Study Shows Tropical Storm Intensity Has Not Increased
Despite predictions that global warming would lead to more powerful storms, a new study finds that there has been no increase in the intensity of tropical storms. Instead, the …
Natural Variability Plays Bigger Role in Antarctic Than Thought
The Antarctic ice sheet is one of the tipping elements in the climate system and hence of vital importance for our planet’s future under man-made climate change. Even a …
Global Warming Temperature Rise May Be Lower Than Predicted
Physicist and Arctic research expert Syun-Ichi Akasofu of the International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the US predicts that the temperature in 2100 will …
Noaa Co2 Expert Underlying Co2 Will Hit 400ppm
Underlying atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels will exceed 400 parts per million (ppm) in 2015 and may remain above that level for many thousands of years, according to a …
Astronomy Paper Implies Solar Role in Climate Change
Research published in an astronomy journal suggests that high solar output seen in the second half of the last century was a once in 3,000 year event. This astronomical …
Research Suggests Pacific Trade Winds Cause Pause
Heat stored in the western Pacific Ocean, due to an unprecedented strengthening of the equatorial trade winds, appears to be largely responsible for the so called pause in global …
Uah Ranks 2014 Third Warmest Year Just
Satellite measurements of the temperature of the atmosphere rank 2014 as the third warmest year in the satellite record, according to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). The …
Warming Pacific Drives Global Temperatures
Unprecedented changes in the Pacific Ocean lie behind record global surface temperatures this year and the abortive El Nino Pacific Ocean warming event and may also spell the end …
Study How Greenland Responded to Holocene Warmth
A team of scientists lead by Danish geologist Nicolaj Krog Larsen have managed to quantify how the Greenland Ice Sheet reacted to a warm period 8,000-5,000 years ago. Back …
Permafrost Cooling Increases Global Warming
A team of researchers lead by Florida State University have found new evidence that permafrost thawing is releasing large quantities of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere via plants, which …