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Cloud cover found significant factor in Greenland Ice Sheet melt
The Greenland Ice Sheet is the second largest ice sheet in the world and it's melting rapidly, likely driving almost a third of global sea level rise.A new study shows clouds are playing a larger role in that process than scientists previously believed."Over the next 80 years, we could be dealing with another foot of sea…
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Plowing prairies for grains
Clearing grasslands to make way for biofuels may seem counterproductive, but University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers show in a study today (April 2, 2015) that crops, including the corn and soy commonly used for biofuels, expanded onto 7 million acres of new land in the U.S. over a recent four-year period, replacing millions of acres of…