14-08-08 Rising temperatures may be seen as universally beneficial for non-native species expanding northward, but a Dartmouth College study suggests a warmer world may help some invaders but hurt others depending on how they and native enemies and competito...

14-08-07 Countries need to work together to ensure Antarctic research continues and key questions on the region are answered, researchers say. In an article published in Nature this week, 75 scientists along with policy makers in 22 countries have outlined w...

14-08-06 A special section of the September issue of Forest Ecology and Management, available online now, assesses the interactions among fire, climate change, and forests for five major regions of the United States. The editors of the section -- Drs. Chelcy...

14-07-24 Changes in the Antarctic climate are showing up in the fur seal population, say scientists. 科学家称，南极气候变化正在通过海狗种群的数量表现出来。 Three decades of data show the females of this species are being born smaller, and those that do survi...

14-07-23 Eating meat contributes to climate change, due to greenhouse gasses emitted by livestock. New research finds that livestock emissions are on the rise and that beef cattle are responsible for far more greenhouse gas emissions than other types of anim...

14-07-10 With over 100 diseases that can attack soybean crops, why would charcoal rot rise to the top of the most wanted list? University of Illinois scientists cite the earth's changing climate as one reason that more research is needed on the fungus that c...

14-07-09 The Earth has experienced many dramatic changes in climate since the dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago. One of the warmest periods was the early Eocene Epoch, 50 to 53 million years ago. During this interval, North American mammal communit...

14-07-04 Many traits unique to humans were long thought to have originated in the genus Homo between 2.4 and 1.8 million years ago in Africa. Although scientists have recognized these characteristics for decades, they are reconsidering the true evolutionary...

14-06-26 If no further action is taken and global temperature increases by 3.5C, climate damages in the EU could amount to at least 190 billion, a net welfare loss of 1.8% of its current GDP. Several weather-related extremes could roughly double their averag...

14-06-24 Variations in high-altitude wind patterns expose particular parts of Europe, Asia and the US to different extreme weather conditions, a new study has shown. Changes to air flow patterns around the Northern Hemisphere are a major influence on prolong...