AFOSR-funded research key to revolutionary 'green' spacecraft propellant In 1998, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research began a search for an environmentally friendly spacecraft propellant to replace hydrazine, which was toxic, corrosive, and highly flammable. Success was found in an ionic liquid monopropellant, to be u
2013-05-07 00:00:00
New mechanism converts natural gas to energy faster, captures CO2 Chemical engineering researchers have identified a new mechanism to convert natural gas into energy up to 70 times faster, while effectively capturing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
2013-05-07 00:00:00
Arctic Ocean 'acidifying rapidly' Carbon dioxide is rapidly altering the chemistry of the Arctic, and the changes will last many thousands of years, a report says.
2013-05-06 06:43:59
No evidence for theory humans wiped out megafauna Most species of gigantic animals that once roamed Australia had disappeared by the time people arrived, a major review of the available evidence has concluded. The research, led by the University of New South Wales, challenges the claim that humans were p
2013-05-06 00:00:00
More hurricanes for Hawaii? Hawaii, fortunately, has been largely free from hurricanes, only two having made landfall in more than 30 years. Now a study headed by a team of scientists at the International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, shows that Hawaii coul
2013-05-05 00:00:00
As climate changes, boreal forests to shift north and relinquish more carbon than expected New Berkeley Lab research maps how Earth's myriad climates -- and the ecosystems that depend on them -- could move from one area to another as global temperatures rise. The approach foresees big changes for one of the planet's great carbon sponges. Boreal
2013-05-05 00:00:00
UN Warns of 'Worrisome' and 'Disturbing' Signs of Climate Change <div class='node-body'><p><span class="image-full" style="width: 540px"><img alt="" border="0" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/2012anomolies_0.jpg" style=&quo
2013-05-02 15:09:46
Wind farm ban plan for scenic areas A revamp of planning rules in Scotland could see wind farms being outlawed in the country's national parks and designated scenic areas.
2013-04-30 14:28:53
Grocery delivery service is greener than driving to the store University of Washington engineers have found that using a grocery delivery service can cut carbon dioxide emissions by at least half when compared with individual household trips to the store. Trucks filled to capacity that deliver to customers clustered
2013-04-29 00:00:00
The politics of climate change US residents who believe in the scientific consensus on global warming are more likely to support government action to curb emissions, regardless of whether they are Republican or Democrat, according to a study led by a Michigan State University sociologi
2013-04-29 00:00:00
Ecology buys time for evolution Songbird populations can handle far more disrupting climate change than expected. Density-dependent processes are buying them time for their battle. But without (slow) evolutionary rescue it will not save them in the end, says an international team of sci
2013-04-25 00:00:00
Advisers warn UK CO2 emissions 'up' The officially appointed Climate Change Committee warns the UK's CO2 emissions are rising, not falling as ministers claim.
2013-04-24 05:38:40
Speeding the search for better methane capture Systematic in silico studies have identified several zeolite compounds that show technological promise for capturing methane, the main component of natural gas, that can serve as an ally or an adversary in combating global climate change.
2013-04-24 00:00:00
Recipe for low-cost, biomass-derived catalyst for hydrogen production Researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory describe details of a low-cost, stable, effective catalyst that could replace costly platinum in the production of hydrogen. The catalyst, made from renewable soybeans and abundant molybdenum metal, produces h
2013-04-24 00:00:00
Insights into deadly coral bleaching could help preserve reefs Coral reefs are stressed because of climate change. Researchers from Northwestern University and The Field Museum of Natural History have discovered corals themselves play a role in their susceptibility to deadly coral bleaching due to the light-scatterin
2013-04-23 00:00:00
65,000 people tell Gove not to cut the climate More than 65,000 people have signed petitions by People & Planet, 38 degrees and Change.org urging the government to keep climate change in the curriculum. Were you one of them?
2013-04-22 11:54:30
Regional insights set latest study of climate history apart Researchers found pronounced regional differences in past temperature changes as they produced the most comprehensive study to date of temperature change of Earth's continents over the past 1,000 to 2,000 years.
2013-04-22 00:00:00
Geochemical method finds links between terrestrial climate and atmospheric carbon dioxide A group of American and British scientists used a new chemical technique to measure the change in terrestrial temperature associated with a major shift in global atmospheric CO2 concentrations nearly 34 million years ago. Their results provide further evi
2013-04-22 00:00:00
Earth's current warmth not seen in the last 1,400 years or more, says study Fueled by industrial greenhouse gas emissions, Earth's climate warmed more between 1971 and 2000 than during any other three-decade interval in the last 1,400 years, according to new regional temperature reconstructions covering all seven continents.
2013-04-21 00:00:00
'Black carbon' flowing from soil to oceans A smaller proportion of black carbon created during combustion will remain in soil than have been estimated before. Contrary to previous understanding, burying black carbon in the ground in order to restrain climate change will not create a permanent carb
2013-04-19 00:00:00
Olympic Coast Sanctuary report is 'first step' in addressing effects of climate change A new report on the potential effects of climate change on NOAA's Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary uses existing observations and science-based expectations to identify how climate change could affect habitats, plants and animals within the sanctua
2013-04-18 00:00:00
Age matters to Antarctic clams A new study of Antarctic clams reveals that age matters when it comes to adapting to the effects of climate change. The research provides new insight and understanding of the likely impact of predicted environmental change on future ocean biodiversity.
2013-04-18 00:00:00
Students name new campaign: Fossil Free We held student democracy events all over the UK in February and March, and today we reveal the details of our new climate change campaign launching this summer.
2013-04-16 20:23:50
Lawrence Livermore scientists discover new materials to capture methane Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and UC Berkeley and have discovered new materials to capture methane, the second highest concentration greenhouse gas emitted into the atmosphere.
2013-04-16 00:00:00
A look at the world explains 90 percent of changes in vegetation In the last thirty years, vegetation has changed significantly the world over. Until recently, the extent to which the climate or humankind was responsible remained unclear. However, geographers from the University of Zurich and colleagues from the Nether
2013-04-16 00:00:00
Study reveals seasonal patterns of tropical rainfall changes from global warming Projections of rainfall changes from global warming have been very uncertain because scientists could not determine how two different mechanisms will impact rainfall. The two mechanisms turn out to complement each other and together shape the spatial dist
2013-04-15 00:00:00
Marine algae show resilience to carbon dioxide emissions A type of marine algae could become bigger as increasing carbon dioxide emissions are absorbed by the oceans, according to research led by scientists based at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton.
2013-04-15 00:00:00
World is Unprepared as Climate Change Starvation 'Disaster' Lies Ahead: Report <div class='node-body'><p>Millions of people will die of starvation across the world as agricultural yields are expected to tank and the price of food is expected to double by 2050 scientists warned in a new report released this week
2013-04-14 16:27:24
Recent climate, glacier changes in Antarctica at the 'upper bound' of normal In recent decades glaciers at the edge of Antarctica have thinned and research has shown the rate of thinning has accelerated and contributed significantly to sea level rise. New ice core research led by the University of Washington indicates that the cha
2013-04-14 00:00:00
No Reprieve From the Heat: China High Temps Tied to Greenhouse Gases <div class='node-body'><p>Greenhouse gases are undeniably making the world's biggest emitter of carbon dioxide, China, a much hotter place to live, according to a new study <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/greenhouse-ga
2013-04-12 19:19:59
CO2 removal can lower costs of climate protection Directly removing CO2 from the air has the potential to alter the costs of climate change mitigation. It could allow prolonging greenhouse-gas emissions from sectors like transport that are difficult, thus expensive, to turn away from using fossil fuels.
2013-04-12 00:00:00
Scientists stress need for national marine biodiversity observation network With ocean life facing unprecedented threat from climate change, overfishing, pollution, invasive species and habitat destruction, a University of Florida researcher is helping coordinate national efforts to monitor marine biodiversity.
2013-04-11 00:00:00
UN: Clean Energy Could Save Millions of Lives <div class='node-body'><p><span class="image-full" style="width: 540px"><img alt="" border="0" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/killerairpollution_0.jpg" style
2013-04-10 15:28:07
New Global Warming Education Plan "Buries" Role of Fossil Fuels, Industrialization <div class='node-body'><p>Following the adoption Tuesday of new science education guidelines, school children in the US will—for the first time—be taught about global warming, an issue which has dramatically alter
2013-04-10 15:20:26
Crash cyclist was polar scientist A cyclist killed in a crash in central London was a talented scientist doing research on global warming, her university says.
2013-04-10 12:40:55
Limiting greenhouse gas emissions from land use in Europe New research presented by IIASA researcher Hannes Bottcher at the EGU General Assembly this week estimates future land use emissions for the European Union, showing that Europe could potentially reduce greenhouse gas emissions from land use by more than 6
2013-04-10 00:00:00
VIDEO: Atlantic turbulence 'to hit flights' Scientists studying climate change are predicting that flights across the North Atlantic could run into more turbulence in the future.
2013-04-09 11:25:05
Climate Change to Bring 'Superstorm Sandys' to Europe <div class='node-body'><p><span class="image-full" style="width: 540px"><img alt="" border="0" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/sandy_europe.jpg" style="w
2013-04-08 19:48:53
Atlantic turbulence 'to hit flights' Flying across the North Atlantic could get a lot more turbulent in the future if the climate changes as scientists expect, a new study suggests.
2013-04-08 17:29:44
EARTH: Widely used index may have overestimated drought For decades, scientists have used sophisticated instruments and computer models to predict the nature of droughts. With the threat of climate change looming large, the majority of these models have steadily predicted an increasingly frequent and severe gl
2013-04-08 00:00:00
American Chemical Society announces first Presidential Climate Science Challenge Grants The American Chemical Society (ACS) today announced awarding the first grants in a new initiative intended to increase understanding of the science underpinning global climate change among thousands of people around the country. Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, Ph.
2013-04-07 00:00:00
Study: Global Warming to Intensify Already Extreme Rainfalls <div class='node-body'><p>In another grim warning of the inheritance we have left future generations, a new NOAA-led study details how global warming is set to intensify already extreme "precipitation events."</p
2013-04-04 18:07:08
Breakthrough in hydrogen fuel production could revolutionize alternative energy market A team of Virginia Tech researchers has discovered a way to extract large quantities of hydrogen from any plant, a breakthrough that has the potential to bring a low-cost, environmentally friendly fuel source to the world. Virginia Tech Professor Percival
2013-04-04 00:00:00
Amberlyst-15 can act as a catalyst for the acylation of phenols and alcohols Mumbai Researchers offer a novel and highly sustainable method for the acylation of phenols and alcohols. They found that Amberlyst-15 is an active catalyst for the acylation of phenols and alcohols by means of acetic anhydride as an acylating agent at ro
2013-04-04 00:00:00
Water for Profit: Seizing Climate Change as a Chance to Corporatize the Commons <div class='node-body'><p>As the effects of climate change continue to ripple throughout the planet, some groups are acknowledging that the warming planet means big money is to be made on a resource more precious than oil &a
2013-04-03 17:52:36
A giant step toward miniaturization Semiconductor nanowires are quasi-one-dimensional nanomaterials that have sparked a surge of interest as one of the most powerful and versatile nanotechnological building blocks with actual or potential impact on nanoelectronics, photonics, electromechani
2013-04-03 00:00:00
Ancient pool of warm water questions current climate models A huge pool of warm water that stretched out from Indonesia over to Africa and South America four million years ago suggests climate models might be too conservative in forecasting tropical changes.
2013-04-03 00:00:00
Climate change winners: Adélie penguin population expands as ice fields recede Adelie penguins may actually benefit from warmer global temperatures, the opposite of other polar species, according to a breakthrough study by an international team led by University of Minnesota Polar Geospatial Center researchers. The study provides ke
2013-04-03 00:00:00
Wake Up!: Campaign Aims to End Evening News' Prime Time 'Climate Silence' <div class='node-body'><p>Major TV stations including ABC, NBC and CBS need to "connect the dots between climate change and extreme weather" and provide far more climate change coverage during their evening newscast
2013-04-02 20:01:47
Hansen retires to push climate fight One of the leading voices on the science of global warming is to retire from Nasa to become more active in the fight against fossil fuels.
2013-04-02 11:39:15
Survey shows many Republicans feel America should take steps to address climate change In a recent survey of Republicans and Republican-leaning Independents conducted by the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University, a majority of respondents (62 percent) said they feel America should take steps to address climate c
2013-04-02 00:00:00
Breeding birds vulnerable to climate change in Arctic Alaska A new report from the Wildlife Conservation Society looked at the vulnerability of 54 breeding bird species to climate change impacts occurring by the year 2050 in Arctic Alaska. The assessment found that two species, the gyrfalcon and common eider are li
2013-04-02 00:00:00
Climate Change Promises "Miserable" Future for Allergy Sufferers <div class='node-body'><p>Scientists are predicting a "miserable" spring for allergy sufferers and place the blame squarely on human-induced global warming and climate change.</p></div><div class=&quo
2013-04-01 18:16:59
Southern California sagebrush better suited to climate change, UCI study finds California sagebrush in the southern part of the state will adjust better to climate change than sagebrush populations in the north, according to UC Irvine researchers in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology affiliated with the Center for
2013-04-01 00:00:00
New models predict drastically greener Arctic in coming decades New research predicts that rising temperatures will lead to a massive "greening," or increase in plant cover, in the Arctic. In a paper published on March 31 in Nature Climate Change, scientists reveal new models projecting that wooded areas in
2013-04-01 00:00:00
Record-breaking 2011 Lake Erie algae bloom may be sign of things to come The largest harmful algae bloom in Lake Erie's recorded history was likely caused by the confluence of changing farming practices and weather conditions that are expected to become more common in the future due to climate change.
2013-04-01 00:00:00
New models predict drastically greener Arctic in coming decades New research predicts that rising temperatures will lead to a massive "greening," or increase in plant cover, in the Arctic. In a paper published on March 31 in Nature Climate Change, scientists reveal new models projecting that wooded areas in
2013-03-31 00:00:00
Deadly Diarrhea Will Increase on Hotter, Drier Planet <div class='node-body'><p>It kills over 1.5 million children every year and is a topic completely shunned by media and politics alike.</p>
<p>Diarrhea is not only deadly but the scope of its devastation is only going to p
2013-03-29 17:04:52
New Research Shows Global Warming Speeding Up <div class='node-body'><p><span class="image-full" style="width: 540px"><img alt="" border="0" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/oceanheat.png" style="widt
2013-03-28 16:39:38
Study: 'Waste heat' may economize CO2 capture In some of the first results from a federally funded initiative to find new ways of capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal-fired power plants, Rice University scientists have found it may be possible to use "waste" heat to remove CO2 instead o
2013-03-28 00:00:00
Light may recast copper as chemical industry 'holy grail' Wouldn't it be convenient if you could reverse the rusting of your car by shining a bright light on it? It turns out that this concept works for undoing oxidation on copper nanoparticles, and it could lead to an environmentally friendly production process
2013-03-28 00:00:00
Curriculum consultation: students respond Right now, the Government is considering dropping climate change from the National Geography Curriculum. Why not get creative with your students to tell Gove not to cut the climate?
2013-03-27 21:22:56
Energy policies 'reduce bill rises' Government policies on energy and climate change are helping to reduce the rise in gas and electricity bills, a Whitehall report says.
2013-03-27 02:46:30
Wine: Global Warming's Latest Casualty <div class='node-body'><p>Move over polar bears. Yet another of mankind's most beloved gifts of nature is now reportedly a casualty of human-caused global warming.</p>
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2013-03-26 17:10:49
UGA discovery may allow scientists to make fuel from CO2 in the atmosphere Excess carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere created by the widespread burning of fossil fuels is the major driving force of global climate change, and researchers the world over are looking for new ways to generate power that leaves a smaller carbon f
2013-03-26 00:00:00
We're teaching Gove on Climate People & Planet is heading up a broad coalition calling on Michael Gove to keep climate change in the curriculum.
2013-03-25 13:55:51
'Senate’s Big Oil Benefactors' Slammed for Keystone XL Vote <div class='node-body'><p><strong>Updated</strong> (6:42 pm):</p>
<p>In a 62-37 vote late Friday, the US Senate passed a non-binding amendment calling for the approval of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline
2013-03-22 19:20:42
Climate Change Now Seen as Security Threat Worldwide <div class='node-body'><p><span class="meta_origin">WASHINGTON </span>- Defence establishments around the world increasingly see climate change as posing potentially serious threats to national and international
2013-03-22 12:35:49
Nick Clegg speech on immigration Today I want to talk about immigration. Not asylum; that’s an important distinction to make – immigration. The debate is opening up, and that’s a good thing. <br/>
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2013-03-22 08:44:00
Megavolcanoes tied to pre-dinosaur mass extinction Scientists examining evidence across the world say they have linked the abrupt disappearance of half of earth's species 200 million years ago to a precisely dated set of gigantic volcanic eruptions. The eruptions may have caused climate changes so sudden
2013-03-21 00:00:00
Utah Has Earth Day Poster Contest to Praise Fossil Fuels <div class='node-body'><p><span class="image-right" style="width: 275px"><img alt="" border="0" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/earthday_fossilfuels_0.jpg" st
2013-03-20 20:59:37
Natural climate swings contribute more to increased monsoon rainfall than global warming Natural swings in the climate have significantly intensified Northern Hemisphere monsoon rainfall, showing that these swings must be taken into account for climate predictions in the coming decades. The findings are published in the March 18 online public
2013-03-20 00:00:00
For polar bears, it's survival of the fattest Climate change is forcing the animals to take to the shore earlier in the summer and delay their departure until later in the fall.
2013-03-20 00:00:00
A milestone for new carbon-dioxide capture/clean coal technology An innovative new process that releases the energy in coal without burning -- while capturing carbon dioxide, the major greenhouse gas -- has passed a milestone on the route to possible commercial use, scientists are reporting. Their study in the ACS jour
2013-03-20 00:00:00
Transportation study reveals potential for deep cuts to petroleum use and carbon emissions The US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory today announced the release of the Transportation Energy Futures study, an assessment of avenues to reach deep cuts in petroleum use and greenhouse gas emis
2013-03-19 00:00:00
For polar bears, it's survival of the fattest One of the most southerly populations of polar bears in the world -- and the best studied -- is struggling to cope with climate-induced changes to sea ice, new research reveals. Based on over 10 years' data the study, published in the British Ecological S
2013-03-19 00:00:00
Keep climate change in the curriculum Right now, the government is considering dropping climate change from the national geography curriculum.
2013-03-18 18:18:36
Petroleum use, greenhouse gas emissions of automobiles could drop 80 percent by 2050 A new National Research Council report finds that by the year 2050, the US may be able to reduce petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent for light-duty vehicles -- cars and small trucks -- via a combination of more efficient vehic
2013-03-18 00:00:00
More hurricane surges in the future How much worse will the frequency of extreme storm surges get as temperatures rise in the future? How many extreme storm surges like that from Hurricane Katrina, which hit the US coast in 2005, will there be as a result of global warming? New research fro
2013-03-18 00:00:00
When it rains these days, does it pour? For his undergraduate thesis project, Thomas Muschninski, a senior at Washington University in St. Louis, working with professor of physics Jonathan Katz published an article in Nature Climate Change showing that the signature of an increase in storminess
2013-03-17 00:00:00
Ocean plankton sponge up nearly twice the carbon currently assumed Models of carbon dioxide in the world's oceans need to be revised, according to new work by UC Irvine and other scientists published online Sunday in Nature Geoscience. Trillions of plankton near the surface of warm waters are far more carbon-rich than ha
2013-03-17 00:00:00
Climate Change Will Force Billions More Into Poverty, Warns UN <div class='node-body'><p>A lack of action against climate change will force up to three billion people into extreme poverty by 2050, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/mar/14/environmental-threats-ext
2013-03-15 17:06:34
Dinosaur-era climate change study suggests reasons for turtle disappearance Dramatic climate change was previously proposed to be responsible for the disappearance of turtles 71-million-years ago, because they were considered to be "climate-sensitive" animals. Results of this research, however, show that the disappearan
2013-03-14 00:00:00
Top Navy Brass on Biggest Threat in Pacific: Climate Change, Not North Korea <div class='node-body'><p>America’s top military officer in charge of monitoring the Pacific region—which currently includes <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/03/07-5">threats of a
2013-03-12 16:46:49
AGU journal highlights - March 12, 2013 Featured in this release are research papers on the following topics: "Canadian Arctic glacier melt accelerating, irreversible," "Eyjafjallajökull's iron-rich ash fertilized North Atlantic Ocean," "A seismometer in orbit arou
2013-03-12 00:00:00
International conference to tackle climate-change threats to agriculture Scientists and policymakers from around the world will gather March 20-22 at the University of California, Davis, to grapple with the threats of climate change for global agriculture and recommend science-based actions to slow its effects while meeting th
2013-03-11 00:00:00
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2013-03-10 11:00:00
Are tropical forests resilient to global warming? Tropical forests are less likely to lose biomass -- plants and plant material -- in response to greenhouse gas emissions over the twenty-first century than may previously have been thought, suggests a study published online this week in Nature Geoscience.
2013-03-10 00:00:00
Amplified greenhouse effect shaping North into South An international team has published a study in the journal Natural Climate Change showing that, as the cover of snow and ice in the northern latitudes has diminished in recent years, the temperature over the northern land mass has increased at different r
2013-03-10 00:00:00
Significant reduction in temperature and vegetation seasonality over northern latitudes An international team of authors from 17 institutions in seven countries, published a study in the journal Nature Climate Change on March 10, 2013. The study shows that, as the cover of snow and ice in the northern latitudes has diminished in recent years
2013-03-10 00:00:00
Earth Hurtling Towards Temperatures Not Seen in 11,000 Years <div class='node-body'><p><span class="image-full" style="width: 540px"><img alt="" border="0" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/dawnofcivilization_0.jpg" style
2013-03-08 14:36:47
Stanford scientists calculate the carbon footprint of grid-scale battery technologies Solar and wind power pose a challenge for the U.S. electrical grid, which lacks the capacity to store surplus clean electricity and deliver it on demand. Researchers are developing grid-scale storage batteries, but the fossil fuel required to build these
2013-03-08 00:00:00
Fun and games 'can save the planet' A project will assess whether playing games can help increase people's interest in environmental issues, such as climate change.
2013-03-07 17:24:55
'Climate-smart strategies' proposed for spectacular US-Canadian landscape A new report from the Wildlife Conservation Society Canada creates a conservation strategy that will promote wildlife resiliency in the Southern Canadian Rockies to the future impacts of climate change and road use. The report's "safe passages an
2013-03-07 00:00:00
Lizards facing mass extinction Globally it has been observed that lizards with viviparous reproduction (retention of embryos within the mother's body) are being threatened by changing weather patterns. A new study suggests that the evolution of this mode of reproduction, which is thoug
2013-03-07 00:00:00
New reports: African governments giving land away quickly, recognizing land rights slowly While African governments are moving gradually towards protecting the land rights of rural people and indigenous communities, they are moving quickly to give away community forests and other lands for development. These conflicting choices are the focus o
2013-03-06 00:00:00
New evidence that comets could have seeded life on Earth UC Berkeley and Univ. of Hawaii scientists have shown that complex molecules can form on icy dust in space, suggesting that comets may have brought these molecules to Earth and seeded the growth of more complex building blocks of life. The team zapped icy
2013-03-05 00:00:00
New method for greenhouse gas predictions Pulp and paper producers are among Canada's most important industries and also one of the largest producers of wastewater. Estimating the greenhouse gas emissions in this wastewater has become a priority for the industry.
2013-03-05 00:00:00
UK 'must adapt' for weather extremes Britain must become more resilient to both drought and flooding as the climate changes, the chairman of the Environment Agency warns.
2013-03-04 01:18:39
Global warming will open unexpected new shipping routes in Arctic, UCLA researchers find Shipping lanes through the Arctic Ocean won't put the Suez and Panama canals out of business anytime soon, but global warming will make these frigid routes much more accessible than ever imagined by melting an unprecedented amount of sea ice during the la
2013-03-04 00:00:00
The New Normal: Australia Had Hottest Summer on Record <div class='node-body'><p>Australia has just experienced its hottest summer since record keeping began in 1910, the country's Bureau of Meteorology announced Thursday, continuing the climate change-induced trend of hotter, re
2013-03-01 20:17:51
New study reveals how sensitive US East Coast regions may be to ocean acidification A continental-scale chemical survey in the waters of the eastern US and Gulf of Mexico is helping researchers determine how distinct bodies of water will resist changes in acidity. The study, which measures varying levels of carbon dioxide and other forms
2013-03-01 00:00:00
Improving climate protection in the agricultural sector Agriculture is responsible for around 10 to 12 percent of all greenhouse gases attributable to human activities. This raises the question of how these emissions could be reduced. A recent study has investigated -- for the first time -- the full range of f
2013-02-28 00:00:00
Walking in the footsteps of 19th and 20th century naturalists Two biologists at Washington University in St. Louis were delighted to discover a meticulous dataset on a plant-pollinator network recorded by Illinois naturalist Charles Robertson between 1884 and 1916. Re-collecting part of Robertson's network, they lea
2013-02-28 00:00:00
A game plan for climate change Researchers have successfully piloted a process that enables natural resource managers to take action to conserve particular wildlife, plants and ecosystems as climate changes.
2013-02-27 00:00:00
Research suggests scientists have overestimated capacity of wind farms to generate power Mesoscale atmospheric modeling looking at the mass effects of kinetic energy absorption by wind turbines suggests that the power capacity of large-scale wind farms may have been significantly overestimated. The effect occurs because each wind turbine crea
2013-02-26 00:00:00
The 'Land of 10,000 Lakes' Is Running Dry <div class='node-body'><p>The entire state has been <a href="http://www.droughtmonitor.unl.edu/DM_state.htm?MN,MW">covered drought for months</a>, and its water supplies are being sucked away.</p>
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2013-02-25 20:30:40
Global surveys show environmental concerns rank low among public concerns A newly released international study reveals that the issue of climate change is not a priority for people in the United States and around the world. The surveys showed that when asked to rank priority worries, people were five times more likely to point
2013-02-25 00:00:00
Macroweather is what you expect While short-term weather is notoriously volatile, climate is thought to represent a kind of average weather pattern over a long period. This dichotomy provides the analytical framework for scientific thinking about atmospheric variability, including clima
2013-02-25 00:00:00
March of the pathogens: Parasite metabolism can foretell disease ranges under climate change Princeton University researchers developed a model that can help determine the future range of nearly any disease-causing parasite under climate change, even if little is known about the organism. Their method calculates how the projected temperature chan
2013-02-25 00:00:00
Weather extremes provoked by trapping of giant waves in the atmosphere The world has suffered from severe regional weather extremes in recent years, such as the heat wave in the United States in 2011. Behind these devastating individual events there is a common physical cause, propose scientists of the Potsdam Institute for
2013-02-25 00:00:00
UN sustainable energy initiative could put world on a path to climate targets The UN's Sustainable Energy for All initiative, if successful, could make a significant contribution to the efforts to limit climate change to target levels, according to a new analysis from IIASA and ETH Zurich.
2013-02-24 00:00:00
Formation of nanoparticles can now be studied molecule-by-molecule Atmospheric aerosol particles affect our climate by slowing down the global warming. After years of studying the international research group led by Academy Professor Markku Kulmala from the University of Helsinki, Department of Physics, Finland has succe
2013-02-22 00:00:00
Geoengineering by coalition Solar geoengineering is a proposed approach to reduce the effects of climate change due to greenhouse gasses by deflecting some of the sun's incoming radiation. This type of proposed solution carries with it a number of uncertainties, however, including g
2013-02-21 00:00:00
Conserving corals by understanding their genes In reef-building corals variations within genes involved in immunity and response to stress correlate to water temperature and clarity, finds a study published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Genetics. This information could be used to conserv
2013-02-21 00:00:00
February highlights from Ecological Society of America publications This release highlights these topics: Weighing the costs and benefits of intensive vegetable production in plastic greenhouses. Ten-year study sets baseline for climate change modeling and park and forestry management in Interior Alaska's Denali National
2013-02-21 00:00:00
Weather warning A new report, co-authored by Michael McElroy, the Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies, and D. James Baker, a former administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, draws a straight line between global climate change, ex
2013-02-20 00:00:00
A self-healing protective coating for concrete Scientists are reporting development of what they describe as the first self-healing protective coating for cracks in concrete, the world's most widely used building material. Their study on the material -- which is inexpensive and environmentally friendl
2013-02-20 00:00:00
Jurassic records warn of risk to marine life from global warming The risk posed by global warming and rising ocean temperatures to the future health of the world's marine ecosystem has been highlighted by scientists studying fossil records.
2013-02-19 00:00:00
Novel trading system could help fund global health A novel global trading system based on the cost effectiveness of health interventions, similar to the market on carbon permits to help control climate change, could provide the extra funding needed to reach the health targets in the Millennium Development
2013-02-19 00:00:00
Nesting site protection 'key to save turtles from climate change' International marine scientists today warned it will be vital to protect key marine turtle nesting grounds and areas that may be suitable for turtle nesting in the future to ensure that the marine reptiles have a better chance of withstanding climate chan
2013-02-18 00:00:00
Solar sponge' soaks up CO₂ emissions CSIRO scientists have created a 'solar sponge' which captures and then releases carbon dioxide using the power of natural sunlight.
2013-02-18 00:00:00
ArcticNet recommends practical solutions to improve standard of living in Canada's north Northern communities are in the midst of a period of intense and rapid change brought on by modernization, industrialization and the realities of climate change. From preserving the means to hunt caribou to protecting stocks of arctic char - balancing dev
2013-02-17 00:00:00
Media advisory: AAAS session addresses city infrastructure design in a changing climate As our climate changes, the way we engineer our cities must, too. That's the message that University of New Hampshire professor Paul Kirshen, an author of a recent report that assessed Boston's vulnerability to coastal flooding, will deliver at the Americ
2013-02-17 00:00:00
Media advisory: AAAS session addresses infrastructure design in a changing climate As our climate changes, the way we engineer our cities must, too. That's the message that University of New Hampshire professor Paul Kirshen, an author of a recent report that assessed Boston's vulnerability to coastal flooding, will deliver at the Americ
2013-02-17 00:00:00
Climate Change Added to US Government “High Risk” List <div class='node-body'><p>WASHINGTON - For the first time, a U.S. government auditor has added climate change to a list of issues that pose the greatest financial risk to the government and country. It is also warning that Washington
2013-02-16 13:28:00
Flow of research on ice sheets helps answer climate questions Just as ice sheets slide slowly and steadily into the ocean, researchers are returning from each trip to the Arctic and Antarctic with more data about climate change, including information that will help improve current models on how climate change will a
2013-02-16 00:00:00
