Research Finds Evidence Tropical Cyclones Have Climate-Control Link
May 31 — Researchers have found evidence that tropical cyclones and hurricanes play an important role in the ocean circulation patterns that transport heat and maintain the climate of North America and Europe. (Purdue University press release) More

West African Ocean Sediment Core Links Monsoons to Global Climate Evolution
May 31 — Monsoons, the life-giving, torrential rains of Asia and Africa, have an ancient, unsuspected connection to previous Ice Age climate cycles, according to scientists. (University of California-Santa Barbara press release) More

Climate Change Signal Detected in Indian Ocean
May 29 — The signature of climate change over the past 40 years has been identified in temperatures of the Indian Ocean near Australia. (CSIRO-Australia press release) More

Hurricane Risks Higher Than Usual for Most U.S. Coasts
May 23 — Much of the nation's Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastlines face substantially higher-than-normal risks for hurricanes in 2007, according to a recent analysis. (University of Central Florida press release) More

El Ni�o and African Monsoon Have Strongly Influenced Intense Hurricane Frequency in the Past
May 23 — The frequency of intense hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean appears to be closely connected to long-term trends in the El Ni�o/Southern Oscillation and the West African monsoon, according to new research. (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution press release) More

Evacuating New Orleans: LSU and Los Alamos Team Up
May 23 — A team of researchers is engaged in an effort to help cities better prepare and respond to emergency situations, including hurricanes. (Louisiana State University press release) More

Alarming Acceleration in Carbon Dioxide Emissions Worldwide
May 21 — A new study shows that between 2000 and 2004, worldwide carbon dioxide emissions increased at a rate that is over three times the rate during all of the 1990s. (Carnegie Institution press release) More

Southern Ocean Carbon Sink Weakened
May 18 — An international research team has found that the Southern Ocean's ability to absorb carbon dioxide has been reduced by around 35 percent since 1981. (CSIRO-Australia press release) More

Colorado River Streamflow History Reveals Megadrought Before 1490
May 17 — New tree-ring-based reconstruction documents the year-by-year natural variability of streamflows in the upper Colorado River basin back hundreds of years. (University of Arizona press release) More

New Technique Provides 3-D View of Approaching Hurricanes
May 17 — Forecasters will test a new technique this summer that provides a detailed 3-D view of an approaching hurricane in six-minute intervals that allows them to determine whether the storm is gathering strength as it nears land. (National Center for Atmospheric Research press release) More

Permanent Ice Fields are Resisting Global Warming
May 16 — Research shows that at very high altitudes the accumulation of snow and ice has varied very little since the beginning of the 20th century. (CNRS press release) More

Brazil Demonstrating that Reducing Tropical Deforestation is Key Win-Win Global Warming Solution
May 15 — A team of researchers has found that halving deforestation rates by mid-century would account for 12 percent of total emissions reductions needed to keep concentrations of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere at safe levels. (Woods Hole Research Center press release) More

Researchers Analyze Air Quality and Weather Changes By 2050
May 14 — Changes in urban sprawl and climate that are projected to occur in the New York City metropolitan area by the 2050s could significantly affect air quality and health in the region. (Columbia University press release) More

Deforestation Plays Critical Climate Change Role
May 11 — A new study suggests tropical deforestation releases 1.5 billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere each year. (CSIRO-Australia press release) More

Climate Swings Have Brought Great Carbon Dioxide Pulses Up From the Deep Sea
May 10 — A study provides evidence that warming-induced changes in ocean circulation at the end of the last Ice Age caused vast quantities of ancient carbon dioxide to belch from the deep sea into the atmosphere. (Columbia University press release) More

Real-Time Seismic Monitoring Station Installed Atop Active Underwater Volcano
May 10 — Researchers will begin direct monitoring of the rumblings of a submarine volcano in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution press release) More

Remnants of Ice Age Linger in Gravity
May 10 — Researchers have uncovered a large area of low but increasing gravity over North America � the lingering effect of the last ice age. (University of Toronto press release) More

'Short-Circuit' Found in Ocean Circulation
May 10 — Scientists have discovered how ocean circulation is working in the current that flows around Antarctica by tracing the path of helium from underwater volcanoes. (University of East Anglia press release) More

Understanding the Global Carbon Budget
May 9 — Research shows climate change predictions will become more reliable as scientists better identify the processes responsible for adding and removing carbon from the atmosphere. (Woods Hole Research Center press release) More

Transcontinental Wildfire Emissions Monitored from Space
May 8 — Scientists have determined that the carbon monoxide hovering over Australia during the wildfire season largely originated from South American wildfires some 13,000 kilometers away. (European Space Agency press release) More

Scientists: As Rainfall Changes, Tropical Plants May Acclimate
May 7 — Tropical plants may be more adaptable than commonly thought to changing rainfall patterns expected to accompany a warming climate, new research shows. (University of Florida press release) More

Healthy Reefs Hit Hardest by Warmer Temperatures
May 7 — Coral disease outbreaks hit hardest in the healthiest sections of the Great Barrier Reef, where close living quarters among coral may make it easy for infection to spread, researchers have found. (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill press release) More

Climate Change Impacts Stream Life
May 4 — Climate change is warming Welsh streams and rivers, affecting the number and variety of some of their smallest animals, a major study has found. (Cardiff University press release) More

Drought Limits Tropical Plant Distributions, Scientists at the Smithsonian Report
May 2 — Drought tolerance is a critical determinant of tropical plant distributions, researchers report. (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute press release) More

Climate Change a Threat to Indonesian Agriculture, Study Says
May 1 — Rice farming in Indonesia is greatly affected by short-term climate variability and could be harmed significantly by long-term climate change, according to a new study. (Stanford University press release) More

Public Health and Hurricanes
May 1 — In the first study ever to evaluate urban sediment after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, scientists are pointing to the need for rapid environmental assessments. (University of Miami press release) More

Air-Sea Surface Science
May 1 — Aided by new observations from a field research campaign, scientists have developed a new computer model to better understand how air-sea interactions directly affect hurricane intensity. (University of Miami press release) More

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