Category: Ranga Myneni
Canada’s north greening as world gets warmer
GlobalPost
Ranga Myneni, College of Arts & Sciences
The northern part of the world is going green according to a new study…
Expert quote:
“Higher northern latitudes are getting warmer, arctic sea ice and the duration of snow cover are diminishing, the growing season is getting longer and plants are growing more.”
Some Resilience Seen in Northern and Tropical Flora in a Warming Climate
New York Times
Ranga Myneni, College of Arts & Sciences
Separate comprehensive studies published in the last couple of days in Nature Climate Change and Nature Geoscience find that from the northern tundra to the tropical forests, plant communities are showing substantial capacity to tolerate global warming…
Expert quote:
“Higher northern latitudes are getting warmer, Arctic sea ice and the duration of snow cover are diminishing, the growing season is getting longer and plants are growing more.”
Amplified Greenhouse Effect Shifts North’s Growing Seasons
Science News
Ranga Myneni, College of Arts & Sciences
Vegetation growth at Earth’s northern latitudes increasingly resembles lusher latitudes to the south, according to a NASA-funded study based on a 30-year record of land surface and newly improved satellite data sets…
Expert quote:
“Higher northern latitudes are getting warmer, Arctic sea ice and the duration of snow cover are diminishing, the growing season is getting longer and plants are growing more. In the north’s Arctic and boreal areas, the characteristics of the seasons are changing, leading to great disruptions for plants and related ecosystems.”
Study finds climate change is making Arctic seasons more like south
The Canadian Press
Ranga Myneni, College of Arts & Sciences
Newly published research says climate change has already altered seasons in the Arctic to make them more like southern regions…
Expert quote:
“In any given year, you start with a horizontal line that’s the temperature profile of the equatorial regions. Gradually, you build up a bell shape as you go further north.”
How Fossil Fuels Have Greened the Planet
Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
Ranga Myneni, College of Arts & Sciences
Did you know that the Earth is getting greener, quite literally?…
Europe loses sight of Earth
Nature
Ranga Myneni, College of Arts & Sciences
With hopes fading fast for the crippled Earth-observing satellite Envisat, researchers are warning that delays to its replacements will leave Europe lacking vital monitoring data for years to come…
