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Public Release: 19-May-2013
 Nature GeoscienceScientists explore roots of future tropical rainfall How will rainfall patterns across the tropical Indian and Pacific regions change in a future warming world? Climate models generally suggest that the tropics as a whole will get wetter, but the models don't always agree on where rainfall patterns will shift in particular regions within the tropics. Contact: Media Relations Office
Public Release: 19-May-2013
Nature Climate ChangeHeat-related deaths in Manhattan projected to rise Researchers say deaths in Manhattan linked to warming climate may rise some 20 percent by the 2020s, and, in some worst-case scenarios, 90 percent or more by the 2080s. Higher winter temperatures may partially offset heat-related deaths by cutting cold-related mortality -- but even so, annual net temperature-related deaths might go up a third. Contact: Kevin Krajick
Public Release: 19-May-2013
Nature GeoscienceSea level influenced tropical climate during the last ice age The Indo-Pacific warm pool was much dryer during the last ice age than today, because lower sea level exposed the Sunda Shelf. The large landmass, in place of the warm ocean, altered the atmospheric circulation, shifting convection further west into the Indian Ocean. These findings by scientists at the International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, and Woods Hole Institute of Oceanography, appear in the May 19, online edition of Nature Geoscience. 
National Science Foundation, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Contact: Gisela Speidel
Public Release: 19-May-2013
Shifts in global water systems -- markers of a new geological epoch: The Anthropocene A suite of disquieting global phenomena have given rise to the "Anthropocene," a term coined for a new geologic epoch characterized by humanity's growing dominance of the Earth's environment and a planetary transformation as profound as the last epoch-defining event -- the retreat of the glaciers 11,500 years ago. In Germany May 21-24, experts will focus on how to mitigate key factors contributing to extreme damage to the global water system being caused while adapting to the new reality. Contact: Terry Collins
Public Release: 17-May-2013
The Carboniferous-Permian Transition ConferenceCracking the ice code UWM geologist John Isbell reads rock, looking for the natural rules that govern the Earth's climate in the absence of human activity. His work is challenging many assumptions about the ways drastic climate change unfolds -- and what to expect next.
National Science Foundation
Contact: John Isbell
Public Release: 17-May-2013
WetlandsFront-row seats to climate change Increasingly erratic rainfall patterns can lead to declines in southeastern frog and salamander populations, but protecting ponds can improve their plight.
US Geological Survey
Contact: hannah hamilton
Public Release: 17-May-2013
Satellite sees Tropical Storm Alvin's life end quickly The first tropical storm of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season was short-lived. Satellite imagery revealed that Tropical Storm Alvin became a remnant low pressure area 36 hours after it was named.
NASA
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 17-May-2013
NASA sees Cyclone Mahasen hit Bangladesh NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite known as TRMM measured Cyclone Mahasen's rainfall rates from space as it made landfall on May 16. Mahasen has since dissipated over eastern India.
NASA
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 16-May-2013
Global Change BiologyClimate change may have little impact on tropical lizards A new Dartmouth College study finds human-caused climate change may have little impact on many species of tropical lizards, contradicting a host of recent studies that predict their widespread extinction in a rapidly warming planet. Contact: John Cramer
Public Release: 16-May-2013
NASA sees Eastern Pacific get first tropical storm: Alvin NASA's Aqua satellite and NOAA's GOES-15 satellite captured imagery of the Eastern Pacific Ocean's first named tropical storm, Alvin.
NASA
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 16-May-2013
NASA sees heavy rainfall as Cyclone Mahasen made landfall NASA's TRMM satellite identified areas of heavy rainfall as Cyclone Mahasen made landfall today, May 16, in southern Bangladesh.
NASA
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 16-May-2013
ScienceNASA satellite data helps pinpoint glaciers' role in sea level rise A new study of glaciers worldwide using observations from two NASA satellites has helped resolve differences in estimates of how fast glaciers are disappearing and contributing to sea level rise.
NASA
Contact: Maria-Jose Vinas
Public Release: 16-May-2013
Environmental Research LettersMost scientists agree: Humans are causing climate change Most scientists who have studied climate change agree that human activity is its primary cause, an analysis of 20 years of abstracts in peer-reviewed journals shows. Contact: Sarah Green
Public Release: 16-May-2013
ScienceWorld's biggest ice sheets likely more stable than previously believed A new study suggests that the previous connections scientists made between ancient shoreline height and ice volumes are erroneous and that perhaps our ice sheets were more stable in the past than we originally thought. The study found that the Earth's hot mantle pushed up segments of ancient shorelines over millions of years, making them appear higher now than they originally were millions of years ago.
Cooperative Institute For Alaska Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Canada Research Chair program, Harvard, and others
Contact: Margaret Mroziewicz
Public Release: 16-May-2013
ScienceSea level: One-third of its rise comes from melting mountain glaciers About 99 percent of the world's land ice is stored in the huge ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland, while only 1 percent is contained in glaciers. However, the meltwater of glaciers contributed almost as much to the rise in sea level in the period 2003 to 2009 as the two ice sheets: about one third. This is one of the results of an international study with the involvement of geographers from the University of Zurich. Contact: Tobias Bolch
Public Release: 16-May-2013
ScienceWorld's melting glaciers making large contribution to sea rise While 99 percent of Earth's land ice is locked up in the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, the remaining ice in the world's glaciers contributed just as much to sea rise as the two ice sheets combined from 2003 to 2009, says a new study led by Clark University and involving the University Colorado Boulder.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation
Contact: Tad Pfeffer
Public Release: 15-May-2013
PLOS ONEClam fossils divulge secrets of ecologic stability Clam fossils from the middle Devonian era now yield a better paleontological picture of the capacity of ecosystems to remain stable in the face of environmental change, according to research published today in the online journal PLOS ONE. Contact: Syl Kacapyr
Public Release: 15-May-2013
Canada must addess real climate-change challenge To reach Canada's goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 17 per cent below the 2005 level by the year 2020, federal and provincial governments must reach agreement on what portion of the total GHG reduction will be provided by each province say researchers from the University of Toronto's School of the Environment.
Social Science and Humanities Research Council
Contact: Kim Luke
Public Release: 15-May-2013
Atmospheric EnvironmentUC Santa Barbara scientist studies methane levels in cross-continent drive After taking a rented camper outfitted with special equipment to measure methane on a cross-continent drive, a UC Santa Barbara scientist has found that methane emissions across large parts of the US are higher than currently known, confirming what other more local studies have found. Their research is published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. Contact: George Foulsham
Public Release: 15-May-2013
NASA sees first Eastern Pacific tropical depression to open season The Hurricane Season of the Eastern Pacific Ocean officially begins today, May 15 and the first tropical depression of the season formed.
NASA
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 15-May-2013
NASA satellites eye Cyclone Mahasen as Bangladesh prepares for landfall Tropical Cyclone Mahasen has been strengthening and expanding as it moves through the northern Bay of Bengal for a landfall on Thursday, May 16.
NASA
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 15-May-2013
Journal of ClimateFall warming on Antarctic Peninsula driven by tropically forced circulation New research shows that, in recent decades, fall is the only period of extensive warming over the entire Antarctic Peninsula, and it is mostly from atmospheric circulation patterns originating in the tropics.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Vince Stricherz
Public Release: 15-May-2013
GREEN WEEK 2013European Research Infrastructures help to solve air quality issues Scientists have advocated for tightening the Air Quality Directive and expand research on air quality and climate change. Only appropriate investments in research can provide a solid basis for decision making in these areas that have major health and economic consequences for Europe's citizens. In 2013, the European Commission's air policy is reviewed, with a focus on finding ways to improve the quality of the air Europeans breathe.
European Comission
Contact: Tilo Arnhold
Public Release: 15-May-2013
Environmental Research LettersStudy reveals scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change A comprehensive analysis of peer-reviewed articles on the topic of global warming and climate change has revealed an overwhelming consensus among scientists that recent warming is human-caused. Contact: Michael Bishop
Public Release: 14-May-2013
ScienceSulfate aerosols cool climate less than assumed The life span of cloud-forming sulfate particles in the air is shorter than assumed due to a sulfur dioxide oxidation pathway which has been neglected in climate models so far. Contact: Dr. Baerbel Sinha
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