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Impact of Sea Ice Loss

By | Published: March 16, 2010
Melting sea ice may sound like a regional or local problem, but NOAA’s new Arctic Future Web site shows that changes in the Arctic can also influence weather in the mid-latitudes, where a large part of the global human population lives. These research efforts are part of the climate services that NOAA provides to businesses, [...]
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Birds: Climate Change Threatens Hundreds of Species

By | Published: March 16, 2010
AUSTIN, TX – Climate change threatens to further imperil hundreds of species of migratory birds, already under stress from habitat loss, invasive species and other environmental threats, a new report released today by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar concludes. The State of the Birds: 2010 Report on Climate Change follows a comprehensive report issue [...]
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Tasmanian Devils

By | Published: March 10, 2010
Australian scientist, Kathy Belov, discovered a genetically distinct colony of Tasmanian devils that may save the species from being extinct from a contagious cancer. “We think these devils may be able to see the cancer cells as foreign and mount an immune response against them,” Ms. Belov said. “We think more animals might survive in [...]
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