Researchers from Brigham Young University and the U.S. National Ice Center say the number of icebergs from Antarctica have been constant between 1978 to the late 1990s. (Spacedaily.com)
The National Audubon Society estimates that 201 species of birds in the continental U.S. are challenged by pollution, disease, habitat destruction and other threats. (Associated Press)
Scientists from Columbia University and the Wildlife Conservation Society report that humans take up 83 percent of Earth’s land surface to live on, mine, farm and fish. (CNN.com)
Stalagmites in a Central American cave are providing researchers with insights into ancient climate events, through changes in carbon cycle. (Environment News Service)
NASA has recently contributed weather and climate data to assist Pennsylvania state agencies in their response to the incidence of West Nile Virus throughout the Keystone State. (Spacedaily, Cosmiverse.com)
German scientists have detected charged particle clusters in the lower atmosphere that were likely caused by space radiation, which can lead to formation of clouds. (BBC News)
The ice fields atop Mount Kilimanjaro have retreated to their lowest surface extent in the past 12,000 years and could disappear within the next two decades according to an Ohio State University study. (Environment News Service)
Research using data from weather satellites show that less tropical rainforested areas were lost over the past two decades than previously estimated, but the rate of loss is increasing according to the University of Maryland and NASA. (Environment News Service)
Experts at Spain’s Marine Life Protection Center said that increased sightings of dead giant squid could be due to various factors: from military maneuvers in the ocean to pollution to global warming. (Reuters)
The National Weather Service said that El Niño is expected to influence the U.S. weather patterns into early 2003. (Environment News Service)
Ohio researchers said that warmer global temperatures could increase rice, soybean, and wheat production in some areas, but the greater plant growth could also hurt the nutritional value of the crops. (Reuters)
It’s almost impossible for a river or stream to stop its flow and then reverse course but an ice stream in Antarctica appears to have done just that. (United Press International)
Agricultural runoff and drainage as well as sewage is killing coral off Florida’s coast. (Christian Science Monitor)
The way humans alter the surface of the Earth may be a key factor in climate change, scientists believe. (BBC, CNN)
The number of hot nights, especially in urban areas, is on the rise according to a recent study. (Cornell Daily Sun, Environmental News Service)
Earlier springs with warmer temperatures over the past 30 years have prompted a ubiquitous North American bird species, tree swallows, to begin laying eggs, on average, a week or more earlier. (ScienceDaily)