Managing private and public adaptation to climate change
New research has found that individuals and the private sector have an important role to play in the provision of public policies to help society adapt to the impacts of climate change. View More (2012-01-16)
Is climate change altering humans' vacation plans?
Plants' and animals' seasonal cycles, such as flowering dates and migration patterns, have shifted in recent decades due to climate change. View More (2011-12-07)
Australian science joins global effort to transform food system
The Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change (CSACC) - an independent global commission of eminent scientists - has released a blueprint for urgent action to deal with the global challenge of feeding the world in the face of climate change, population growth, uneven food distribution, volatile markets and degraded ecosystems. View More (2011-11-29)
Luminous grains of sand determine year of historic storm flood
Scientists at TU Delft have successfully matched a layer of sediment from the dunes near Heemskerk to a severe storm flood that occurred in either 1775 or 1776. View More (2011-10-12)
Study predicts sea level rise may take economic toll on California coast
California beach towns could face hefty economic losses caused by sea level rise in the next century, according to a new state-commissioned study conducted by economists at San Francisco State University. View More (2011-09-13)
Time to begin anticipating and adapting to climate change
Despite the uncertainties surrounding climate change, it is time to start developing effective strategies that will keep the nation's transportation systems and other critical infrastructure running in the face of the adverse impacts that seem increasingly likely to occur. View More (2011-08-22)
Landsat Satellites Track Continued Missouri River Flooding
Flooding along the Missouri River continues as shown in recent Landsat satellite images of the Nebraska and Iowa border. Heavy rains and snowmelt have caused the river to remain above flood stage for an extended period. View More (2011-07-21)
Olympia hypothesis: Tsunamis buried the cult site on the Peloponnese
Olympia, site of the famous Temple of Zeus and original venue of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, was presumably destroyed by repeated tsunamis that travelled considerable distances inland, and not by earthquake and river floods as has been assumed to date. View More (2011-07-11)
Landsat 5 satellite sees Mississippi River floodwaters lingering
In a Landsat 5 satellite image captured June 11, 2011, flooding is still evident both east and west of the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Miss. Standing water is most apparent, however, in the floodplain between the Yazoo and Mississippi rivers north of Vicksburg. View More (2011-06-17)
Columbia Engineering team makes major step in improving forecasts of weather extremes
Moisture and heat fluctuations from the land surface to the atmosphere form a critical nexus between surface hydrology and atmospheric processes, especially those relevant to rainfall. View More (2011-06-06)
Landslides: How rainfall dried up Panama's drinking water
To understand the long-term effects of a prolonged tropical storm in the Panama Canal watershed, Robert Stallard, staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and research hydrologist at the U.S. Geological Survey, and Armando Ubeda, the LightHawk Mesoamerica program manager, organized four flights over the watershed to create a digital map of landslide scars. View More (2011-05-18)
Sodium channels evolved before animals' nervous systems, research shows
An essential component of animal nervous systems-sodium channels-evolved prior to the evolution of those systems, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have discovered. View More (2011-05-18)
Long lost cousin of T. rex identified by scientists
Scientists have identified a new species of gigantic theropod dinosaur, a close relative of T. rex, from fossil skull and jaw bones discovered in China. View More (2011-04-01)
New commission confronts threats to food security from climate change
Recent droughts and floods have contributed to increases in food prices. These are pushing millions more people into poverty and hunger, and are contributing to political instability and civil unrest. Climate change is predicted to increase these threats to food security and stability. View More (2011-03-11)
Flood-tolerant rice plants can also survive drought, say UC Riverside scientists
Rice, which is sensitive to drought due to its high water requirement, is particularly vulnerable to how global climate change is altering the frequency and magnitude of floods and droughts. View More (2011-03-03)
Rogue storm system caused Pakistan floods that left millions homeless
Last summer's disastrous Pakistan floods that killed more than 2,000 people and left more than 20 million injured or homeless were caused by a rogue weather system that wandered hundreds of miles farther west than is normal for such systems, new research shows. View More (2011-01-25)
Study looks into the interaction of knowledge, risk perceptions and action as it relates to climate events
New results from a Baylor University study show that different behaviors and strategies lead some families to cope better and emerge stronger after a weather-related event. View More (2011-01-13)
Satellites provide up-to-date information on snow cover
ESA GlobSnow project led by the Finnish Meteorological Institute uses satellites to produce up-to-date information on global snow cover. View More (2010-11-15)
Old logging practices linked to high erosion rates
Clear-cut logging and related road-building in the 1950s and 1960s in southern Oregon's Siskiyou Mountains disrupted soil stability and led to unprecedented soil erosion made worse during heavy rainstorms, report University of Oregon researchers. View More (2010-10-20)
Doppler radars help increase monsoon rainfall prediction accuracy
Doppler weather radar will significantly improve forecasting models used to track monsoon systems influencing the monsoon in and around India. View More (2010-10-06)
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