11-12-10 Several animal species including gorillas in Rwanda and tigers in Bangladesh could risk extinction if the impact of climate change and extreme weather on their habitats is not addressed, a UN report showed on Sunday. 联合国上周日公布的一份报告显示,...
11-12-03 This year is set to be the 10th warmest on record, say meteorologists. 气象学家说,今年将是有史以来第十个最热年。 Climate researchers in the UK said that temperatures in 2011 were nearing the top of records dating back to 1850. This despite a 'stron...
11-12-02 As global temperatures rise and climatic zones move polewards, species will need to find different environments to prevent extinction. New research, recently published in the journal Molecular Ecology, has revealed that climate change is causing cer...
11-11-15 Increases in air pollution and other particulate matter in the atmosphere can strongly affect cloud development in ways that reduce precipitation(沉淀,冰雹) in dry regions or seasons, while increasing rain, snowfall and the intensity of severe st...
11-10-13 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientists have discovered that bacterial communication could have a significant impact on the planet's climate. In the ocean, bacteria coalesce(合并,结合) on tiny particles of carbon-rich detritus(碎...
11-09-29 At first glance, a weather forecaster for Venus would have either a really easy or a really boring job, depending on your point of view. The climate on Venus is widely known to be unpleasant -- at the surface, the planet roasts at more than 800 degr...
11-09-22 Research at the University of Liverpool has found that periods of rapid fluctuation in temperature coincided with the emergence of the first distant relatives of human beings and the appearance and spread of stone tools. Dr Matt Grove from the Schoo...
11-09-15 Did an ancient crocodile relative give the world's largest snake a run for its money? In a new study appearing Sept. 15 in the journal Palaeontology, University of Florida researchers describe a new 20-foot extinct species discovered in the same Col...
11-09-15 A team of researchers from Singapore, Australia, Switzerland, the UK and the USA has carried out a comprehensive assessment to estimate the impact of disturbance(干扰,骚乱) and land conversion on biodiversity in tropical forests. In a recent stud...
11-09-02 Understanding the flow and processing of carbon in the world's oceans, which cover 70 percent of Earth's surface, is central to understanding global climate cycles, with many questions remaining unanswered. Between 200 and 1,000 meters below the oce...