Ozone a Boost for Forest Pests
November 28, 2002An increase in pests could hamper the ability of trees to absorb greenhouse gasses, which have been linked to global warming. (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News)
Arctic Ice Melting Faster than Thought
November 28, 2002The Arctic Ocean’s cover of year-round ice is shrinking faster than at any time in recorded history and could disappear completely by the end of the century, NASA scientists reported. (Atlanta Journal Constitution, CBS News, Globe and Mail)
What on Earth Is Going on with the Weather?
November 28, 2002The extreme weather events that have plagued Westcountry, UK, are a precursor of worse things to come, climate change experts warned. (Western Morning News-UK)
Ice Core Evidence of Global Warming in Western Canada
November 28, 2002An ice core drilled out of a mountain shows climate change has been occurring in western Canada for the past 150 years, scientists said Wednesday. (Reuters, Philadelphia Inquirer)
Global Warming to Affect Wine Industry
November 27, 2002The effect of global warming on the wine industry was highlighted at a national industry conference in Adelaide. (ABC News)
Global Warming May Boost Crop Yields, Study Says
November 25, 2002Escalating greenhouse gas levels may significantly boost production of crops such as wheat, rice, and soybeans, according to a recent study. (National Geographic News)
Freak Weather Causes Food Shortages in Cambodia
November 25, 2002A freak combination of severe droughts followed by floods in the last six months has left more than half a million Cambodians short of food for the rest of the year, according to the UN. (CNN, MSNBC)
Speed of Glacier Melt Shocking
November 24, 2002Only 35 glaciers remain in Glacier National Park, a place where 150 glaciers graced the cliffs and peaks a century ago. (AP, The Olympian, Billings Gazette)
New Zealand Studies Point to Causes and Evidence of Global Warming
November 22, 2002In New Zealand, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change discusses several greenhouse gases and their increasing influence in a report designed to heighten public awareness about the existence of global warming. (New Zealand Herald)
Australia to Launch Joint Climate Change Study with U.S.
November 21, 2002The Australian Federal Government hopes to combat climate change through a joint initiative with the United States, which will involve using 3,000 data collecting devices to perform detailed climate tracking. (ABC News)
Study Shows Global Warming Will Devastate Water in West
November 21, 2002Global warming will have a devastating effect on water availability in the Western United States over the next 25 to 50 years, a new national climate forecasting effort says. (CNN)
Railways Warned Over Climate Change
November 20, 2002Britain’s railways face growing risks from flash floods and high wind as climate change creates disturbances in weather patterns. (Financial Times-UK)
Oil Spill Creates Consequences for Wildlife
November 19, 2002The wildlife along the northwest coastline of Spain is now being threatened with what ecologists are foreseeing as one of the world?s worst oil spills. (BBC News, Yahoo UK News)
Pacific Ocean Temperature Changes Point to Natural Climate Variability
November 18, 2002Analysis of long-term changes in Pacific Ocean temperatures may provide additional data with which to evaluate global warming hypotheses. (Spacedaily)
Scientists Dismiss ‘Chemical Trail’ Theories
November 18, 2002Scientists and aviation officials say there is nothing dangerous about the white jet streams from aircraft that a New Mexico scientist and some Durango-area residents say are causing sickness and drought around the county. (Durango Herald)
Evidence That El Niño Influences 2000 Year Global Climate Cycle
November 18, 2002A new Syracuse University study, which resulted from a detailed analysis of a continuous 10,000-year record of El Niño events from a lake in southern Ecuador, indicates that El Niño operates on a 2,000 year cycle. (Spacedaily)
NASA Satellite Flies High to Monitor Sun’s Influence on Ozone
November 15, 2002In October, the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) completed the first measurement of the solar ultraviolet radiation spectrum over the duration of an 11 year solar cycle, a period marked by cyclical shifts in the Sun’s activity. (Cosmiverse) more...
University Researcher Promotes Environmental Awareness Through New Study
November 15, 2002A Tufts University researcher is hoping his study of the likely future effects of global warming will stir a movement towards addressing environmental issues. (CNN, AP)
Tropical Future for UK Gardens as Climate Changes
November 11, 2002Green-fingered Britons could soon be growing bananas and avocados instead of lupins and Rhododendrons as a result of climate change, according to leading horticulturists. (CNN)
Rains Briefly Calm Australian Wildfires
November 11, 2002Brief, light rains came to the assistance of fire-fighters battling bush fires in New South Wales, on Sunday night, which is experiencing its driest weather in 104 years. (New Scientist)
Satellite Images Show Artistic Side of Earth
November 8, 2002A new online exhibit of satellite imagery explores how natural landscapes create abstract art. (Environment News Service)
Tiny Phytoplankton May Play a Large Role in Earth’s Climate System
November 7, 2002Researchers use satellite imagery to show that tiny phytoplankton that inhabit three-quarters of the Earth’s surface hold a fundamental warming influence on the planet by capturing and absorbing the sun’s radiation. (ScienceDaily)
Iceberg Blockade Threatens Penguin Colony
November 7, 2002Encroaching icebergs have scattered one of the oldest known colonies of Antarctic Emperor penguins, and are disrupting their breeding, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. (Reuters, ABC News)
El Niño Weather Expected to Worsen
November 7, 2002The El Niño weather pattern may be worse than previously predicted and could last through February, forecasters warned Thursday. (CNN)
New Method Strikes an Improvement in Lightning Predictions
November 7, 2002A new lightning index that uses measurements of water vapor in the atmosphere from Global Positioning Systems has improved lead-time for predicting the first lightning strikes from thunderstorms. (Cosmiverse, Honolulu Star Bulletin)
Ocean Temperatures Affect Intensity of South Asian Monsoons
November 7, 2002A NASA researcher says warmer or colder sea surface temperatures affect the Madden Julian Oscillation, a large scale atmospheric circulation that regulates rainfall associated with South Asian and Australian monsoons. (UPI, SpaceDaily, Cosmiverse)
Global Warming Affects Coastal Marine Species
November 7, 2002Warmer winter temperatures may have allowed invasive species to become established and even dominate marine communities, according to new research. (Environment News Service)
English Coastline ‘Under Stress’
November 6, 2002The seas and coast around England are “damaged and declining,” according to a major report published on Wednesday. (BBC)
Etna Eruption Viewed from Space
November 6, 2002Astronauts on board the International Space Station have taken two spectacular images of erupting Mt. Etna in Sicily. (BBC)
Fires Fuel Global Warming Record
November 6, 2002Massive wildfires that plagued Indonesia five years ago helped lead to the biggest annual increase in greenhouse gas emissions in recorded history, researchers announced. (CNN, BBC, Christian Science Monitor)
Transition from El Niño to La Niña Affected Vegetation
November 6, 2002NASA scientists using satellite data have shown that shifts in rainfall patterns from one of the strongest El Niño events of the century in 1997 to a La Niña event in 2000 significantly changed vegetation patterns over Africa. (ScienceDaily, Cosmiverse)
Lighting in Brazil Sets Shocking Record
November 5, 2002Tropical Brazil is the country most struck by lightning in the world and it suffers the highest death toll and serious economic damage from electric thunderstorms, new research showed Tuesday. (CNN)