Kids Research Express

Global Warming, increase in the average temperature of the atmosphere, oceans, and landmasses of Earth. The planet has warmed (and cooled) m...

Air pollution can expand beyond a regional area to cause global effects. The stratosphere is the layer of the atmosphere between 16 km (10 m...

GOES Weather Satellite Broadcasters use data from meteorological satellites to predict weather and to broadcast storm warnings when necessar...

Scientists use elaborate computer models of temperature, precipitation patterns, and atmosphere circulation to study global warming. Based o...

As the atmosphere warms, the surface layer of the ocean warms as well, expanding in volume and thus raising sea level. Warming will also mel...

A warmed globe will probably produce as much food as before, but not necessarily in the same places. Southern Canada, for example, may benef...

Animals and plants will find it difficult to escape from or adjust to the effects of warming because humans occupy so much land. Under globa...

In a warmer world, scientists predict that more people will get sick or die from heat stress, due less to hotter days than to warmer nights ...

The total consumption of fossil fuels is increasing by about 1 percent per year. No steps currently being taken or under serious discussion...