News tagged with higher temperature

Why Europe's climate faces a stormy future

(PhysOrg.com) -- Europe is likely to be hit by more violent winter storms in the future. Now a new study into the effects of climate change has found out why.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

Warm winters mean more pine beetles, tree damage

(PhysOrg.com) -- Some populations of mountain pine beetles now produce two generations of tree-killing offspring annually, dramatically increasing the potential for bugs to kill lodgepole and ponderosa pine ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Discovery of pine beetles breeding twice in a year helps explain increasing damage, researchers say

(PhysOrg.com) -- Long thought to produce only one generation of tree-killing offspring annually, some populations of mountain pine beetles now produce two generations per year, dramatically increasing the ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Climate change driving tropical birds to higher elevations

Tropical birds are moving to higher elevations because of climate change, but they may not be moving fast enough, according to a new study by Duke University researchers.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Iron-pnictide electron orbital pairing promises higher-temperature superconductors

(PhysOrg.com) -- The quest to develop a so-called room-temperature superconductor – one that exhibits lossless electronic transmission – has long fueled both popular and scientific imagination. At ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created May 17, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 9 | with audio podcast feature

Can we predict which species will be able to move far or fast enough to track changing climate?

As global temperatures rise, suitable sites for many plants and animals are shifting to cooler and higher ground. Can we predict which species will be able to move far or fast enough to keep up? A new study says the secrets ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists create new enzymes for biofuel production

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and world-leading gene-synthesis company DNA2.0 have taken an important step toward the development of a cost-efficient process to extract sugars ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Volcanoes cool the tropics, say researchers

Climate researchers have shown that big volcanic eruptions over the past 450 years have temporarily cooled weather in the tropics—but suggest that such effects may have been masked in the 20th century by rising ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (12) | comments 9