Climate Change

Study Shows Increasing Intensity of Summer Ice Melt in Antarctica

April 14, 2013 by Jennifer Young Leave a Comment

The team studied ice cores from the Antarctic poenisula. Image credit: NASA Blue Marble project

A new study shows that the levels of summer ice melt indicated by Antarctic ice core samples has been increasing in intensity over recent years.

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Filed Under: Climate Change, Headlines Tagged With: Antarctic ice sheet melting

Urban Heat Causes A Different Kind of Climate Change

February 5, 2013 by Tricia Edgar Leave a Comment

Home heating can cause urban heat emissions. Photo: thisreidwrites / CC by 2.0

A new study changes our thinking about the intricacies of climate change, shedding light on how cities shape the climate patterns of entire continents.

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Filed Under: Climate Change, Headlines Tagged With: cities, climate change, ecology, meteorology, urban

Ozone Layer Depletion vs Greenhouse Effect: What’s the Difference?

January 15, 2013 by Clara Piccirillo, PhD Leave a Comment

The sun's radiation passes through the atmosphere to reach the Earth. Photo by Nasa Goddard.

Is there a connection between the hole in the ozone layer and greenhouse gas increases thought to cause a rise in global temperatures, also known as global warming?

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Filed Under: Climate Change, Headlines Tagged With: carbon dioxide, CFCs, greehouse gases, ozone hole, ozone layer depletion

New Study Identifies Changing Patterns in Trend of Antarctic Sea Ice

November 11, 2012 by Jennifer Young 1 Comment

Understanding the Antarctic ice is key to understanding climate (Image credit: George Nijs)

How much is the climate changing? A new study that shows a reduction in Antarctic ice mass is resulting from climate change.

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Filed Under: Climate Change, Headlines Tagged With: Antarctic sea ice, climate modelling, ice and climate modelling, sea ice drift

Tailored Solar Radiation Management to Counteract Global Warming

October 26, 2012 by Clara Piccirillo, PhD 1 Comment

An aerosol in the upper atmosphere would reflect more energy. Photo by Soil-net library.

Climate change is at hand: a new study shows that tiny droplets of water in the atmosphere can reflect the sun and reduce global warming in targeted areas, without affecting the general climate.

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Filed Under: Climate Change, Featured Posts, Headlines Tagged With: Arctic ice, climate change, solar radiation management, theoretical modeling

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Study Shows Increasing Intensity of Summer Ice Melt in Antarctica

Urban Heat Causes A Different Kind of Climate Change

Ozone Layer Depletion vs Greenhouse Effect: What’s the Difference?

New Study Identifies Changing Patterns in Trend of Antarctic Sea Ice

Tailored Solar Radiation Management to Counteract Global Warming

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