A new analysis of weather balloon observations from the last 30 years reveals that the Antarctic has the same 'global warming' signature as that seen across the whole Earth, but is three times larger than that observed globally. (British Antarctic Survey press release)

Researchers in Switzerland report that extreme rains in Europe may grow stronger and more frequent in the near future and have significant effects on the region's infrastructure and natural systems. (American Geophysical Union press release)

Satellite radar has begun to enable direct measurements of the speed of the moving ocean surface. (European Space Agency press release)

Scientists have found evidence in eastern North America that the snow is melting and running off into rivers earlier than it did in the first half of the 20th century. (USGS press release)

Seismologists have found a new indicator that the Earth is warming: "glacial earthquakes" caused when the rivers of ice lurch unexpectedly and produce temblors. (The Earth Institute at Columbia University press release)

Ice sheets across both the Arctic and Antarctic could melt more quickly than expected this century, according to two studies that blend computer modeling with paleoclimate records. (National Center for Atmospheric Research press release)

A new study finds farmers who plant more crops, increase irrigation coverage, and till the land less can have a profound effect on climate. (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory press release)

Tiny amounts of salt and dust trapped in the Antarctic ice sheet for the last 740,000 years are shedding new light on changes to the Earth's climate. (British Antarctic Survey press release)

Today's climate change pales in comparison with what happened as Earth gave birth to its oxygen-containing atmosphere billions of years ago, new research shows. (Carnegie Institution press release)

The Amazon rainforest puts on its biggest growth spurt during the dry season, according to new research. (University of Arizona press release)

Using sensor data from several satellites, researchers have developed a method to detect super-salty, submerged eddies that are part of the ocean's complex circulatory system, driving the currents that moderate Earth's climate. (University of Delaware press release)

A state-of-the-art weather radar will for the first time focus on snowfall and its polarimetric measurements. (University of Helsinki press release)

The Mediterranean looks better in the dark--at least in the view of a new effort to use satellites to take the daily temperature of Europe's seas. (European Space Agency press release)

Researchers have released a study supporting the findings of several recent studies linking an increase in the strength of hurricanes around the world to a global increase in sea surface temperature. (Georgia Institute of Technology press release)

A review of the findings from more than 100 peer-reviewed studies shows that although many aspects of the global water cycle have intensified, this trend has not consistently resulted in an increase in the frequency or intensity of tropical storms or floods over the past century. (United States Geological Survey press release)

The retreat of a massive ice sheet that once covered much of northern Europe has been described for the first time, and researchers believe it may provide a sneak preview of how present-day ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica will act in the face of global warming. (The Earth Institute at Columbia University press release)

The hidden face of the sun is fully visible for the first time, thanks to a new technique. (Stanford University press release)

Physical changes including rising air and seawater temperatures and decreasing seasonal ice cover appear to be the cause of a series of biological changes in the northern Bering Sea ecosystem, a new study finds. (National Science Foundation press release)

The behavior of a massive ice sheet that existed in northern Europe at the end of the last Ice Age has been outlined for the first time, and researchers believe it may provide a sneak preview of how major ice sheets will act in the face of global warming. (Oregon State University press release)

A review paper by a Woods Hole scientist looks at the debate over the effects of climate change on global soil carbon stocks. (Woods Hole Research Center press release)

Researchers have concluded that large fluid vortices within hurricanes raid their smaller neighbors in an energy grab. (Johns Hopkins University press release)

Satellite measurements of a steep difference in sea surface height between the western and eastern tropical Pacific support predictions that a La Nina event is in the offing. (European Space Agency press release)

New research suggests that previous ideas about where large earthquakes are likely to occur need to be revised. (Scripps Institution of Oceanography press release)

The nation's newest and most advanced research aircraft takes off this month to study a severe type of atmospheric turbulence that forms over mountains and endangers airplanes. (National Center for Atmospheric Research press release)