Climate

Glacier melt 'less serious' study suggests

Glacier melt image via Shutterstock The melting of Greenland's glaciers may not be as serious for rising sea levels as previously thought, according to a new study. Over the last...

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British weather watch

British Weather; Credit: Shutterstock Since Roman times and probably before, a popular topic for conversation has always been the perversity of British weather. Until the advent of powerful computers weather...

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Warm ocean currents and Antarctic ice loss

The Wilkins Ice Shelf (Antarctic); Credit: British Antarctic Survey Nature has a paper this week from the British Antarctic Survey. Confirming what we already know about the effects of global...

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Secrets of how the last ice age ended

Deglaciation; Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Scientists are starting to unravel the secrets of how the last ice age ended . Researchers from Harvard University, the University of Wisconsin and...

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Global warming and habitat choice

The small blue (Cupido minimus), found in both UK and Catalonia. It lives on kidney vetch in open (grassland) habitats. Unfortunately, it's numbers are presently decreasing - Small blue butterfly...

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Greenhouse gases 'warmed Earth billions of years ago'

Raindrop image via Shutterstock Greenhouses gases are not only a modern phenomenon, they originally warmed temperatures around three billion years ago, say American scientists. Back then, the sun was almost...

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Devastating start to US tornado season - a warning?

Tornado and Hail in Southeast Colorado; Credit: Shutterstock The rising mercury in thermometers across southern US states, on Friday March 2nd, was an ominous sign. As a warm humid wedge...

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How Climate Change can affect Human Evolution

Evolution via Shutterstock Since the beginning of time the world's climate has been subject to change. Periods of intense heat followed by periods of intense cold that have had a...

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