Category Archive

U.S. Transport Systems Vulnerable to Climate Change

adamMarch 17, 2008Earth Observation

A new National research Council study shows that every form of transportation in the United States will be adversely affected by climate change.

Kissing the Earth Goodbye in About 7.59 Billion Years

adamMarch 12, 2008Earth Observation, Would You Believe?

Astronomers Klaus-Peter Schroeder of the University of Guanajuato and Robert Connon Smith of the University of Sussex forecast the death of the Earth in their new report to be published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Maya May Have Caused Civilization-Ending Climate Change

adamMarch 10, 2008Climate, Earth Observation

Self-induced drought and climate change may have caused the destruction of the Maya civilization, say scientists working with new satellite technology that monitors Central America’s environment.

Coordinating Satellite Observations during the International Polar Year 2007-2008

EarthzineMarch 9, 2008Articles, Climate, Earth Observation, Feature, In This Issue, Original, Sections

The 2007-2008 International Polar Year (IPY) provides an international framework for improving our understanding of high-latitude climate change and enhancing our skill in predicting world-wide impacts.

What Happens If China's "One Child" ? Is Left Behind?

adamMarch 4, 2008Earth Observation

In the wake of signs that China may relax it’s one-child policy, Robert Engelman examines the politics of population and birth rates.

Lunar eclipse may shed light on climate change

Tim HewisonMarch 4, 2008Climate, Disasters, Earth Observation

The Moon’s brightness during last month’s eclipse shows Earth’s atmosphere contains little volcanic dust, which can affect the climate

Devastation of Trawling Visible from Space

adamFebruary 25, 2008Earth Observation, Ecosystems, Water

The effects of bottom trawling – an intensive method of fishing called “the most destuctive of any actions human conduct in the ocean” by some – destroys entire ecosystems and can be seen from space.

Big Years for the Heliosphere

EarthzineFebruary 25, 2008Articles, Earth Observation, Feature, In This Issue, Original, Sections, Technology

Three interlocking international science years – International Polar Year, International Heliospherical Year, and the Electronic Geophysical Year – are inspiring intense global collaboration and coordinated investment. Earthzine takes a close look at one of its core programs, Heliosphere Impact on Geospace, thatÌÄå_s spinning out a blizzard of new data on Earth’s geomagnetic phenomena.