A new study claims lightning strikes will increase in the United States by the end of the century by nearly 50 percent as the planet gets wetter and warmer. Those conditions were known to be linked to the formation of thunderstorms but the new study focused on lightning strikes. Scientists calculated how much lightning strikes increase in occurrence as the temperature of the air rises and … [Read more...]
Humanity Has Just Experienced the Warmest October on Record
According to new data released Friday from NASA and the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA), last month was the warmest October ever since official weather records have been kept in the late 1800s. Furthermore, according to NASA, last month tied with 2005 as the warmest October on record globally. Japan’s data show the month as significantly warmer than 2003, its previously warmest … [Read more...]
Colder Winters Indicate Global Warming, Researchers Claim
Counterintuitively, colder winters are an indicator of global warming. Skeptics argued that harsher winters are the irrefutable proof that climate change is a bogus claim. However, a new research underlines the fact that climate is a complex system. Processes taking place in various parts of the world are interdependent. Tokyo University and the Japanese National Institute of Polar Research ran … [Read more...]
Emperor Penguins More Adaptable To Climate Change to Find New Breeding
A new study released this week led by the University of Minnesota found out that emperor penguins, at least, may be more adaptable than previously expected. It turns out that these penguins are more willing to locate in the face of changing temperatures. Earlier it was thought that the emperor penguin were philopatric that means they return to the same spot, every year to nest and that they are … [Read more...]
Global Warming force change of Breeding Location among Emperor Penguins
Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) might be adapting to a warming planet, according to a new study. It turns out that these penguins are more willing to locate themselves in the face of changing temperatures. Researchers from British Antarctic Survey looked at satellite data on the movements of four Antarctic emperor penguin colonies and found that these birds are shifting from their … [Read more...]
Antarctic basin melting faster than estimated
A new study published in Nature indicates that Antarctica's melting glaciers has launched so many icebergs into the ocean, the fastest pulse being the, 1A, 14,600 years ago that it has raised the sea level 6.5 feet (2 meters) in just 100 years. The results are the first direct confirmation for dramatic melting in Antarctica's past. Researchers at UC Irvine and the Jet Propulsion … [Read more...]
Scientists predict more global warming led-wildfires in California
Wildfire has become a common affair in California over the years. According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, it has responded to more than 1,500 fires this year as compared with about 800 during an average year. Adding to the woes, scientists have found that California is set to see more fiery and warmer future ahead. Three different research works, carried In the … [Read more...]
Collapsing of Parts of West Antarctica Ice Sheet Has Begun
Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier is losing tens of feet, or several meters, of ice elevation every year. An alarming situation regarding the beginning of the long-freighted collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has been raised by two scientists. It hit off a centuries-long process that could raise sea levels by as much as 15 feet. "There's been a lot of speculation about the stability of … [Read more...]
Climate Change Making Food Less Nutritious
According to a new research the increasing level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, will destruct some of the staple crops that many of the world’s poorest people are dependent upon for nutrition, making them less nutritious. A study led by the Harvard University School of Public Health published on Wednesday in the journal Nature, warns about the substantial reduction of levels of iron, zinc … [Read more...]
Coastal chaos likely as East Antarctica ice sheets Melts, Irreversible Slide
In a glaring exposure, the scientists have found that the vast ice sheets of East Antarctica could begin an irreversible slide into the sea due the rising temperatures and global warming. The melting of ice sheets in East Antarctica may cause an unstoppable process of global coastal destruction, scientists cautioned. It is noteworthy, East Antarctica collectively holds enough water to raise … [Read more...]