New report warns of dangers to Great Lakes health and economy from climate change
Roughly 34 million people in the United States and Canada rely on the Great Lakes for drinking water, jobs, recreation and more.
Mar 21, 2019
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Tree swallows expose state of our climate
For many of us, birds are an interesting distraction or a sign of spring. For Fran Bonier and her former master's student Amelia Cox, bird populations provide vital data about the health of the world. Their new research adds ...
Using machine learning to improve subseasonal climate forecasting
Judah Cohen, director of seasonal forecasting at AER (Atmospheric and Environmental Research) and visiting scientist in MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Ernest Fraenkel, professor of biological ...
The case of the over-tilting exoplanets
For almost a decade, astronomers have tried to explain why so many pairs of planets outside our solar system have an odd configuration—their orbits seem to have been pushed apart by a powerful unknown mechanism. Yale researchers ...
Hubble reveals dynamic atmospheres of Uranus, Neptune
During its routine yearly monitoring of the weather on our solar system's outer planets, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a new mysterious dark storm on Neptune and provided a fresh look at a long-lived storm circling ...
Weather at key growth stages predicts Midwest corn yield and grain quality, study says
Corn is planted on approximately 90 million acres across the United States every year. With all that data, it takes months after harvest for government agencies to analyze total yield and grain quality. Scientists are working ...
How global warming is adding to the health risks of poor people
There is mounting evidence of the impact of climate change on human habitat and health, on plant and animal life, on water resources and shorelines. These changes are felt unevenly within – and between – nations and communities. ...
Faster CO2 rise expected in 2019
With emissions already at a record high, the build-up of carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere could be larger than last year due to a slower removal by natural carbon sinks.
The stubborn high-pressure system behind Australia's record heatwaves
If you think the weather this month has been like Groundhog Day (albeit much hotter), you'd probably be right! Much like a stuck record, weather systems seem to have stalled over most of the country.
Major northeastern snowstorms expected to continue with climate change
Even though climate change is expected to reduce the total amount of U.S. snowfall this century, it's unlikely to significantly rein in the most powerful nor'easters that pummel the East Coast, new research indicates.
