Small Glaciers – Not Large – Account for Most of Greenland's Recent Loss of Ice
September 15 — A new study shows that the dozens of much smaller outflow glaciers dotting Greenland's coast together account for three times more loss from the island's ice sheet than the amount coming from their huge relatives. (Ohio State University press release) More

Ice Core Studies Confirm Accuracy of Climate Models
September 11 — An analysis has been completed of the global carbon cycle and climate for a 70,000-year period in the most recent Ice Age, showing a remarkable correlation between carbon dioxide levels and surprisingly abrupt changes in climate. (Oregon State University press release) More

Research Team Proposes New Link to Tropical African Climate
September 11 — A research team has proposed a new link to rainfall and temperature patterns in southeast Africa. (Brown University press release) More

Old Growth Forests are Valuable Carbon Sinks
September 10 — Contrary to 40 years of conventional wisdom, a new analysis suggests that old growth forests are usually "carbon sinks" – they continue to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and mitigate climate change for centuries. (Oregon State University press release) More

Moderate Quantities of Dirt Make More Rain
September 9 — Whether or not particles in the atmosphere will lead to more clouds and precipitation depends on the number of particles, new research suggests. (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release) More

Climate: New Spin on Ocean's Role
September 8 — New studies of the Southern Ocean are revealing previously unknown features of giant spinning eddies that are profoundly influencing marine life and the world's climate. (University of New South Wales press release) More

Major Flooding Risk Could Span Decades After Chinese Earthquake
September 4 — Up to 20 million people, thousands of whom are already displaced from their homes following the devastating Chinese earthquake, are at increased risk from flooding and major power shortages in the massive Sichuan Basin over the next few decades and possibly centuries. (Durham University press release) More

Global Sea-Rise Levels by 2100 May be Lower Than Some Predict
September 4 — Despite projections by some scientists of global seas rising by 20 feet or more by the end of this century as a result of warming, a study concludes that global sea rise of much more than six feet is a near physical impossibility. (University of Colorado at Boulder press release) More

Warmer Seas Linked to Strengthening Hurricanes
September 3 — The theory that global warming may be contributing to stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic over the past 30 years is bolstered by a new study. (Florida State University press release) More

Smoke Smudges Mexico City's Air, Chemists Identify Sources
September 3 — Atmospheric scientists have sorted through the pall that hangs over Mexico City to precisely identify aerosols that make up the haze and chart daily patterns of changes to the mix. (University of California - San Diego press release) More

Global Warming Greatest in Past Decade
September 1 — Researchers confirm that surface temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere were warmer over the last 10 years than any time during the last 1,300 years. (Pennsylvania University press release) More

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