Group says enhancements to the observing system are urgently needed with the accelerating pace of climatic and oceanic change — ScienceDaily
A group of more than 60 scientists have provided recommendations to improve the Indian Ocean Observing System (IndOOS), a basin-wide monitoring system to better understand the impacts of human-caused climate change in a region that has been warming faster than any other ocean. The group, led by Lisa Beal, professor of ocean sciences at the […]
The SUTD study will be crucial for assessing future climatic changes and making more informed water management decisions. — ScienceDaily
813 years of annual river discharge at 62 stations, 41 rivers in 16 countries, from 1200 to 2012. That is what researchers at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) produced after two years of research in order to better understand past climate patterns of the Asian Monsoon region. Home to many populous river […]
High Climatic Response of High-Latitude Forests
Atmospheric CO2 rises and falls with the northern hemisphere winter and summer, respectively, and the amplitude of that seasonality is increasing. Is the vast boreal forest contributing to this trend, and, if so, why? Most models assume that increased CO2 stimulates photosynthesis, increased temperature stimulates respiration, and the difference between the two determines […]
Sediment Layers Pinpoint Periods of Climatic Change
Just a few tens of thousands of years ago—a blink in geologic time—ice sheets covered a wide swath of the planet. Researchers have now determined precisely the cadence at which one of those ice masses retreated and disgorged icebergs into the Pacific Ocean, events that likely triggered substantial climatic changes. Extinct Ice The […]
