Despite La Nina arriving at the end of the year—which bring cooler than average conditions—and bitter cold showing up recently in the Northern Hemisphere due to the North Atlantic Oscillation…
Extreme weather events linked to climate change has caused the deaths of 21,000 people worldwide in the first nine months of 2010, according to Oxfam. This is already twice the…
Baru-baru ini peneliti mendatangi Amazon Brazil yang terpencil untuk menyelidiki bagaimana awan terbentuh dan hujan turun di suatu atmosfer yang tidak terbebani dengan polusi akibat manusia. Dengan meneliti partikel aerosol…
US President Barack Obama's science adviser, John Holdren, took on climate change deniers in a comprehensive, data-heavy speech last month at the Kavli Science Forum in Oslo, Norway. Proclaiming that…
Researchers recently traveled to the remote Brazilian Amazon to investigate how clouds are formed and rain falls in an atmosphere unburdened by human-caused pollution. Studying the atmospheric aerosol particles, which…
Although the last few months have been some of the warmest worldwide on record, including 17 countries reaching or breaking all-time highs, temperatures have not been above average everywhere. Cold…
New satellite data shows that human actions are wiping out mangrove forests even faster than previous bleak estimates. Conducted by the US Geological Survey and NASA, the researchers found that…
The NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) has found that the global average temperature of July 2010 was nearly 1 degree Fahrenheit (0.55 degrees Celsius) higher than average temperatures…
A new series of images released by NASA show the extent of smoke hovering over Moscow and Central European Russia, while another image measures the amount of carbon monoxide in…
Asian continent sees warmest temperature ever recorded. The summer isn't over yet, but already seventeen nations have matched or beaten their all-time heat records. According to Jeff Masters' WunderBlog, Belarus,…
Government officials are pointing to the drought and wildfires in Russia, and the floods across Central and East Asia as consistent with climate change predictions. While climatologists say that a…
Moscow and parts of Russia have been hit by record high temperatures and forest fires. Ashen fog from peat forests burning near Moscow has prompted officials to warn elderly and…
The first five months of 2010 have been the second warmest on record, according to data released by the University of Alabama Huntsville. Scientists at the university's Earth System Science…
Menurut National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, tutupan salju mengalami kemunduran ke tingkat terendah yang pernah terekam di Amerika Utara pada akhir April ini. Tutupan salju tersebut 2,2 juta kilometer persegi…
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, snow cover retreated to the lowest extent ever recorded in North America by the end of this April. Snow cover was 2.2…
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has been in power for more than ten years, during which time he has deflected numerous electoral challenges, a recall effort, a coup d’etat and even…
Climate change threatens coral reefs and precipitation along coasts. Twenty years of research has led Dr. Graham Jones of Australia's Southern Cross University to discover a startling connection between coral…
Western Australia endured its hottest summer on record, according to the state weather bureau. At 29.6°C, temperatures were 0.2°C warmer than the previous record, set in 1997-1998. Western Australia has…
Bitter cold and snow have shut down Beijing after it received 4-8 inches (10-20 centimeters) of snow on Sunday, the largest snowfall since 1951, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.…
Over the past few weeks the United States has been pounded by a number of big snow storms. A week ago Washington DC received 18 inches of snow, setting a…
According to the Global Climate Risk Index, Bangladesh is the most vulnerable nation to extreme weather events, which many scientists say are being exacerbated by climate change. From 1990 to…
A return of El Niño could boost average global temperatures: the two warmest years on record — 1998 and 2005 — have occurred during ENSO events. Ocean temperatures in the…
In 1999 a super cyclone struck the eastern coast of India, leaving 10,000 people dead. At the time, the Orissa cyclone, named after the Indian state which it battered, was…
Powerful hurricanes may be getting stronger due to warmer seas Powerful hurricanes may be getting stronger due to warmer seas mongabay.com September 3, 2008 Warming climate is causing the strongest…
Scientists forecast 4 Atlantic hurricanes in September Scientists forecast 4 Atlantic hurricanes in September mongabay.com September 2, 2008 Prominent hurricane researchers are forecasting five tropical storms in the Atlantic for…
Global warming increases "extreme" rain storms Global warming increases "extreme" rain storms mongabay.com August 7, 2008 Global warming is increasing the incidence of heavy rainfall at a rate greater than…
Geology, climate links make Guiana Shield region particularly sensitive to change Geology, climate links make Guiana Shield region particularly sensitive to change mongabay.com June 14, 2008 Soil and climate patterns…
U.S. flooding a sign of things to come U.S. Flooding to continue well into spring mongabay.com March 21, 2008 Flooding in the American Midwest is likely to continue, said the…
