A newly published study presents the most convincing evidence so far that abrupt climate change was instrumental in the development human evolution. Rapid climate change during the Middle Stone Age, between 80,000 and 40,000 years ago, during the Middle Stone Age, sparked surges in cultural innovation in early modern human populations, according to new research. [...]

A newly published study reveals evidence of a major cosmic event near the end of the Ice Age, detailing how a cosmic impact sparked climate change that caused mass extinctions. Herds of wooly mammoths once shook the earth beneath their feet, sending humans scurrying across the landscape of prehistoric Ohio. But then something much larger [...]

New climate change research from the Berkeley Lab suggests that boreal forests will likely shift north and will relinquish more trapped carbon than most current climate models predict. It’s difficult to imagine how a degree or two of warming will affect a location. Will it rain less? What will happen to the area’s vegetation? New [...]

In a newly published study, scientists examined the relationship between changes in surface temperature and vegetation growth, finding that temperature and vegetation growth at northern latitudes now resemble those found at 4 degrees to 6 degrees of latitude farther south as recently as 1982. Vegetation growth at Earth’s northern latitudes increasingly resembles lusher latitudes to [...]

Researchers at Berkeley Lab have developed an analytical method that combines satellite images, simulation modeling and fieldwork to help detect forest mortality patterns and trends, helping scientists understanding of the role of forests in carbon sequestration and the impact of climate change. The Earth’s forests perform a well-known service to the planet, absorbing a great [...]

A study from scientists at Yale University examined the extent to which 91,000 individuals in 89 countries on five continents detected recent changes in average local temperatures, finding that public opinion of climate change may shift in response to the personal experience of climate change. Human beings around the world are observing and accurately detecting [...]

A new study from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory found that 700,000 square kilometers of forest in southwestern Amazonia is still suffering from a megadrought that began 2005. Pasadena, California – An area of the Amazon rainforest twice the size of California continues to suffer from the effects of a megadrought that began in 2005, finds [...]

A team of researchers examined the relationship between global climate warming and the flowering of spring plants, finding that spring plants may continue to flower earlier and earlier until they reach a point where they miss their primary pollinators. Record warmth in 2010 and 2012 resulted in similarly extraordinary spring flowering in the eastern United [...]

A new comprehensive and quantitative analysis of the role of black carbon, aka soot, in the climate system found that the direct warming effect of black carbon could be about twice that of previous estimates. Soot is the second largest man made contributor to global warming and its influence on climate has been greatly underestimated, [...]

The Australian heat wave is getting so hot that Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology had to add new colors to its weather map. There are parts of Australia that have achieved temperatures above 122ºF (50ºC), temperatures which were off the scale until recently. These new temperature zones will be marked in deep purple and hot pink [...]

Scientists have discovered a pattern of gene activity, which allows some corals to survive in higher temperatures. This suggests a way to predict how different corals will react to warmer waters, which are expected to result from climate change over the coming decades. The scientists published their findings in the journal Proceedings of the National [...]

A new analysis finds that swift action by politicians is the single most important factor in limiting global warming. The costs of delays outweigh any possible benefits of waiting for more scientific research into the mechanisms of climate change. The scientists published their findings in two studies in the journal Nature ¹ ². This contradicts [...]