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Science News // 1 decade ago

Climate change may threaten water supply

A leading U.S. climatologist says government support is needed for research into the effects of climate change on water supplies.

Science News // 1 decade ago

Study: Dust increasing over western U.S.

University of Colorado-Boulder scientists said western U.S. states have become 500 percent dustier during the past two centuries because of human activity.

Science News // 1 decade ago

Report says Arizona getting drier

The new report on climate change says rising temperatures may create conditions not seen in Arizona and the Southwest since the 1930s Dust Bowl.

Science News // 1 decade ago

Study: Ice melt may be faster than thought

National Center for Atmospheric Research and University of Arizona scientists say Arctic-Antarctic ice may melt more quickly than expected this century.

Science News // 1 decade ago

Arctic Ocean may become ice free

The Arctic Ocean may reportedly become seasonally ice-free for the first time in more than a million years if the current warming trends are not halted.

Science News // 2 decades ago

Climate: Hockey sticks and hobby horses

A series by UPI examining the potential impact of global climate change. This week: There is a broad spectrum of interpretations of the science behind global climate change.

Science News // 2 decades ago

Climate: The Arctic goes bush

A series by UPI examining the emerging impacts of global climate change. This week: The Arctic may be undergoing a transition in its vegetation thanks to global warming.

Science News // 2 decades ago

Climate: Drought problems in the West

A series by UPI examining global climate change. This week: The southwestern United States has been in the grip of a drought that might be a record-setter -- depending upon how one interprets the numbers. The phenomenon no doubt will help fuel the argume

Science News // 2 decades ago

Blue Planet: Fragile birds and dying toads

A series by UPI examining humanity's relationship to the environment. This week: Amphibians might be the latest candidates to play the role of canaries in the coal mine, because they are dying off at alarming rates.

Science News // 2 decades ago

Climate: Searching for the 'dread factor'

A series by UPI examining the prospect of global climate change. This week: Climate change has a public relations problem. Despite the real and costly issues it raises, it is just the weather, after all, and people have had to handle the weather all of th

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We don't know how climate change will affect water resources
Climate change may threaten water supply May 14, 2008

It's important for Americans to realize we're not going to escape the big impacts, whether it's more hurricanes and sea-level rise in the East or drought here in the West
Report says Arizona getting drier Apr 06, 2007

What really makes the Arctic different from the rest of the non-polar world is the permanent ice in the ground, in the ocean and on land
Arctic Ocean may become ice free Aug 23, 2005

It is related to anomalous sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific and the Indian Ocean. It is pretty clear that those oceans have been warming steadily since pre-industrial times. That has led some of my colleagues to conclude that the drought related to the sea surface temperatures might be unprecedented in post-industrial times
Climate: Drought problems in the West Oct 25, 2004

The climate system can cross a threshold, as it has done many times in the past
Climate: Drought problems in the West Oct 25, 2004