Scientists find fossil proof of Egypt's ancient climate
Earth and planetary scientists at Washington University in St. Louis are studying snail fossils to understand the climate of northern Africa 130,000 years ago. While that might sound a bit like relying on wooly bear caterpillars to predict the severity of winter, the snails actually reveal clues about the climate and environment of western Egypt, lo those many years ago. They also could s...Small species back-up giant marsupial climate change extinction claim
Thinking small in a time when everything was big has helped Queensland researchers to unearth new evidence that climate change, instead of humans, was responsible for wiping out Australian giant marsupials or megafauna 40,000 years ago. Instead of only excavating 'trophy specimens' such as giant kangaroos and wombats, the researchers from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and Quee...Africa to take it on chin again with climate change
A new analysis of Africa's past and future climate shows that the Sahel region, which experienced catastrophic drought until rains returned in the 1990s, could experience wetter monsoons for decades to come. However, drought across southern Africa is projected to intensify further. Oceanic warming consistent with an increase in greenhouse gases appears to be a factor in these expected 21st-centur...Ocean climate predicts elk population in Canadian Rockies
Mark Hebblewhite can look at specific climate statistics from the north Pacific Ocean and tell you how the elk are doing in Banff National Park. The University of Alberta doctoral student is the first researcher to show a correlation between the North Pacific Oscillation (NPO) and a mammal population. Based on many climate-related ocean measurements, researchers are able to determine posit...Deep sea algae connect ancient climate, carbon dioxide and vegetation
Assistant Professor Mark Pagani in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Yale and his colleagues mapped the first detailed history of atmospheric carbon dioxide between 45 - 25 million years ago based on stable isotopes of carbon in a National Science Foundation study reported in Science Express. "Through the energy we consume, each of us makes a contribution to increasing greenhouse...Economist calls for an end to "business as usual" on climate change
That was the question posed in Madison during a briefing on global climate change, and the difference in the two scenarios are linked to the cost of taking action to stabilize greenhouse gas emission...Wisconsins entrepreneurial climate improves
Among small cities, Green Bay is the fifth best "hot spot," while Madison is sixth among mid-sized cities. The trio of Kenosha-Chicago-Gary ranks 12 The rankings are published in October'...In the wake of Katrina, more questions than answers about global climate change
About a month before Katrina turned...Glacial records depict ice age climate in synch worldwide
MADISON - An answer to the long-standing riddle of whether the Earth's ice ages occurred simultaneously in both the Southern and Northern hemispheres is emerging from the glacial deposits found in the high desert east of the Andes. Using a new technique to gauge the effects of cosmic rays on minerals found in boulders carried by South American glaciers thousands of years ago, a group of...IT Fusion to Enhance Milwaukees Entrepreneurial IT Climate
It Fusion is a new kind of business model, said Christopher Kuhl, CEO and founder of Kuhlfusion. It can meet the needs of the creative tech business executive from facility and resources standpoints. IT Fusions dynamic, open work environment serves as a hub for the growing number of individuals and organizations looking for a workplace in a desirable business area. Diverse members of th...Trees to Predict Climate Change
Following a long-term research a geographer from Guangdong Province has claimed that ancient trees could provide clues to the pattern of global climate change. // Li Pingri, 75, from Guangdong Academy of Sciences has opined that rising temperatures globally is not only a result of the greenhouse effect but in fact was a part of the cyclical order of nature. 'Through th...A Timely Reminder Of Devastating Health Impact Of Climate Change
AMA President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, today welcomed the Stern Review as a timely and authoritative reminder of the devastating health //impact of climate change on the world’s human population if the international community failed to act now. Commissioned by the UK Government and prepared by former World Bank chief economist, Sir Nicholas Stern, the report has been described by British...Impact of Climate Change in Africa
Africa is the continent that will suffer most under global warming. Past history gives us lessons on the likely effects of future climate change//. Of greatest concern are the 'large infrequent disturbances' to the climate as these will have the most devastating effects. In a remarkable study from the Kenyan Tsavo National Park published today in the African Journal of Ecology, Dr Lindsey Gillson...Climate Sceptics Issued With Challenge by a U.K Scientist
Farmers in Wimmera, Australia, survey an empty dam, which has left them with fields of stunted wheat.// Parts of Australia, which are in the grip of the worst drought in memory, have sparked an intense debate about global warming. Alan Thorpe, Chief Executive of Natural Environment Research Council in U.K., and one of the world's leading climate scientists has challenged those questioni...UN Secretary General Urges G8 Summit to Act on Climate Change
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged the G8 summit of the world's top industrialised nations to take measures to combat climate change, warning that inaction would be costly. In a statement before the G8 summit in June at Heiligendamm in Germany, Ban said the eight participating nations should "devise and implement a long-term global framework to tackle climate change that ad...