14-03-25 The top predators of the Southern Ocean, far-ranging seabirds, are tied both to the health of the ocean ecosystem and to global climate regulation through a mutual relationship with phytoplankton（浮游植物） , according to newly published work from...

14-03-25 The climate is warming in the arctic at twice the rate of the rest of the globe creating a longer growing season and increased plant growth, which captures atmospheric carbon, and thawing（融化） permafrost, which releases carbon into the atmosphere...

14-03-24 Warmer summers brought on by climate change will cause more deaths in London and southeast England than the rest of the country, scientists predict. Researchers at Imperial College London looked at temperature records and mortality figures for 2001...

14-03-24 Far beneath the surface of the ocean, deep currents act as conveyer belts, channeling heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients around the globe. A new study by the University of Pennsylvania's Irina Marinov and Raffaele Bernardello and colleagues from McG...

14-03-19 A unique 39-year study of wildflower blooms in a Colorado Rocky Mountain meadow shows more than two-thirds of alpine（阿尔卑斯山的） flowers have changed their blooming pattern in response to climate change. Not only are half the flowers beginning t...

14-03-15 By the end of the 21st century, some parts of the world can expect as many as 30 more days a year without precipitation（降水，沉淀） , according to a new study by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego researchers. Ongoing climate change...

14-03-13 A new NASA study shows Earth's climate likely will continue to warm during this century on track with previous estimates, despite the recent slowdown in the rate of global warming. This research hinges on a new and more detailed calculation of the s...

14-03-05 Losses from extreme floods in Europe could more than double by 2050, because of climate change and socioeconomic development. Understanding the risk posed by large-scale floods is of growing importance and will be key for managing climate adaptation...

14-03-05 In the mid-1970s, the first available satellite images of Antarctica during the polar winter revealed a huge ice-free region within the ice pack of the Weddell Sea. This ice-free region, or polynya（冰间湖） , stayed open for three full winters befo...

14-02-08 An international team of researchers led by scientists at Virginia Tech and the University of California, Berkeley has discovered that a process that turns on photosynthesis（光合作用） in plants likely developed on Earth in ancient microbes 2.5 bil...