Aviation weather users will now receive detailed updates on in-flight icing, which can endanger commuter planes and commercial aircraft. (National Center for Atmospheric Research press release)

Researchers have found water vapor at concentrations as much as twice what they should be in and around cirrus clouds high in the atmosphere, a finding that could alter some conclusions about climate change. (University of Washington press release)

A new study uncovers evidence for a drought that coincided with a harrowing period of Maasai history. (Blackwell Publishing press release)

A combination of luck and being in the right place at the right time has allowed scientists to capture an undersea volcanic eruption for the first time. (University of Florida press release)

For the first time, scientists have directly measured the amount of heat flowing from the molten metal of Earth's core into a region at the base of the mantle. (University of California-Santa Cruz press release)

The increasing violence of storms associated with global climate change, as well as future tsunamis, will have major effects on coral reefs, according to a new study. (University of California-Santa Barbara press release)

Levels of atmospheric methane, an influential greenhouse gas, have stayed nearly flat for the past seven years, following a rise that spanned at least two decades, researchers say. (American Geophysical Union press release)

Scientists have determined that levels of atmospheric methane -- an influential greenhouse gas -- have stayed nearly flat for the past seven years. (University of California-Irvine press release)

Countering hypotheses that forest fires in Alaska, Canada and Siberia warm the climate, scientists have discovered that cooling may occur in areas where charred trees expose more snow, which reflects sunlight into space. (University of California-Irvine press release)

Recent research finds that predicting the impact of climate change on organisms is much more complicated than simply looking at species' northern and southern range limits. (Ecological Society of America press release)

Scientists develop a global strategy for advancing understanding of continental rifting and break-up through the use of a new array of multiple drilling platforms. (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International press release)

Huge areas of sea floor have been freed up by the collapse four years ago of the Larsen B platform along the Antarctic Peninsula, and an icebreaker will soon conduct the first major biological research there. (Census of Marine Life press release)

Biologists investigating small animals on a remote sub-Antarctic Island have concluded that some animals will be unable to adapt to future climate change. (University of Chicago Press Journals press release)

An increasing number of countries and regions are transitioning away from deforestation, a new study finds. (University of Helsinki press release)

Even if climate records from Greenland and Antarctic ice cores look different, the climate of the Artic and Antarctic are directly linked, scientists report. (University of Copenhagen press release)

A team of scientists has developed a technique to reveal earthquake-prone faults in forested mountainous regions. (University of Leicester press release)

Scientists have reported a new and potentially important mechanism by which chemical emissions from ocean phytoplankton may influence the formation of clouds that reflect sunlight away from our planet. (Georgia Institute of Technology press release)

Current climate change computer models that consider only one weather variable sometimes spawn unsubstantiated doomsday predictions, according to researchers. (Purdue University press release)

Should Earth be faced with an abrupt climate crisis, a space sunshade is a technically feasible solution, say researchers. (University of Arizona press release)

Marine species loss is accelerating and threatening human well-being, according to a new report. (American Association for the Advancement of Science press release)

Contrary to expectations, researchers find that species seem to evolve at similar rates in tropical and temperate regions. (University of Chicago Press Journals press release)