Mexico And U.S. Sign Technical Collaboration Agreement On Sustainability And Climate Change Through 2016

Mexico and the United States of America recently signed a Technical Collaboration Agreement on Sustainability and Climate Change

Unlv Researcher Finds Stalagmites May Reveal Clues To Climate Change

Across the sweep of a thousand years, as ancient cities bloomed and died in southern Mexico , the water in Juxtlahuaca Cave went drip, drip, drip. Now a UNLV researcher is using a stalagmite built by those droplets to chart 2,500 years of rainfall and draw

Mexico’s Congress looks to pass climate change law this spring

By Christina McCain Climate change is likely to be high on the agenda of Mexico’s Congress when it returns to session today, and the world will be watching as the 15th largest emitter of global greenhouse gas emissions considers what would be the country’s first comprehensive law to curb climate change. Mexico's lower house of Congress, which returns to session today, is anticipated to consider ...

Blame it on the Rain: Scientists Link Climate Change to Fate of Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UNLV geoscientist Matthew Lachniet and an international team of researchers used stalagmites to unveil a 2,400-year climate history from southwestern Mexico. This discovery, coupled with archaeological evidence, links the rise and...

Patterns in sand dunes explained

In a study of the harsh but beautiful White Sands National Monument in New Mexico, researchers have uncovered a unifying mechanism to explain dune patterns. The new work represents a contribution to basic science, but the findings may also hold implications for identifying when dune landscapes like those in Nebraska's Sand Hills may reach a "tipping point" under climate change, going from ...