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Sand After Sandy: Scientists Map Sea Floor For Sediment
2013-01-29 23:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Congress has now agreed to give some $60 billion to states damaged by Hurricane Sandy. A lot will go to Long Island, one of the hardest hit areas. Besides damages to homes and businesses, its system of protective barrier islands and beaches were partially washed away. Scientists are trying to find out where that sand and sediment went, and whether it can be used to rebuild Long Island's defenses. In January. On a boat in Long Island Bay. The field conditions are not pleasant. But to ocean...
Scientists Find Bacteria Survive at High Altitudes
2013-01-28 22:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Next time you're flying somewhere and the plane knives through a cloud, consider this from a new study published on Monday: that cloud is teeming with microscopic particles, including some of the same bacteria you encounter regularly on the ground. According to that new study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, those microorganisms likely play a key role in forming clouds and precipitation The study alters scientists' understanding of how microorganisms spread...
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Scientists could name every species on Earth in 50 years
2013-01-28 16:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A bold new paper in Science argues that the world's species could be named and described before they vanish into extinction, though the threat of eventual extinction will remain for many, especially as climate change worsens. The scientists say that contrary to popular belief, there are more taxonomists working than ever before and there are likely less species on Earth than often reported, making finding and naming the world's species within reach this century. "Our findings are potentially good...
Study finds Greenlands ice may not be as vulnerable to climate change as scientists feared
2013-01-25 14:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Houston Chronicle: New research suggests that Greenland`s vast ice sheet isn`t as fragile as some climate scientists feared. The work, published in Nature this week (see abstract), indicates the majority of ice on Greenland could remain intact for hundreds of years even if the planet warms considerably. The study used ice cores to study conditions during a period of natural global warming that occurred between 115,000 and 130,000 years ago, when temperatures were about 14.5 Fahrenheit degrees higher than they...
Scientists dismiss geo-engineering as a global warming quick fix
2013-01-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Smithsonian: Installing a giant mirror in space to block sunlight, dispersing mass quantities of minerals into the oceans to suck carbon dioxide from the air and infusing the Earths upper atmosphere with sun-reflecting chemicals might sound like the stuff of science fiction, but theyre actual techniques that have been contemplated by scientists as possible quick solutions to climate change. More specifically, theyre examples of geo-engineering, a hotly contested subset of climate science whereby the Earths...
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