Researchers published a comprehensive study of non-fossil fuel energy source alternatives that finds massive investment in alternative energy sources will be required to stem an ecological disaster (New York University release)

Native male leopard frogs throughout the nation’s Corn Belt are being feminized by an herbicide, atrazine, used extensively to kill weeds on the country’s leading export crops, corn and soybeans. (UC-Berkeley release)

A recent study of coral formations in different tropical locations will be used to help geologists reconstruct climate and storm patterns of the past and learn more about the preservation of reefs. (University of Cincinnati release)

Laws that favor the use of diesel, rather than gasoline, engines in cars may actually encourage global warming. (American Geophysical Union release)

Scientists have discovered a history of the past 30 years of El Niño events recorded in Central American stalagmites (University of Iowa release)

A detailed analysis of six cores retrieved from the rapidly shrinking ice fields atop Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro shows that those tropical glaciers began to form about 11,700 years ago. (Ohio State University release)

Both air pollution and global warming could be reduced by controlling emissions of methane gas. (American Geophysical Union release)

An atmospheric phenomenon called “sprites” could be pumping 50 times more energy into the upper atmosphere than was previously thought. (University of Houston release)

In the high Canadian Arctic, researchers at the University of Rochester have stripped away some of the mystery surrounding the powerhouse that drives the Earth’s magnetic field. (University of Rochester release)

A new study suggests that rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could be a boon for agricultural crops, as this greenhouse gas helps crop plants grow and reproduce more. (Ohio State University release)