Toxic algal blooms in Florida's coastal waters have been linked to iron from African dust that blows across the Atlantic Ocean. (Science News)
New research suggests that the Earth's climate may be dependent upon microbes that eat rock beneath the sea floor. (BBC News on-line)
Analysts say that global climate change may depress fish stocks in the already struggling with overfishing and rising consumption in the North Atlantic Ocean. (Reuters)
A report by the Physicians for Social Responsibility projects that climate change may cause summertime heat indices in Phoenix to reach 135 degrees Fahrenheit, increasing health risks. (ENN.com)
Hurricane Juliette caused two deaths and dumped heavy rain in southern Mexico earlier this week. (Reuters)
NASA researchers using 22 years of satellite-derived data have confirmed a theory that the strength of "long waves," bands of atmospheric energy that circle the earth, regulate the temperatures in the upper atmosphere of the Arctic, and play a role in controlling ozone losses in the stratosphere. (Nature, Weather.com)
A new atmospheric computer model could help scientists predict future arrivals of airborne dust, linked to respiratory problems and red tide blooms in the United States. (Weather.com)
NASA researchers say new findings suggest for the first time that El Niño and La Niña are behind shifts in ice at the South Pole. (Weather.com)
NASA's SeaWiFS satellite sees warmer waters in Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay, which is adversely affecting phytoplankton and winter flounder populations. (ENN.com)
Glaciers are melting, islands are drowning and wildlife is vanishing. Because of global warming, some vacation spots may soon cease to exist. (Washingtonpost.com)
Ozone hole over Antarctic has reappeared and is already large. (ABC News.com)
UK scientists say parts of Antarctica have recently been warming much faster than most of the rest of the Earth. (BBC News on-line)
The world's coral reefs will be dead within 50 years due to global climate change, and there is nothing we can do to save them, a scientist warned. (Reuters, ENN.com)
Climate warming is changing the face of the British countryside, scientists said. (BBC News on-line)
The Northern Hemisphere has been getting greener, according to researchers studying NASA satellite data. (AP, Reuters, Washington Post, USA Today)
Rising global carbon dioxide levels tied to global climate change may not be as crucial in determining the composition of plant communities as other localized climate shifts. (ENN.com)
Global climate change may be to blame for a sharp fall in the volume of carbon dioxide absorbed by the Northern Pacific Ocean over the past 15 years, a Japanese scientist says. (ABC News Online)