Climate change and loss of habitat are blamed for a decline in the population of butterflies in Britain over the last 30 years. (BBC News on-line)
Scientists from NASA?s Stennis Space Center used remote sensing and mapped flood damage in North Carolina after Hurricanes Floyd and Dennis in 1999. The research has potential for mapping out future flood zones. (Cosmiverse.com)
Two studies in Science magazine indicate global warming is happening. Ice on an Alaskan river is melting earlier each springtime, and various biological changes have been occurring in Mediterranean ecosystems. (USAToday.com)
Mini holes in the ozone layer that occur die to fluctuations in the North Atlantic climate are exposing Scandinavia and Europe to higher levels of ultraviolet radiation than normal. (Nature)
A study by scientists in 5 Gulf States predicts increased regional temperatures during the 21st century will lead to sea level rise, more extreme rainfall and drought events, coastal flooding, and plant and animal migrations. (ENN.com)
A study by scientists in 5 Gulf States predicts increased regional temperatures during the 21st century will lead to sea level rise, more extreme rainfall and drought events, coastal flooding, and plant and animal migrations. (ENN.com)
A report by the Center for Marine and Environmental Analysis out of the University of Miami warns that the flat topography along the Gulf of Mexico makes the land susceptible to the predicted sea level rise of 8 to 20 inches in the next century. (St. Petersburg Times)
Forecasters in the United States are advising Americans to prepare for a full range of winter weather including sharp swings in temperature with threats of heavy lake-effect snows and northeasters. (CBSnews.com)
A study funded in part by NASA indicates that shifting winds in the stratosphere during the winter may be used to make better weather predictions on the Earth's surface. (United Press International)
New research from The University of Vermont indicates that many factors, including climate, soils and pollution may influence color development and change on maple tree leaves during the fall season. The study says that stress may help determine the dazzle or dullness of leaves. (ENN.com)
New research hints that fungi and tiny soil organisms adjust to higher temperatures, and do not release carbon dioxide at greater rates than in less heated soils. (Christian Science Monitor)
The CAMEX-4 experiment flew over Hurricane Humberto and took radar, temperature and wind measurements, which may lead scientists to better hurricane predictions. (United Press International)
Researchers studying oxygen in shells of microscopic animals from ocean sediments of 50-70 million years ago confirmed a theory that the tropics warmed as atmospheric CO2 increased. (Christian Science Monitor)
A new study says that several species of plants in the U.S. Midwest could become extinct within 30 years is climate conditions continue to become drier and warmer as predicted. (Reuters)
Geologists exploring the Continental Divide have discovered more than 100 additional glaciers in a single summer. (Associated Press)
New NASA research indicates largely natural fluctuations in a semi-permanent low pressure system over Iceland has contributed to decreases in sea ice in the Arctic over the last two decades. (Scientific American on-line, United Press International)
The Antarctica Drilling Consortium program begins the week of October 7th, to learn the effects of global warming on Antarctica?s ice sheets. (Reuters)