Researchers have found evidence that tropical cyclones and hurricanes play an important role in the ocean circulation patterns that transport heat and maintain the climate of North America and Europe. (Purdue University press release)

Monsoons, the life-giving, torrential rains of Asia and Africa, have an ancient, unsuspected connection to previous Ice Age climate cycles, according to scientists. (University of California-Santa Barbara press release)

The signature of climate change over the past 40 years has been identified in temperatures of the Indian Ocean near Australia. (CSIRO-Australia press release)

Much of the nation's Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastlines face substantially higher-than-normal risks for hurricanes in 2007, according to a recent analysis. (University of Central Florida press release)

The frequency of intense hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean appears to be closely connected to long-term trends in the El Niño/Southern Oscillation and the West African monsoon, according to new research. (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution press release)

A team of researchers is engaged in an effort to help cities better prepare and respond to emergency situations, including hurricanes. (Louisiana State University press release)

A new study shows that between 2000 and 2004, worldwide carbon dioxide emissions increased at a rate that is over three times the rate during all of the 1990s. (Carnegie Institution press release)

An international research team has found that the Southern Ocean's ability to absorb carbon dioxide has been reduced by around 35 percent since 1981. (CSIRO-Australia press release)

New tree-ring-based reconstruction documents the year-by-year natural variability of streamflows in the upper Colorado River basin back hundreds of years. (University of Arizona press release)

Forecasters will test a new technique this summer that provides a detailed 3-D view of an approaching hurricane in six-minute intervals that allows them to determine whether the storm is gathering strength as it nears land. (National Center for Atmospheric Research press release)

Research shows that at very high altitudes the accumulation of snow and ice has varied very little since the beginning of the 20th century. (CNRS press release)

A team of researchers has found that halving deforestation rates by mid-century would account for 12 percent of total emissions reductions needed to keep concentrations of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere at safe levels. (Woods Hole Research Center press release)

Changes in urban sprawl and climate that are projected to occur in the New York City metropolitan area by the 2050s could significantly affect air quality and health in the region. (Columbia University press release)

A new study suggests tropical deforestation releases 1.5 billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere each year. (CSIRO-Australia press release)

A study provides evidence that warming-induced changes in ocean circulation at the end of the last Ice Age caused vast quantities of ancient carbon dioxide to belch from the deep sea into the atmosphere. (Columbia University press release)

Researchers will begin direct monitoring of the rumblings of a submarine volcano in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution press release)

Researchers have uncovered a large area of low but increasing gravity over North America – the lingering effect of the last ice age. (University of Toronto press release)

Scientists have discovered how ocean circulation is working in the current that flows around Antarctica by tracing the path of helium from underwater volcanoes. (University of East Anglia press release)

Research shows climate change predictions will become more reliable as scientists better identify the processes responsible for adding and removing carbon from the atmosphere. (Woods Hole Research Center press release)

Scientists have determined that the carbon monoxide hovering over Australia during the wildfire season largely originated from South American wildfires some 13,000 kilometers away. (European Space Agency press release)

Tropical plants may be more adaptable than commonly thought to changing rainfall patterns expected to accompany a warming climate, new research shows. (University of Florida press release)

Coral disease outbreaks hit hardest in the healthiest sections of the Great Barrier Reef, where close living quarters among coral may make it easy for infection to spread, researchers have found. (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill press release)

Climate change is warming Welsh streams and rivers, affecting the number and variety of some of their smallest animals, a major study has found. (Cardiff University press release)

Drought tolerance is a critical determinant of tropical plant distributions, researchers report. (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute press release)

Rice farming in Indonesia is greatly affected by short-term climate variability and could be harmed significantly by long-term climate change, according to a new study. (Stanford University press release)

In the first study ever to evaluate urban sediment after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, scientists are pointing to the need for rapid environmental assessments. (University of Miami press release)

Aided by new observations from a field research campaign, scientists have developed a new computer model to better understand how air-sea interactions directly affect hurricane intensity. (University of Miami press release)