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El Nino events affect whale breeding

New research shows that global climate processes are affecting southern right whales (Eub... and are crucial to predicting the consequences of climate change on the whales." Southern right whales have been internationally protected since 1935. Their ...

Climate change drives widespread amphibian extinctions

...nteverde Cloud Forest Preserve in Costa Rica. "But climate change is pulling the trigger. Global warming is w...is study demonstrates the complex nature of global climate change, including how climate affects the spread of disease, and why these must be integrated if we ...

Parts of the Caribbean and Central America are likely to have less summer rain

...heir research is based on an analysis of 10 global climate computer simulations, from the U.S. National Cente...at summer and winter rains occur by very different climate phenomena. If the models prove correct, the decreased rainfall would be a consequence of human-induc...

Report finds cruise industry is protecting the precious places it visits

...lp scientists conduct research on vital marine and climate issues. The Government of Belize established a small visitor tax to generate sustainable financing that supports the management of the country's parks and protected areas. On board, cruise passengers are offered an array of educational programs on...

Deep-rooted plants have much greater impact on climate than experts thought

...y those with deep roots, contribute to the Earth's climate much more than scientists thought, according to a ...ornia, Berkeley. While scientists studying global climate change recognize the importance of vegetation in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and in ...

Sun protection for plants

...le crops both in the UK, as we face the effects of climate change, and overseas, where it can aid sustainable agriculture and improve food security." ...

Extinctions linked to climate change

...urnal Nature finds compelling evidence that global climate change created favorable conditions for a pathogen... example of unanticipated and complex impacts from climate change. The Central and South American crisis is "an amphibian alarm call," he said, but also is a h...

Study finds evolution doesn't always favor bigger animals

... what drives Cope's Rule, but our study shows that climate change can undoubtedly play an important role" sai...y. For much of the past 40 million years, global climate has been exhibiting a steady cooling trend. But within the last century, as greenhouse emissions hav...

Ancient DNA provides clues to the evolution of social behavior

...ttle genetic diversity that the slightest whiff of climate change or disease should have wiped it off the fac...ged to survive for thousands of years in the harsh climate of the Argentine highlands, it has evolved a complex social structure that's unique among the more t...

Growing crops to cope with climate change

...ing crops will become more difficult as the global climate changes. The varieties of crops grown in the UK are suited to the soil, seasons and traditional cool, wet summers. Later flowering in barley means it has a longer growing period to amass yield. If British summers get hotter and drier we will need typ...

Warming trend may contribute to malaria's rise

... patterns and human migration also may play roles, climate change cannot be ruled out. "Our results do not m... terms of supporting or not supporting the role of climate versus other factors. We don't want to contribute to the polarization, which I think is very unprodu...

Spring migration of pink-footed geese under threat

...logists predict how other species might respond to climate change. According to Klaassen: "We need tools to predict how organisms will respond to local and global changes, and such tools would be particularly useful if they could take into account adaptive behaviour. In the case of migratory birds, the impli...

The Amazon in 2050: Implementing the law could save a million square kilometers of rainforest

...g are linked with ecological models of forests and climate models to develop integrated simulations of the region's future. Britaldo Soares-Filho is a geographer and modeler. He has studied Amazon land-use patterns for the last 12 years, developing computer programs that simulate land-use change. He is a ...

High-tech tags on marine animals yield valuable data for biologists and oceanographers

...or role played by the Southern Ocean in the global climate system. "Much of the world's weather is determined by what happens in the Antarctic, so understanding the Southern Ocean is a key to understanding global climate," Costa said. Costa began using electronic data recorders to study the diving behavio...

Environmental metagenomics diagnosing extreme environments, tapping opportunities for clean energy

...stem forecast models for predicting the impacts of climate change. For a full session description, see: http://php.aaas.org/meetings/MPE_01.php?detail=974 "Environmental systems are extremely complex, harboring numerous diverse species coexisting in a single niche," says Rubin. "The challenge is that the ...

Marine mammals are on the frontline of failing ocean health

...sortium, works in northern ocean ecosystems, where climate change is having a marked effect. "Alaska is a la...th issues, particularly those that have to do with climate and zoonotic disease - those that can be transferred from animals to humans. It's a measurable, vis...

GPSDB, the free Gene and Protein Synonyms DataBase

...ing it a powerful tool for long-term mitigation of climate change. In fact we have calculated that up to 12 percent of the carbon emissions produced by human activity could be offset annually if slash-and-burn were replaced by slash-and-char." In addition, many biofuel production methods, such as generating...

Amazonian terra preta can transform poor soil into fertile

...ing it a powerful tool for long-term mitigation of climate change. In fact we have calculated that up to 12 percent of the carbon emissions produced by human activity could be offset annually if slash-and-burn were replaced by slash-and-char." In addition, many biofuel production methods, such as generating...

Climate change: The rice genome to the rescue

New evidence is emerging that climate change could reduce not only the world's ability t...h the specific characteristics needed to deal with climate change, such as tolerance of higher temperatures. However, scientists are calling for more research ...

2005 was the warmest year in a century

...endar year. Some other research groups that study climate change rank 2005 as the second warmest year, based on comparisons through November. The primary difference among the analyses, according to the NASA scientists, is the inclusion of the Arctic in the NASA analysis. Although there are few weather stati...

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