Extreme Precipitation Linked to Waterborne Disease Outbreaks
July 31 — Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have conducted a study comparing precipitation in the United States and outbreaks of waterborne diseases. (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Release) More

Earth Likely to Warm 4-7 Degrees by 2100
July 20 — There's a nine out of ten chance that global average temperatures will rise 3-9 degrees Fahrenheit over the coming century, with a 4-7 degree increase most likely, according to a new probability analysis by scientists in the United States and Europe. (National Center for Atmospheric Research release) More

Coral Reefs Damaged by Global Warming Will Take a Century to Recover, Says New Research
July 18 — New research has revealed coral reefs damaged as a result of global warming in one of the world's most exclusive diving areas will take at least a century to recover. (University of Newcastle upon Tyne Release) More

World Land Database Charts Troubling Course
July 11 — University of Wisconsin scientists unveiled a historical global land-use inventory that chronicles the massive impact humans have had as they've remade the global landscape since the 17th century. The global land-use database was funded by NASA. (University of Wisconsin-Madison release) More

Certain Kinds of Air Pollution May Produce Cooling Effect
July 11 — New NASA-funded research indicates that a limited amount of aerosol pollutants in the air could partially counteract global warming, at least on a local scale. (Texas A&M University release) More

Arctic Oscillation Has Moderated Northern Winters of 1980s and '90s
July 5 — New evidence shows that the Arctic Oscillation, also known as the North Atlantic Oscillation, has played a big role over the last few decades in preventing freezing temperatures from extending as far south as they had before, according to University of Washington researchers. (University of Washington release) More

GPS May Be Used to Study Environment
July 2 — NASA and Purdue University engineers have developed a new system that would use Global Positioning System signals to collect environmental data for studies aimed at understanding global climate change. (Purdue University release) More

Research on Gulf of Mexico Extreme Environments to Be Webcast; Results Could Lead to New Information on Climate Change
July 2 — A team of scientists from University of Georgia and Georgia Tech will take a tiny sub to the ocean floor off the Gulf of Mexico to study processes that could have a major impact on issues such as the health of the seas and climate change. The research will be Webcast daily. (University of Georgia release) More

20th Century Climate Change May Be Slightly Larger Than Earlier Estimates
July 2 — Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory who examined gaps in temperature measurements concluded that climate change during the 20th century may have been a little larger than previous estimates of 0.6 degrees Celsius. (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory release) More

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