Tag Archives: Climate Change

USGS scientists study walruses off the northwestern Alaska coast in August as part of their ongoing study of how the Pacific walrus are responding to reduced sea ice conditions in late summer and fall.

USGS scientists are collecting water samples and other data to determine trends in ocean acidification from the least explored ocean in the world.

New USGS research shows that rice could become adapted to climate change and some catastrophic events by colonizing its seeds or plants with the spores of tiny naturally occurring fungi. The DNA of the rice plant itself is not changed; instead, researchers are re-creating what normally happens in nature.

USGS scientists are studying the Earth’s conditions 3 million years ago to gain insight into the impacts of future climate. Join us Aug. 3 in Reston, Va., to learn how this information is used to better understand the magnitude of changes forecast for the end of this century.

USGS science supports management, conservation, and restoration of imperiled, at-risk, and endangered species.

The USGS, NASA, and other organizations and Federal agencies are studying how climate change affects wildlife and ecosystems.

Using coral growth records and measurements of changing ocean chemistry from increased atmospheric CO2, USGS scientists are providing a foundation for predicting future impacts of ocean acidification and sea-level rise to coral reefs.

Increased dust storm activity may result from enhanced aridity in the Southwest, according to a USGS study.

Provide your input on the draft USGS Global Change Science Strategy by April 8, 2011.

Many coastal wetlands worldwide including several on the U.S. Atlantic coast may be more sensitive than previously thought to climate change and sea-level rise in the this century.