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Wolverines threatened by climate change, earlier springs
The aggressive wolverine may not be powerful enough to survive climate change in the contiguous United States, new research concludes.
Wolverine habitat in the northwestern United States is likely to warm dramatically if society continues to e…
Wolverine population threatened by climate change
BOULDER–The aggressive wolverine may not be powerful enough to survive climate change in the contiguous United States, new research concludes.
Wolverine habitat in the northwestern United States is likely to warm dramatically if society continues…
Field study of smoggy inversions to end
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 2, 2011 — During the past two months, researchers launched weather balloons, drove instrument-laden cars and flew a glider to study winter inversions that often choke Salt Lake City in smog and trap dirty air in …
Longstanding mystery of Sun’s hot outer atmosphere solved
One of the most enduring mysteries in solar physics is why the Sun’s outer atmosphere, or corona, is millions of degrees hotter than its surface.
Now scientists believe they have discovered a major source of hot gas that replenishes the corona…
Broken glass yields clues to climate change
Clues to future climate may be found in the way an ordinary drinking glass shatters.
Results of a study published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences find that microscopic particles of dust can break apart …
Broken glass yields clues to climate change
BOULDER–Clues to future climate may be found in the way that an ordinary drinking glass shatters.
A study appearing this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that microscopic particles of dust, emitted into the atmo…
