers' Associated With California Flooding Also Common in the Southeast

Feb. 22, 2017 — Much of the flood-inducing rainfall that has pummeled California over the last month flowed into the region via a river in the sky. But these so-called atmospheric rivers, which transport large ... read more

From Rocks in Colorado, Evidence of a 'Chaotic Solar System'

Feb. 22, 2017 — Plumbing a 90 million-year-old layer cake of sedimentary rock in Colorado, a team of scientists has found evidence confirming a critical theory of how the planets in our solar system behave in their ... read more

Hidden No More: First-Ever Global View of Transshipment in Commercial Fishing Industry

Feb. 22, 2017 — A new report released today presents the first global map of transshipment, a major pathway for illegally caught and unreported fish to enter the seafood market. Also associated with drug smuggling ... read more

How Migratory Birds Respond to Balmier Autumns?

Feb. 22, 2017 — A new study focused on one songbird species that is known to rely on weather for its migratory journey: the white-throated sparrow. The bird migrates from Canada to the southern United States each ... read more

Wintering Ducks Connect Isolated Wetlands by Dispersing Plant Seeds

Feb. 22, 2017 — Plant populations in wetland areas face increasing isolation as wetlands are globally under threat from habitat loss and fragmentation. Researchers show that the daily movement behavior of wintering ... read more

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Tool for a cleaner Long Island Sound

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Fossilized tree and ice cores help date huge volcanic eruption 1,000 years ago to within three months

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