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May 02, 2014 07:40 AM EDT

Climate Change isn't Just in the Arctic: Major Biodiversity Impacts are Global

As our climate shifts and changes, ice sheets are shrinking and ice caps are melting. But the warming world doesn't just impact ice; it also has unprecedented impacts on biodiversity around the world.

Apr 29, 2014 11:01 AM EDT

Global Warming Causes Coral Babies to Stay at Their Home Reef

As our climate changes and oceans warm, coral reefs are feeling the impacts. Now, researchers have discovered that the warmer temperatures are causing coral larvae to stay at "home" rather than venturing abroad on ocean currents.

Apr 07, 2014 11:31 AM EDT

Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels Impact Food Quality: Global Warming Affects Crops

New research has shown carbon dioxide levels may negatively impact crops, which could mean a less than optimistic future for our world's food supplies.

Apr 01, 2014 11:57 PM EDT

Arctic Melt Season Is Lengthening, Ocean Rapidly Warming

The length of the melt season for Arctic sea ice is growing by several days each decade, and an earlier start to the melt season is allowing the Arctic Ocean to absorb enough additional solar radiation in some places to melt as much as four feet of the Arctic ice cap's thickness, according to a new ...

Mar 04, 2014 06:15 AM EST

Climate Change Linked to Disappearance of Ice Free Region Polynya in Antarctica

A team of international scientists discovered that climate change is to be blamed for the recent disappearance of the ice free regions known as polynya, in Antarctica.

Jan 24, 2014 11:10 AM EST

Global Warming Will (Eventually) Worsen World Economic Conditions

It turns out that climate change is both real and man-made--and may cost the world quite a bit. According to the Copenhagen Consensus Center, "Climate change is real and man-made...After year 2070, global warming will become a net cost to the world, justifying cost-effective climate action."

Jan 22, 2014 01:38 PM EST

NASA Finds 2013 Sustained Long-Term Climate Warming Trend

NASA scientists say 2013 tied with 2009 and 2006 for the seventh warmest year since 1880, continuing a long-term trend of rising global temperatures.

Jan 03, 2014 08:00 AM EST

Cause Behind Methane Gas Flares Revealed

Off the coast of Svalbard several hundred meters below the surface of the ocean, methane gas flares plume outward from gas hydrate deposits. Now, scientists have taken a closer look at these flares and have found that this outgassing is most likely caused by natural processes and cannot be attribute...

Dec 18, 2013 10:25 AM EST

Adorable Pika Gathers Moss to Combat Climate Change

Climate change may be having a drastic impact on the rabbit-like pika. In fact, past researchers has shown that warming temperatures are driving these animals to higher elevations or wiping them out completely. Now, though,it turns out that roly-poly pikas living in rockslides near sea level in Oreg...

Dec 17, 2013 12:31 PM EST

Four Degree Rise in Global Warming Could End Vegetation Carbon Sink

It turns out that plant life may not be as good of a carbon sink as scientists once thought. New research reveals that the length of time that carbon remains in vegetation will change as CO2 levels rise. This could have major implications for the entire carbon load in the atmosphere in addition to t...

Dec 13, 2013 08:31 AM EST

Italian Alps Glacier, Unchanged for Thousands of Years, is Now Melting

The Italian Alps have remained unchanged for thousands of years. Now, though, scientists have taken some new ice cores from this location and have discovered that the Alps have been strongly warming since the 1980s. The findings reveal that as our climate changes, ice is continuing to melt across sn...

Oct 28, 2013 01:02 PM EDT

Grizzly Bears Benefit from Global Warming

Though global warming doesn't hold much hope for the planet or the people living on it, a recent study shows that this environmental issue could carry a bit of an upside for grizzly bears living in Alberta, Canada.