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Extreme clouds hover above Antarctica
Wednesday, 2 August 2006
Rare, mother-of-pearl coloured clouds caused by extreme weather conditions above Antarctica are a possible indication of climate change, Australian scientists say.
Prehistoric humans damaged coastal ecology
Friday, 23 June 2006
Human damage to coastal ecology is not a recent phenomenon, say an international team of scientists: it's been happening since the dawn of civilization.
Night flights are worse for global warming
Thursday, 15 June 2006
Restrictions on night flights could ease the aviation industry's fast-growing contribution to global warming, say UK scientists.
Sydney's burning may increase by a fifth
Friday, 2 June 2006
Climate change could lead to a 20% increase in the area burned by bushfire in Sydney by the middle of this century, Australian research shows.
Tropics expanding since 1979 says study
Friday, 26 May 2006
The tropical regions of the world have been expanding since 1979, say US climatologists, who say it is unclear whether the phenomenon is caused by global warming.
Mountains grow in wind and rain
Monday, 24 April 2006
Mountains eroded by the wind and rain can actually grow larger, according to a Canadian geophysicist.
Antarctica has vast underground rivers
Thursday, 20 April 2006
Scientists have found huge, powerful rivers that may connect sub-glacial lakes deep under the Antarctic ice.
Jesus 'walked on ice', not water
Wednesday, 5 April 2006
The New Testament says that Jesus walked on water, but a US professor says there could be a less miraculous explanation - he walked on a floating piece of ice.
Mangroves no barrier to tsunamis
Tuesday, 4 April 2006
Mangroves and coastal forests offer little or no protection against tsunamis, says new research that debunks earlier findings.
Antarctic ice sheet melting fast
Friday, 3 March 2006
Antarctica's mammoth ice sheet is in "significant decline", scientists say, probably due to climate change.
Third World fit for wind power, says UN
Monday, 5 December 2005
Windmills have far bigger than expected potential for generating electricity in the Third World, according to new wind maps of countries from China to Nicaragua.
This iceberg sings
Friday, 25 November 2005
Scientists monitoring Earth movements in Antarctica believe they have found a singing iceberg.
Coastal erosion may be worse than we think
Friday, 18 November 2005
Coastal planners around the world are underestimating how much beaches could erode when global warming raises sea levels, says an Australian scientist.
Volcanic clay holds secrets of life
Monday, 7 November 2005
The primordial pond scum that gave rise to the chemical ingredients of life may have actually been hot, deep-sea volcanic clay, say US researchers.
Pacific cemetery shows ancestors revered
Monday, 31 October 2005
The first people to settle Polynesia went to surprising lengths to honour their dead, archaeologists show.
