Landmark study shows how heavy, short rain storms are intensifying more rapidly than would be expected with global warming.
Australia Facing Increased Intense Rain Storms
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Carbon ‘Leak’ May Have Warmed the Planet for 11,000 Years, Encouraging Human Civilization
The oceans are the planet’s most important depository for atmospheric carbon dioxide on time scales of decades to millenia. But the process of locking away greenhouse gas is weakened by activity of the Southern Ocean, so an increase in its activity could explain the mysterious warmth of the past 11,000 years, an international team of researchers reports.
As Economics Improve, Solar Shines in Rural America
A five-year effort by electric cooperatives to expand the use of solar energy in rural parts of the United States is coming to a successful conclusion.
Climate Taxes on Agriculture Could Lead to More Food Insecurity Than Climate Change Itself
New IIASA-led research has found that a single climate mitigation scheme applied to all sectors, such as a global carbon tax, could have a serious impact on agriculture and result in far more widespread hunger and food insecurity than the direct impacts of climate change. Smarter, inclusive policies are necessary instead.
Native Bison Hunters Amplified Climate Impacts on Prairie Fires
Native American communities actively managed North American prairies for centuries before Christopher Columbus' arrival in the New World, according to a new study by researchers from Southern Methodist University and the University of Arizona.
NASA Finds Development of Tropical Depression 16W
Tropical Depression 16W formed in the northwestern Pacific Ocean despite vertical wind shear. Wind shear was elongating the newly formed tropical depression when NASA's Terra satellite passed overhead and analyzed the storm in infrared light.
