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Average annual mean temperatures in the Himalayas increased 1.5 Celsius or 0.06 Celsius per year between 1982 and 2006, which is three times greater than the average global increase for the same time period, according to new research from the University of Massachusetts, Boston and the Bangalore based Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE). The Himalayan

A group of researchers compared results from controlled environmental warming experiments on plants with massive new archive of historical observations and found that the warming experiments are dramatically underestimating how plants respond to climate change. Image courtesy of the National Park Service. The historical records showed that leafing and flowering will advance, on average, five to six days per degree

Climate change is changing the face of the Arctic and Antarctic faster than expected, according to a report just released by the U.S. National Research Council. The report took into account a synthesis of reports from thousands of scientists from 60 countries. The report is the first in over 50 years to offer a benchmark of conditions from the International

I read this op-ed by respected meteorologist Paul Douglas today in the Huffington Post. Douglas, who makes it clear that he is a fiscally conservative, moderate Republican explains that climate change is indeed real, which goes against the beliefs of a clear majority of Republicans. Douglas says that we have good reason to be alarmed. You can read on right

There have been an incredibly high number of weather extremes across the globe over the past decade and scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany have tried to find out whether these events were purely coincidental or a product of climate change. The research team found a pattern from the many single events and concluded that

Climate change may actually lead to slight drop in the number of tornadoes, according to one prominent researcher. Bob Smerbeck, who is a colleague of mine here at AccuWeather.com recently attended a seminar at Penn State University by Dr. Harold Brooks of the National Severe Storms Laboratory. In the seminar, Dr. Brooks addressed his ongoing research that deals with the