News Archive
Carbon Dioxide and Climate: A Scientific Assessment
We have examined the principal attempts to simulate the effects of increased atmospheric CO2 on climate.
Changing Jet Streams May Alter Paths of Storms and Hurricanes
Storm paths in North America are likely to shift northward as a result of the jet stream changes.
Ozone Levels Drop When Hurricanes Are Strengthening
Whenever a hurricane intensifies, it appears that the ozone levels throughout the storm decrease.
Climate Change Linked to Ozone Loss: May Result in More Skin Cancer
Water vapor injected into the stratosphere by powerful thunderstorms converts stable forms of chlorine and bromine into free radicals capable of transforming ozone molecules into oxygen, which could in turn lead to increased ozone loss and greater levels of harmful UV radiation.
Catastrophic sea levels ‘distinct possibility’ this century
The findings suggest that such an scenario - which would redraw coastlines worldwide and unleash colossal human misery - is now a distinct possibility within the next 100 years.
Sea-ice switches and abrupt climate change
Past abrupt climate changes were probably a result of rapid and extensive variations in sea-ice cover.
First evidence of under-ice volcanic eruption in Antarctica
The first evidence of a volcanic eruption from beneath Antarctica’s most rapidly changing ice sheet. The volcano on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet erupted 2000 years ago (325BC) and remains active.
Potential methane reservoirs beneath Antarctica
We calculate that the sub-Antarctic hydrate inventory could be of the same order of magnitude as that of recent estimates made for Arctic permafrost.