Sustainability
If Salt Lake City's CO2 Emissions Can Be Monitored, Can China's?
Researchers may be getting close to being able to independently verify emissions of carbon dioxide
Stories by Lauren Morello
Sustainability
Warm Currents Threaten to Expand Antarctic Melting
Warm ocean waters are carving away the undersides of Antarctica's ice shelves, which will speed their melting
Sustainability
Arctic Ocean Releasing "Significant" Amounts of Methane
Areas of open sea freed from sea ice are exuding the potent greenhouse gas, according to new research, which is bad news for climate change
Sustainability
How Coral Bleaching Could Lead to Famine
The effects of climate change, such as coral bleaching, become slow-motion disasters, with knock-on effects for years
Sustainability
Climate Change Poses Disaster Risk for Most of the Planet
A complete report on extreme weather from the IPCC suggests a future of more natural disasters
Sustainability
Human Pollution Tipping Scales toward More Weather Extremes
German researchers suggest that greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are linked to an increase in extreme weather events
Space
Soaring Satellite Costs Spur U.S. Government to Seek Budget Cuts
NOAA's ambitious plans for new satellites are consuming more of the agency's budget, prompting questions from lawmakers
Sustainability
Tree Rings Indicate Atlantans Have Unsustainable Water Habits
Water-use expectations for the growing city were set during the 20th century, which seems to have been unusually wet
Sustainability
Recent Snowy Winters Possibly Set Off by Rapidly Melting Arctic
Disappearing sea ice can influence the jet stream, a study suggests, resulting in more frequent winter blasts in a warmer world
Sustainability
NOAA Halts Reconstruction of Past Climate
Budget woes have stopped a project that has helped scientists better understand past events like the Dust Bowl
Sustainability
Satellites Help Scientists Quantify Ice Melt and Sea-Level Rise
The combination of polar and nonpolar ice combined to raise sea levels by more than a millimeter in the last decade
Sustainability
Climate Change Makes Life Harder for Baby Harp Seals
Loss of sea ice means fewer harp seal pups are born and survive
Sustainability
For Peru's Rio Santa, Has "Peak Water" Already Passed?
Diminishing tropical glaciers are already affecting flow in this vital Peruvian river
Sustainability
Changing Climate Will Make Massive Shifts in Earth's Vegetation
A NASA study finds that climate change will change the mix of plants on nearly half of the planet
Sustainability
Researcher Sees Biological Regime Change Under Way in Alaska
Is climate change pushing Alaska toward another major abrupt shift, similar to the transition from grassy steppe to peaty tundra that took place thousands of years ago?
Sustainability
NOAA Chief: 2011 Weather Was "Harbinger of Things to Come"
Pressure to reduce government spending is intensifying, whereas demand for services provided by agencies such as NOAA is at an all-time high
Sustainability
Warmer, Greener, Less Icy Arctic Becomes "New Normal"
The Arctic has transformed in recent years into a warmer region, a new government assessment concludes
Sustainability
Can Zoos Play a Role in Climate Change Education?
A new National Science Foundation effort will attempt to improve the global warming information provided by zoos and aquariums
Sustainability
Second Batch of Stolen "Climategate" Messages Emerges
The e-mails, part of the trove released in 2009, appears to be an attempt to undermine next week's climate talks
Sustainability
Climate Change Will Worsen Extreme Weather
Changes in extreme weather will require governments to change how they cope with natural disasters, a new report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns
