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It’s Not Just Summer, World Keeps Warming

Written on June 19, 2012.

Eric Niiler, Discovery News The world’s political and environmental leaders gather in Rio de Janeiro tomorrow to assess the state of the planet’s health 20 years after the first such gathering in 1992. But if science is any guide, Earth still needs some help. Several new climate studies reveal various aspects of the same foreboding problem: the atmosphere continues to warm, glaciers continue melting and seas keep rising. But there is a tiny bit of good news — the United...

When There Really Is Not a Drop to Drink

Written on May 3, 2012.

‘Last Call at the Oasis,’ a Documentary About Water Supplies A. O. Scott, The New York Times Jay Famiglietti, one of a handful of expert witnesses in Jessica Yu’s “Last Call at the Oasis,” is a thoughtful scientist with an engaging manner who specializes in water. In particular, he studies — and tries to raise public awareness about — the rapid depletion of water supplies caused by agricultural overuse, rampant development and global climate change. His analyses are thorough and clear,...

Measuring melting ice sheets

Written on March 26, 2009.

Global climate change – especially as it relates to glacial melting and rising ocean levels – is the subject of much debate and research. Eric Rignot, Earth system science professor, studies ice sheet melting in Antarctica and Greenland. He will talk about his work March 31 as part of the 2008-09 Discover the Physical Sciences Breakfast Lecture Series. Jennifer Fitzenberger, University Communications Global climate change – especially as it relates to glacial melting and rising...

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It’s Not Just Summer, World Keeps Warming

When There Really Is Not a Drop to Drink

Measuring melting ice sheets