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Winter Olympics In Sochi, Russia Highlights Dangers Of Climate Change
Posted by redOrbit: Lee Rannals on February 5th, 2014
RedOrbit: The 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia is just around the corner and not only will the event feature some of the best classes of athletes the world has to offer, but it also showcases how climate change is affecting Earth. The US Geological Survey (USGS) is using this year’s Olympics to bring awareness to climate change and how the Arctic Ocean is being affected by it. Over the years, the USGS has studied changes in accumulated snowpack and snow cover, and this research has shown recent...
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Comments Off on Winter Olympics In Sochi, Russia Highlights Dangers Of Climate ChangeStudy Says Wetland Trees Significant Source Of Greenhouse Gas Methane
Posted by redOrbit: Lee Rannals on February 14th, 2013
RedOrbit: While wetlands represent an enormous source of atmospheric methane, researchers taking measurements of the gas at ground level in these regions have noticed a significant drop in methane levels compared to what they have measured in the air around tropical areas.
The team of scientists studied both swamps and flooded forests in the tropics. After taking ground-based measurements of methane, they found that levels of the simple organic gas have fallen short of the quantities detected in tropical...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Study Says Wetland Trees Significant Source Of Greenhouse Gas MethaneHailstones Chock-Full Of Bacteria And Chemicals That May Affect Weather Patterns
Posted by redOrbit: Lee Rannals on January 24th, 2013
RedOrbit: According to a study published in the online journal PLOS ONE, there is a rich diversity of microbial life and chemicals in the ephemeral habitat of a storm cloud.
A Danish research team at Aarhus University analyzed hailstones recovered after a storm in May 2009 and found that they carried several species of bacteria typically found on plants as well as nearly 3,000 different compounds commonly found in soil.
The hailstones had very few soil-associated bacteria or chemicals typically found...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Hailstones Chock-Full Of Bacteria And Chemicals That May Affect Weather PatternsAntarctic Ice Facing Changes By Fast-Flowing Glaciers
Posted by redOrbit: Lee Rannals on September 19th, 2012
redOrbit: A new study found that fast-flowing and narrow glaciers could trigger massive changes in the Antarctic ice sheet, inevitably adding sea-level rise and ice-sheet decay.
The team tested high-resolution model simulations against reconstructions of the Antarctic ice sheet from 20,000 years ago.
Writing in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), they said they used a new model during their study, capable of resolving responses to ice-streams and other fine-scale dynamic...