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Hurricanes May Be Getting Stronger

19.09.2005

According to a study by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), the number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes worldwide has nearly doubled over the past 35 years. The increase in powerful hurricanes coincides with a rise approaching 1 degree Fahrenheit…
Ozone Hole May Shrink This Year

19.09.2005

The hole in the ozone layer in 2005 will probably be only slightly smaller than the all-time largest measurement in 2003 said a U.N. agency.
Global Warming Causing Soils to Release Carbon

09.09.2005

A study of the National Soil Resources Institute published in the journal Nature monitored the carbon content of soil in England and Wales from 1978 to 2003. The study concluded that British soils are losing 13 million tons of carbon per year. Since the carbon is released regardless of how…
Cryosat: The European Space Agency’s Ice Mission

06.09.2005

European Space Agency's CryoSat mission is dedicated to monitoring precise changes in the thickness of polar ice sheets and floating sea ice over a 3-year period.
The Drake Passage Channel Deepening the Antarctic Chill

05.09.2005

A new analysis of marine geophysical data conducted by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists reveals that South America and Antarctica split apart very rapidly in geological time, forming the Drake Passage. This eventually led to the formation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, the world's largest deep current (transporting some 130…
New Study Provides Further Evidence Ozone Layer No Longer in Decline

31.08.2005

A collaborative study involving researchers from University of Colorado at Boulder, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the University of Wisconsin Madison, the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois indicates Earth's ozone layer, while still severely depleted, is no longer in decline. This study is based on long-term…
World Officials Say Action Must Be Taken against Global Warming

24.08.2005

Environmental ministers and other officials from 23 countries met in the Arctic town of Ilulissat (Greenland), and agreed that nations must take action against global warming. However, the conference took no decisions on how to fight global warming.
Ice Melting in the Arctic Is Increasing

24.08.2005

A report issued by the Arctic System Science Committee in the framework of the Arctic System Science program of the National Science Foundation (USA) states that ice melting in the Arctic is increasing and that no known natural process is likely to change that trend.
Sea Ice May Be on Increase in the Antarctic

23.08.2005

A new NASA-funded study finds that predicted increases in precipitation due to warmer air temperatures from greenhouse gas emissions may actually increase sea ice volume in the Antarctic's Southern Ocean. This adds new evidence of potential asymmetry between the two poles, and may be an indication that climate change processes…
Climate Conference Begins in Greenland

17.08.2005

An informal climate summit began in Greenland on Wednesday, as ministers from the world's biggest powers gathered in Ilulissat in the Disco Bay to discuss climate changes.