Expect More Droughts, Heavy Downpours, Excessive Heat, And Intense Hurricanes Due To Global Warming, NOAA
00:39 20-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research has released a scientific assessment that provides the first comprehensive analysis of observed and projected changes in weather and climate extremes in North America and U.S. territories. Among the major findings reported in this assessment are that droughts, heavy downpours, excessive heat, and intense hurricanes are likely to become more commonplace as humans continue to increase the atmospheric concentrations of heat-trapping greenhouse gases. The report is based on scientific evidence that a warming world will be accompanied by changes in the intensity, duration, frequency, and geographic extent of weather and climate extremes.
'Man-made' Water Has Different Chemistry
21:39 19-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
As population growth, food production and the regional effects of climate change place greater stress on the Earth's natural water supply, "man-made" water -- created by removing salt from seawater and brackish groundwater through reverse osmosis desalination -- will become an increasingly important resource for millions of humans, especially those in arid regions such as the Middle East, the western United States, northern Africa and central Asia.
Greenland Ice Core Analysis Shows Drastic Climate Change Near End Of Last Ice Age
21:39 19-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Information gleaned from a Greenland ice core by an international science team shows that two huge Northern Hemisphere temperature spikes prior to the close of the last ice age some 11,500 years ago were tied to fundamental shifts in atmospheric circulation.
Gallons Per Mile Would Help Car Shoppers Make Better Decisions
21:39 19-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Posting a vehicle's fuel efficiency in "gallons per mile" rather than "miles per gallon" would help consumers make better decisions about car purchases and environmental impact, researchers report in the journal Science.
Lavas From Hawaiian Volcano Contain Fingerprint Of Planetary Formation
21:39 19-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Hikers visiting the Kilauea Iki crater in Hawaii today walk along a mostly flat surface of sparsely vegetated basalt. It looks like parking lot asphalt, but in November and December 1959, it emitted the orange glow of newly erupted lava. Now, a precision analysis of lava samples taken from the crater is giving scientists a new tool for reconstructing planetary origins.
Active Submarine Volcanoes Found Near Fiji
18:39 19-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Several huge active submarine volcanoes, spreading ridges and rift zones have been discovered northeast of Fiji. The summits of two of the volcanoes, named ’Dugong’, and ’Lobster’, are dominated by large calderas at depths of 1100 and 1500 meters.
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