http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (Phys.org)—A team of Swiss, Czech, Canadian and German researchers has found that prolonged cold spells in Eastern Europe over the last thousand years has led to wars, plagues and civil unrest. In their paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team compares evidence from tree ring samples taken from the Tatra region in Eastern Europe dating back to 1040 A.D., with archival histories to track human activities during the same period. http://phys.org/news277450110.html Space & Earth Tue, 15 Jan 2013 06:10:02 EST news277450110 The United States of America set an off-the-charts heat record in 2012. http://phys.org/news276873529.html Space & Earth Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:18:55 EST news276873529 In a discovery that raises further concerns about the future contribution of Antarctica to sea level rise, a new study finds that the western part of the ice sheet is experiencing nearly twice as much warming as previously thought. http://phys.org/news275488461.html Space & Earth Sun, 23 Dec 2012 13:00:46 EST news275488461 (Phys.org)—Even though Hurricane Sandy helped create wet start to the month for several states, November 2012 went into the record books as the second-driest November since 1895 in the Northeast. With an average of 1.04 inches or precipitation, the region received only 27 percent of its normal level. http://phys.org/news274000583.html Space & Earth Thu, 06 Dec 2012 07:16:33 EST news274000583 If you think this summer was hot, it's nothing compared to the summer of 1913, when the hottest temperature ever recorded was a searing 134 F in Death Valley, Calif. But while that reading was made 99 years ago, it is only being recognized today by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) as the most extreme temperature ever recorded. http://phys.org/news266758115.html Space & Earth Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:28:58 EST news266758115 One popular climate record that shows a slower atmospheric warming trend than other studies contains a data calibration problem, and when the problem is corrected the results fall in line with other records and climate models, according to a new University of Washington study. http://phys.org/news255625238.html Space & Earth Mon, 07 May 2012 16:01:25 EST news255625238 An international team of scientists, led by Dr Stephen Barker of Cardiff University, has produced a prediction of what climate records from Greenland might look like over the last 800,000 years. http://phys.org/news234709122.html Space & Earth Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:00:15 EST news234709122 A newly constructed, 2,000-year history of sea level elevations will help scientists refine the models used to predict climate-change-induced sea level rise, according to an international team of climate researchers. The record also shows that the past century had the fastest recorded rate of sea level rise. http://phys.org/news227792738.html Space & Earth Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:00:05 EST news227792738 The end of the Norse settlements on Greenland likely will remain shrouded in mystery. While there is scant written evidence of the colony's demise in the 14th and early 15th centuries, archaeological remains can fill some of the blanks, but not all. http://phys.org/news225986015.html Other Sciences Mon, 30 May 2011 15:00:01 EST news225986015 An unparalleled heat wave in eastern Europe, coupled with intense droughts and fires around Moscow, put Earth's temperatures in the headlines this summer. Likewise, a string of exceptionally warm days in July in the eastern United States strained power grids, forced nursing home evacuations, and slowed transit systems. Both high-profile events reinvigorated questions about humanity's role in climate change. http://phys.org/news205145125.html Space & Earth Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:45:42 EST news205145125 Los Angeles baked in record temperatures on Monday, bringing sweltering scenes to the West Coast metropolis nearly a month after the end of the main August heat. http://phys.org/news204835598.html Space & Earth Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:46:49 EST news204835598 (PhysOrg.com) -- People often talk about greenhouse gases and their effect on the earth's climate as if those effects were new. But greenhouse gases have been around for hundreds of millennia, playing a key role in the start of the ice ages in the Northern Hemisphere 2.72 million years ago. http://phys.org/news168703415.html Space & Earth Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:50:05 EST news168703415 (PhysOrg.com) -- Climatologists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City have found that 2008 was the coolest year since 2000. The GISS analysis also showed that 2008 is the ninth warmest year since continuous instrumental records were started in 1880. The ten warmest years on record have all occurred between 1997 and 2008. http://phys.org/news154621784.html Space & Earth Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:30:26 EST news154621784