While climate change is expected to heat up most of the globe, some areas may actually get cooler. (ENN)
Researchers discovered clues in stalagmites recovered from a cave in the Bahamas that suggest climate change may affect the carbon cycle in previously unexpected ways. (BBC News Online)
Allergy and asthma sufferers could experience flare-ups this week as dust from the Sahara Desert blows through Texas. (Randy Lee Loftis, Dallas Morning News)
New research estimates that U.S. forests, crops and rivers absorb up to one-half of all carbon dioxide emitted into the air annually when Americans burn fossil fuels, but that amount may decline. (MSNBC.com)
Scientists have discovered a big drop in the last 50 years in the flow of cold deep sea water leaving the Arctic and pouring into Atlantic between Iceland and Scotland. This could affect the Gulf Stream and cool parts of Europe. (New York Times On the Web, BBC News Online)
Two research teams use different computer models to prove that humans have almost certainly helped warm the Earth's oceans over the last 50 years. (USAToday.com)
While scientists largely agree that humans are warming the earth by adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, debate continues about the role that clouds may have as a cooling influence. (Andrew Revkin, New York Times)
Images from NASA's Terra spacecraft provide a clearer, more colorful view of the planet from 440 miles above the Earth's surface. (Kenneth Chang, New York Times, United Press International)
Researchers discovered a slow, regular cycle of warming and cooling of the North Atlantic Ocean appears to strongly impact U.S rainfall patterns. (USAToday.com)
New research suggests that clouds that contain air pollution particles may provide patchy cooling in some parts of the Earth. (MSNBC.com)
Scientists have now confirmed that microbes are being transported in clouds of dust blowing into the Americas from Africa. (ABC Nightly News, ABCnews.com)
Strong winds that blow between the big island of Hawaii and Maui are part of the worlds longest trail of turbulent winds. (USAToday.com)
A comparison of satellite and historic records show that the majority of mountain glaciers around the world are receding, which could be seen as evidence of global warming. (ENN.com)
Hundreds of Alaskan glaciers have been melting at a rapid rate over the last four years, confirming the fears of scientists who have predicted global warming. (Ed Hunt, Christian Science Monitor)
Researchers say that global warming will cripple Californias water system, and the state could face flooding and drought as temperatures rise. (CBSnews.com)
The TIMED and Jason-1 satellites slated for launch this September will give scientists new information about the Earth?s upper atmosphere and oceans. (CNN.com)
NASAs Terra satellite captured a picture of the Shiveluch volcano in Russia erupting and throwing ash miles high into the atmosphere. (BBC News onine)
The National Academy of Sciences concurred with the report issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, stating global warming is a reality and is in part due to man-made pollution. (Eric Pianin, Washington Post)
Colorado State University's expert hurricane prognosticator has raised the number of named Atlantic storms from 10 to 12, citing heavy rains in Africa and cool Pacific temperatures. (CBSnews.com)
NASA's Terra satellite provides images of cities that will help urban planners develop a better understanding of city growth patterns. (The Economist)
China has started various efforts to halt increasing desertification, which is being caused by overuse of land for farming and grazing. Dust clouds from China have been sweeping across the Pacific. (National Geographic online)