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Census of Marine Life is now complete
The Census of Marine Life - a count of the organisms living in Earth's oceans - drew to a close in early October 2010. Read more about it here.
October 4, 2010
Trouble for walruses in warming world
In the early fall 2010, over 10,000 walruses were spotted on the Northern coast of Alaska. Fischbach attributes their presence onshore to the Arctic’s melting sea ice.
October 4, 2010
Amazon rainforest has different amounts of carbon
From above, the treetops in the Amazon rainforest might look remarkably uniform. But different regions of the rainforest might store very different amounts of carbon.
September 27, 2010
Gulf oil spill long-term impact on wildlife
It might be 10 years before we know the impact on wildlife of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Sensitive coastal marshes especially.
September 20, 2010
First-ever map of height of all the world’s trees
Dr. Lefsky said that taller the trees in a forest, the more carbon is stored in that forest. This map will help scientists figure out what places in the world are holding onto a lot of carbon.
September 13, 2010
Geoengineering to combat climate change
Climate scientists are 98% in agreement on human-caused global warming. Now some scientists are discussing geoengineering to deliberately cool Earth.
September 13, 2010
Ocean garbage patch in Atlantic, too
Scientists have discovered another ocean region swirling with plastic debris - like the notorious North Pacific Garbage Patch. But this one's in the Atlantic.
September 13, 2010
Polar ice loss rates may need to be lowered
Polar ice sheets at the poles might be losing ice half as fast as previous high-end estimates. Scientists say this doesn't yet change projections of sea-level rise.
September 8, 2010
Pacific islands governments plan for climate changes
Tens of thousands of low-lying area Pacific islands are particularly vulnerable to hurricanes and sea level rise. So do you want to risk living there?
September 6, 2010
Pakistan got Russia’s rain in summer 2010,
Masters explained that the 2010 floods in Pakistan and drought in Russia were related via the jet stream.
September 6, 2010
