Scientific Research
Below is a list of headlines representing recent peer-reviewed studies regarding various issues involving climate change, global warming, ocean acidification and etc. The studies were conducted by thousands of scientists located across the world, and published in a wide range of scientific journals. To search this page for a key word, use 'Cntrl-F' command for your browser. © Copyright 2009 - 2015 | C3 Headlines (notes: updated on 6/25/2015; click on '#**' for link to given study's abstract)
Today's Climate Scientists Re-discover A Truth: “Fluctuating climate is a hallmark of Earth” ==> #**
Researchers stunned: Greater ocean acidity levels produce thriving coral reef with better species diversity ==> #**
EU scientists determine N. Greenland warming during Medieval Period was greater than current warming ==> #**
What science says: Sea level rise is not submerging tropical Pacific islands ==> #**
New paper: Those prior expert doomsday forecasts for coral reefs not based on reality ==> #**
Study: Antarctica’s albedo increasing, which is causing cooling from more solar radiation being reflected ==> #**
Per latest research, Pacific Ocean was significantly warmer in past versus modern ocean temperatures ==> #**
A PNAS Study: "natural internally generated changes in atmospheric circulation were the primary cause of coastal Northeast Pacific warming from 1900 to 2012” – not “anthropogenic greenhouse forcing” ==> #**
Researchers identify biases & failures in state-of-the-art climate models ==> #**
Study by 32 scientists: Modern climate extremes have never equaled Europe’s AD 1540 heat wave & drought – it remains unprecedented ==> #**
Using sophisticated methodology, EU researchers measure S. Hemisphere sea level rise at 0.001 inch/year and N. Hemisphere rise at 0.002 inches/year ==> #**
New study: Modern warming in central Asia returns to levels of 1940s, below the Medieval period ==> #**
CO2 & global warming force recovery in Africa’s Sahel region’s rainfall ==> #**
Inconvenient study from 2007 reveals that error bars on ARGO ocean temperature dataset larger than advertised ==> #**
Sea urchin study: They appear to be resilient to future ocean acidification ==> #**
Newest research paper: Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) will very likely suppress global temperatures over next 3 decades ==> #**
Mongolia: "the recent drought events from late 1990 to the present are not unusual in the context of the past several centuries." ==> #**
Study confirms that decreasing quality of temperature datasets result in overestimation of climate warming ==> #**
“Study finds: ‘severe cold snap during the geological age known for its extreme greenhouse climate’” ==> #**
Study by 8 scientists: Coastal ecosystems adapt to CO2 acidification ==> #**
High resolution proxy ties past climate warming cycles to a solar impact connection ==> #**
Scientific proof that coral reefs can recover from sea warming spikes ==> #**
Air quality improved by global warming study discovers ==> #**
African airborne dust in state-of-art climate models:"there is no reason to assume that the projections of dust emission and concentration for the 21st century have any validity" ==> #**
EU scientists: “Warming reduces pathogen pressure on a climate-vulnerable seagrass species” ==> #**
Solar UV activity identified as driver of North Atlantic climate modulations ==> #**
New regional model for African hydroclimate: it fails for these 7 reasons ==> #**
“Elevated Atmospheric CO2 Enhances the Healthiness of Lake Water,” say researchers ==> #* *
Peer-reviewed: Incidence of children respiratory tract infections increases significantly due to temperature cooling ==> #**
Latest research regarding modern warming (from analysis of 8000 years of temperature information) - "strong likelihood that the major portion was due to natural variations" ==> #**
Researchers identify exceptionally large calculation errors of solar radiation at the top of the atmosphere in official climate models ==> #**
Atmospheric physicists research: Global warming won't mean more stormy weather ==> #**
Concluded: Spike in global warming from permafrost/methane feedback pulse found to be highly unlikely ==> #**
Climate Sensitivity: New research shows sensitivity to CO2 levels even lower due to climate impact of aerosols ==> #**
Study determines Sugar Maple trees nonplussed by global warming, predicted northern migration non-existent ==> #**
"CMIP5 [climate] models have typically very poor skill and often perform worse than chance at capturing spatial patterns of SST warming anomalies…”, per research in coral reef areas ==> #**
Climate change, it just happens: "Reconstructing topsy-turvy paleoclimate of western US 21,000 years ago" ==> #**
Tropical freshwater snail can easily tolerate further climate warming, a lot ==> #**
9 UK researchers identify 15+ distinct problems with the latest climate models and tropical cyclones ==> #**
Research: Termites may save the world’s drylands from climate change via natural ecosystem adaption ==> #**
Peer-reviewed science debunks claim that climate change will unleash a global invasion of ants ==> #**
Best climate models possess little skill at simulating sea temperature variability ==> #**
Paper: Prized medicinal Brazilian shrub thrives with elevated atmospheric CO2 conditions ==> #**
New Findings: CMIP5 state-of-art climate models are incapable of correctly dealing with critical atmospheric boundary levels ==> #**
Canadian scientists determine forest budworm outbreaks over last 400+ years happen every 30 years, not due to global warming ==> #**
Latest climate models still cannot simulate vegetation cover ==> #**
Climate models even unable to accurately simulate precipitation in the past, say scientists ==> #**
6 scientists crunch the numbers and discover climate change will significantly reduce mortality from extreme temperatures ==> #**
Submerged volcanoes altering climate but climate models don’t account for, scientist finds ==> #**
Research study: Last 100 years Coimbatore, India has experienced no change in rainfall trends & patterns ==> #**
The AR4 climate models are found unable to accurately simulate precipitation in India ==> #**
Determined: “Cold snaps like the ones that hit the eastern United States in the past winters are not a consequence of climate change” ==> #**
Science Appraisal: Study finds that most climate models predicted Antarctic sea ice coverage would shrink as the world warmed and greenhouse gas levels increased. The opposite happened. ==> #**
New paper finds sea levels were over 1 meter higher than the present some 5000 years ago ==> #**
Scientists: Study “Our results indicate a close link between solar activity and SSTs in the northern North Atlantic during the past 4000 yr…” ==> #**
Duke Univ. Scientists: “…finds that most climate models likely underestimate the degree of decade-to-decade variability…These discrepancies may undermine the models’ reliability for projecting the short-term pace as well as the extent of future warming” ==> #**
Latest Research: Increase in atmospheric CO2 levels has allowed trees across Europe to use available water resources more efficiently ==> #**
Scientists determine that major U.S. western tree species have prospered with higher temperatures and greater CO2 ==> #**
Regional predictions & climate models, per study: "the prediction skill for surface air temperature is low over the majority of the East Asian region" ==> #**
New research from Brazil projects hardy increases in sugarcane yield from higher CO2 and warmer climate ==> #**
Abrupt Climate Change: Study points to natural Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) as culprit ==> #**
PNAS study: Researchers at a loss as to why climate models unable to simulate past temperature changes – it’s a “conundrum” ==> #**
Peer-Reviewed Study: Stratospheric ozone recovery will cancel out the future impacts of greenhouse gases ==> #**
Scientific Confirmation: Global Warming Actually More Moderate Than Worst-Case IPCC Models ==> #**
Research: 8000-Year Climate History of Arctic Greenland – about 7k years ago it was much warmer than current/modern era ==> #**
Identified by scientists: Climate cooling is culprit behind the collapse of early civilization on the Tibetan Plateau ==> #**
New Paper: "sea levels have not risen by the thermal expansion effect or the melting of ice," and that "true measurements conflict with theoretically [and climate model] derived ocean temperatures and sea level changes." ==> #**
Sea Rise Analysis: A four-inch increase in sea levels from New York to Newfoundland occurred in 2009 and 2010 because ocean circulation changed ==> #**
Confirmed: Pacific islands avoid being submerged by rising seas ==> #**
Global warming & Dengue fever: "it is therefore unclear whether dengue risk would increase or decrease in tropical Australia with climate change” study finds ==> #**
Multiple researchers identify lack of proper & needed atmospheric chemical feedbacks in climate models ==> #**
Past climate research: 700 years ago temperatures were 3-4°C higher than today ==> #**
Scripps Institution Study: Identified factors that cause climate models to be wrong about Arctic sea ice “tipping point” ==> #**
Scientists identify how significant urban heat island (UHI) effect changes local climate conditions and temperatures ==> #**
Biased: Artificially inflated mountain temperature trend records discovered – Univ. of Montana study ==> #**
Study of temperature trends: Chinese region is becoming less cold, rather than becoming hotter ==> #**
Natural La Nina-like conditions associated with 2,500-year-long shutdown of Panama area’s coral reef growth ==> #**
The science of lizards: They will be able to cope with predicted warming for S. California ==> #**
Research identifies rapid natural climate change taking place even within a decade, globally ==> #**
11 researchers document the extremely strong storms of Southern Hemisphere (Brazil) during the Little Ice Age ==> #**
New paper: Siberian permafrost has been warming for 7000 years ==> #**
Acidification & warmer temperatures prove to have no detrimental impact on Antarctic marine hard shell species ==> #**
Climate Antiquity: China Evidence Reveals Long History of Climate Change & War ==> #**
Scientists: "systematic uncertainties in SSTs need to be resolved before the fidelity of climate models' tropical temperature trend profiles can be assessed" ==> #**
Study: Lack of knowledge of carbon sequestration risks means more caution would be recommended ==> #**
UK & Australia: Research shows extreme cold much more deadly than extreme hot weather in both countries ==> #**
By 2050, Global Sea Level Increases May Range From 1.8" To 3.2" ==> #**
New Research: the "majority of the CMIP5 [climate] models seriously underestimates the spatio-temporal variability of aerosol species over the Indian subcontinent" ==> #**
China study confirms rapid acceleration of maximum temperatures is false claim ==> #**
Another global ‘warming hiatus’ reason-why study: It’s really small volcanoes eruptions...we think ==> #**
New research shows the oceans have significantly cooled over the past 500million years ==> #**
Study establishes that warming ‘pause’ dominates temperature trends throughout primary global areas of population habitation ==> #**
Study’s Abstract: “Yet the observed global warming is still overestimated not only over the recent 1998–2012 hiatus period but also over former decades, thereby suggesting that the model might be too sensitive to the prescribed radiative forcings.” ==> #**
Science: Inability of CMIP5 [climate] models to simulate recent strengthening of the Walker Circulation ==> #*
Researchers identify multiple problems with ENSO simulations by climate models ==> #**
Study finds long-term cooling of the Arctic over the past 4 million years & acceleration over past 1 million years ==> #**
New evidence of solar cycle impacting climate at high-latitudes of Northern Hemisphere ==> #**
A 4000-year history of climate change Xinjiang, China confirms unprecedented & significant global warming for pre-modern era ==> #**
New paper: Sun is the "climate pacemaker" controlling equatorial & global ocean temperatures ==> #**
Research: Fingerprints of the Sun on Asia-Australia Summer Monsoon Rainfalls during the Little Ice Age ==> #**
Nighttime warming from climate change proves to increase what crop yields, per study ==> #**
4,000-10,000 years ago Arctic glacier was much smaller than the present say scientists ==> #**
Solar amplification mechanism controlling North Atlantic climate explained ==> #**
Climate modeling clouds: new study identifies continuing biases impacting model performance ==> #**
Study supports bipolar, natural seesaw theory of climate change ==> #**
Over 200 peer-reviewed papers demonstrating solar control of climate published since 2010 ==> #**
Indian Ocean Dipole: Best climate models not able to simulate with accuracy study finds ==> #**
Research determines East Antarctica was ~3.5-4°C warmer than the present during the last interglacial ==> #**
Oceans warming only a tiny 0.002°C-0.005°C/year since 2006 new paper reveals ==> #**
Study confirms that during last interglacial there was a 'catastrophic collapse of polar ice sheets & substantial sea level rise' up to 11 meters higher than present ==> #**
Climate science paper finds global warming reduces intense storms & extreme weather ==> #**
Corals have built-in capabilities to tolerate and adapt to warming waters, says science ==> #**
Small eddies in Southern Ocean have caused the ‘pause’ in global warming, scientists speculate ==> #**
Chitons mollusks facing ocean acidification prosper with tested CO2 levels of 2,000ppm ==> #**
Research confirms Brazil’s vegetative productivity increased while global warming/CO2 increased ==> #**
Bias of latest climate models' precludes accurate projection of surface temperature trends and variability ==> #**
New science evidence that frogs will survive and adapt to any future climate warming ==> #**
Documented: Failure of CMIP5 climate models in simulating post-1950 decreasing trend of Indian monsoon ==> #**
31 scientists from 11 countries detail the increased water efficiency of European forest during higher CO2 levels of last century ==> #**
Prognosis for crustaceans: 11 separate studies indicate impact from ocean acidification limited - they can adapt & thrive ==> (multiple studies)
Taiwan's climate temperature history: Matches up well with Europe’s periods of Roman warming, Dark Age cooling, Medieval warming, Little Ice Age cooling & the current modern warming ==> #**
Mediterranean Sea: More scientific evidence regarding resilience of sea coral to warm sea temperatures ==> #**
Marine bacteria & ocean acidification: Research establishes bacteria will be able to easily adapt to higher CO2 levels ==> #**
7 scientists study Tagus salt-marshes & determine not at risk from current climate change ==> #**
Scientists: CMIP5 climate models unable to accurately simulate decadal ocean temperature variability ==> #**
Beech trees of Chile & Italy exhibit improved growth with more CO2, higher temperature climate, study finds ==> #**
Climate & Violence: "the location and timing of violence are influenced less by climate anomalies than by key political, economic and geographic factors," experts determine ==> #**
Study: Growing ocean diatoms from ocean acidification promote transit of CO2 from surface to ocean depths ==> #**
Confirmed: High tide levels have not changed as much as sea levels, need more research say scientists ==> #**
Research on CMIP5 climate models for arid & semi-arid areas: "model simulations of precipitation seem to still have a long way to go" ==> #**
Species extinction risk: EU analysis: Observations "do not confirm the general prediction that increased weather variability imperils biodiversity.” ==> #**
576 years of droughts in Utah: Analysis shows: “droughts were more severe in duration, magnitude, and intensity "prior to the instrumental record” ==> #**
Documented: Warming in Belarus leads to decrease of extreme floods ==> #**
Globally-important phytoplankton species adapts robustly to ocean acidification and warming, scientists discover ==> #**
South China Sea: Modern warming below temps of Roman & Medieval periods ==> #**
Sea surface temperature biases in climate models produce a feedback of biases & inaccuracies ==> #**
Empirical evidence shows that U.S. stream flow not correlated with major climate indices, contrary to climate change predictions ==> #**
17 studies reviewed re: ocean acidification on bivalves – they are not at risk ==> (multiple studies)
Paper finds that climate models unable to accurately simulate the temperatures of the past ==> #**
The important Indian mustard crop will thrive under higher CO2/temperature conditions, per scientific research ==> #**
Greenhouse Gas Research: For millions of years, methane seepage from the Arctic seabed has been occurring ==> #**
Study Highlight: Seasonal drought in the Greater Horn of Africa increases but climate model simulations predicted opposite ==> #**
Established: South China Sea temps hotter during Roman & Medieval Warming eras ==> #**
Scientists on changing variability of tornado occurrence: "how such a change would relate to the increase in global temperature, if it relates at all, is unknown at this time." ==> #**
Peer-reviewed paper from Australian scientists identifies a litany of biases and problems with CMIP5 climate models for tropical Pacific ==> #**
Analysis indicates that the most advanced climate models still can’t account for the all-important cloud feedbacks ==> #**
Research: Link between Cosmic Ray Flux and Global Temperature found ==> #**
EU scientists confirm: West Greenland sea temps were 6°C higher during Medieval period versus today ==> #**
Paraguay researchers: Findings opposite of climate models -"no undeniable increasing trend in drought frequency/severity was detected" ==> #**
Inconvenient Yale Study Results: Global warming skeptics (aka ‘deniers’ in some circles) know more about climate science ==> #**
Paleo-science research: Northwest Florida hurricane surges in modern era not as extreme as those over previous 1000 years ==> #**
Peer-Reviewed Study: Canadian Extreme Warming - It's Not So Much ==> #**
Latest climate models found to both overestimate and underestimate seasonal East African rains ==> #**
Researchers: Climate Models Unable To Simulate Critical ENSO Asymmetry ==> #**
Scientific study confirms overall cooling of Antarctica region ==> #**
17 scientists from 11 countries: They find that an increase of flooding has not taken place; that IPCC climate models' flood predictions are inaccurate ==> #**
International Team of Scientists Determine Seas May Reach A 2.1 Increase by 2050 – a fraction projected by the IPCC ==> #**
Norway’s forest records indicate AD1092 was warmest year and AD1937 second warmest over last 1200 years ==> #**
Malaysian tropical forest research confirms higher CO2 levels increase leaf carbon gain for tree seedlings under canopy ==> #**
Global circulation models shown to be inaccurate regarding northern India’s precipitation climate in the critical ‘wheat bowl’ crop region ==> #**
Korea evidence: heat wave associated with 4.5% increase in hospitalizations versus a 50.5% increase in admissions for cold waves ==> #**
Australia scientists confirm S. Hemisphere sea ice has done opposite of expert predictions – growing, not shrinking ==> #**
CMIP5 vs. CMIP3 Climate Models: Study finds newer models still not accurate for SST of eastern equatorial Pacific ==> #**
Central European forests: Since 1960, warming and increased CO2 have caused accelerated tree growth and health throughout multiple regional forests ==> #**
EU Research: Scientists determine small crustaceans can adapt to ocean acidification within one generation ==> #**
Sunflower crop yield and quality: Study determines both yield & quality improve with elevated atmospheric CO2 ==> #**
Earth’s forests, tropical and boreal, have benefitted immensely from increased CO2 ==> #** (multiple studies)
Storminess In Denmark: Per study, global warming associated with a decrease in storminess ==> #**
Research confirms: Climate models cannot simulate past major climate phases – plagued with multiple over/underestimates of change ==> #**
Research documents the decline in south Pacific & Australia’s regional tropical cyclones ==> #**
Coastal south-east Africa study determines there is declining trend of tropical cyclone frequency ==> #**
Scientists finding that coral reefs resilience and thermal adaption to warming temperatures is robust ==> (multiple studies)
Indian monsoon: Advanced climate models can’t simulate – multiple failures ==> #**
Review of 25 different studies confirms mortality & morbidity reduced during climate warming regime ==> #**
Researchers discover that state-of-the-art climate models cannot replicate critical North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) ==> #**
Study determines from historical evidence that crop yields robustly increase during warm periods and do the opposite under cooling regimes ==> #**
Scientists: Regarding Colorado shrub expansion over last 60 years: "the exponential expansion seen in the aerial photographs represents a gradual recovery of woody vegetation from a history of grazing that is intensified by global change in recent decades" ==> #**
Determined: Per empirical evidence, extreme precipitation events in China not happening as predicted ==> #**
Health study: U.S. population has “become more resilient to heat over time" – global warming spiral of deaths not backed by evidence ==> #**
Extraordinarily huge floods took place between 1600-1800 years ago in China, scientists discover they were twice as large as modern floods ==> #**
International team of researchers confirm a long-term cooling trend over last 1,000 years across northern Europe ==> #**
Satellite measurements vs. climate models: The models are wrong about there being more land under drought conditions – no trend found, per satellites ==> #**
Scientists find that mussels prosper in conditions of warmer waters and ocean acidification ==> #**
Research by 16 scientists: climate models unable to accurately simulate Atlantic tropical cyclones – multiple biases at fault ==> #**
Ocean acidification & coral reefs: Per scientists, "there was no effect of pCO2 on net calcification" ==> #**