A new study indicates the Asian southwest monsoon, which affects the livelihood of millions of people, appears to have increased in intensity during the last four centuries, perhaps as a result of warming in the Northern Hemisphere. (University of Colorado?Boulder release)

If existing climate change predictions hold, then the northern range of the bats' habitats could extend by 5 km per year over the next century. (The University of Alberta--Canada release)

The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM), recently funded by NASA as part of the Small Explorer program, will study clouds at the edge of space to resolve why they form and why they have been increasing over the last 30 years. (University of Alaska Fairbanks release)

A new study revealed that acid rain's damage to America's forests may create conditions in trees similar to compromised immune systems in humans, establishing vulnerability with grave potential implications. (University of Vermont release)

A team of scientists has developed a prototype forecasting system that predicts the likelihood of sea nettles, a stinging jellyfish, in the Chesapeake Bay. (American Geophysical Union release)

Texas A&M University atmospheric scientists looked at 12 years of data and found that Houston gets more lightning than surrounding less metropolitan areas. (Texas A&M University release)

Atmospheric scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have performed the first global climate simulations with spatial resolutions of roughly 50 km (30 miles). This capability will be used to assess climate change and its societal impacts. (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory release)

Acid rain, which leaches essential metal nutrients (such as potassium, calcium, and magnesium) from topsoil, may pose a far graver threat to forests than has been previously estimated. (University of California-Riverside release)

Deformities in Pennsylvania wood frogs are linked to the combination of their infection by parasites and a weakening of their immune system caused by exposure to pesticides. (Penn State release)

Capping two years of research, a nationwide group of over 100 scientists has created a powerful new computer model of the Earth's climate. (National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research release)

A team of researchers has returned from an expedition in southeastern Alaska with the longest ice core ever drilled from a mountainous glacier. (Ohio State University release)