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Diving Enthusiasts Could Measure Ocean Temperatures

2016-07-24 14:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Millions of holidaying scuba divers are able to become citizen scientists and take vital measurements of ocean temperatures, which are being driven up by climate change. More than 90 percent of the heat trapped by global warming goes into oceans, where it drives hurricanes and disrupts fish stocks. Satellites can measure surface temperature when there are no clouds, but getting data from below the surface is much harder and more expensive. A flotilla of 3,000 diving robot buoys provides measurements,...

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Feeling the heat? Corn production can be hurt by high temperatures and drought

2016-07-22 18:32:00| Corn & Soybean Digest

Jonathan Kleinjan, South Dakota State University The drought and heat can result in reduced kernel size. The heat and even dry conditions can impact corn yields. The good news is that in the later stages, it has less of an impact. read more

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Global Temperatures Are on Course for Another Record This Year

2016-07-19 23:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: The world is on pace to set another high temperature benchmark, with 2016 becoming the third year in a row of record heat. NASA scientists announced on Tuesday that global temperatures so far this year were much higher than in the first half of 2015. Gavin Schmidt, director of NASAs Goddard Institute of Space Studies, said that while the first six months of 2015 made it the hottest half-year ever recorded, 2016 really has blown that out of the water. He said calculations showed there was...

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Warmer temperatures are shifting clouds toward the poles

2016-07-12 01:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: The warming of the planet over the past few decades has shifted a key band of clouds poleward and increased the heights of cloud tops, exacerbating Earths rising temperature, a new study released Monday suggests. The reaction of clouds to a warming atmosphere has been one of the major sources of uncertainty in estimating exactly how much the world will heat up from the accumulation of greenhouse gases, as some changes would enhance warming, while others would counteract it. The study, detailed...

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