News articles tagged with 'temperature' (Page 67)
The icy climate of Titan mimics our tropics
— 3 Oct 2007 03:35 | AstronomyIf space travellers ever visit Saturn's largest moon, they will find a tropical world where temperatures plunge to minus 274 degrees Fahrenheit, methane rains from the sky and dunes…
A warm South Pole? Yes, but on Neptune!
— 18 Sep 2007 16:05 | AstronomyAn international team of astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope has discovered that the south pole of Neptune is much hotter than the rest of the planet. This is consistent with…
Scientists see first signs of long-term changes in tropical rainfall
— 28 Aug 2007 14:40 | EnvironmentNASA scientists have detected the first signs that tropical rainfall is on the rise, using the longest and most complete data record available. The international scientific community…
All change at the Earths core
— 16 Aug 2007 16:58 | Geology and palaeontologyIt is hard to know what is going on over 3000 km beneath our feet, but until recently scientists were fairly confident that they understood the way the iron atoms in the Earth's core…
Fossilised midges provide clues to future climate change
— 9 Jul 2007 22:15 | Geology and palaeontologyFossilised midges have helped scientists at the University of Liverpool identify two episodes of abrupt climate change that suggest the UK climate is not as stable as previously thought.…
Ancient Greenland was really green
— 6 Jul 2007 03:11 | Geology and palaeontologyAncient Greenland was green. New Danish research has shown that it was covered in conifer forest and, like southern Sweden today, had a relatively mild climate. Eske Willerslev, a professor…
For many insects, winter survival is in the genes
— 31 May 2007 07:18 | BiologyMany insects living in northern climates do not die at the first signs of cold weather. Rather, new research suggests that they use a number of specialised proteins to survive the chilly…
Climate change signal detected in the Indian Ocean
— 30 May 2007 15:24 | EnvironmentThe signature of climate change over the past 40 years has been identified in temperatures of the Indian Ocean near Australia. From ocean measurements and by analysing climate simulations…