News tagged with latitude
Observations of climate change from indigenous Alaskans
Personal interviews with Alaska Natives in the Yukon River Basin provide unique insights on climate change and its impacts, helping develop adaptation strategies for these local communities.
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Appalachian tiger swallowtail butterfly is a hybrid of two other swallowtails, scientists find
(PhysOrg.com) -- Flitting among the cool slopes of the Appalachian Mountains is a tiger swallowtail butterfly species that evolved when two other species of swallowtails hybridized long ago, a rarity in the ...
Sep 08, 2011 |
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NRL set to launch experimental TacSat-4 spacecraft
The Naval Research Laboratory's Tactical Satellite IV (TacSat-4) is scheduled to launch from the Alaska Aerospace Corporation's Kodiak Launch Complex, Tuesday, September 27, 2011, aboard an Orbital Sciences Corporation Minotaur-IV+ ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 22, 2011 |
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Researchers discover Icelandic current, change North Atlantic climate picture
An international team of researchers, including physical oceanographers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), has confirmed the presence of a deep-reaching ocean circulation system off Iceland ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 21, 2011 |
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Further, faster, higher: Wildlife responds increasingly rapidly to climate change
New research by scientists in the Department of Biology at the University of York shows that species have responded to climate change up to three times faster than previously appreciated. These results are published in the ...
Aug 18, 2011 |
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It's dim up north
The farther that human populations live from the equator, the bigger their brains, according to a new study by Oxford University. But it turns out that this is not because they are smarter, but because they ...
Jul 27, 2011 |
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Afforestation will hardly dent warming problem: study
Schemes to convert croplands or marginal lands to forests will make almost no inroads against global warming this century, a scientific study published on Sunday said.
Jun 19, 2011 |
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Stable temperatures boost biodiversity in tropical mountains
We often think of rainforests and coral reefs as hotspots for biodiversity, but mountains are treasure troves for species too -- especially in the tropics, scientists say. But what drives montane biodiversity? The diversity ...
Jun 08, 2011 |
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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 ...
May 12, 2011 |
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Warm water causes extra-cold winters in northeastern North America and Northeastern Asia
If you're sitting on a bench in New York City's Central Park in winter, you're probably freezing. After all, the average temperature in January is 32 degrees Fahrenheit. But if you were just across the pond ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Google jumps into location check-in game
Google on Tuesday began letting smartphone users check into spots on the go as the Internet star jumped into the hot location-based services arena with Facebook, Foursquare and Gowalla.
Feb 01, 2011 |
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New clues found linking larger animals to colder climates
Thanks to a pair of University of Houston researchers who found a possible new solution to a 163-year-old puzzle, ecological factors can now be added to physiology to explain why animals grow bigger in the ...
Feb 24, 2010 |
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Better food makes high-latitude animals bigger
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research suggests that animals living at high latitudes grow better than their counterparts closer to the equator because higher-latitude vegetation is more nutritious. The study, published in the February ...
Jan 25, 2010 |
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STPSat-1 successfully completes extended mission
The STPSat-1, built for the Department of Defense (DoD) Space Test Program (STP) and operated by the DoD STP for the first year then transitioned to NRL for the last 16 months, was decommissioned on October ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Google Latitude adds location history, alerts you when friends are nearby
Google Latitude to find your nearby friends, you're in luck: Google updated Latitude with location history and alerts for when your friends are nearby. If you don't love your every step tracked -- well, it's ...
Nov 11, 2009 |
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