Multiple factors, including climate change, led to collapse and depopulation of ancient Maya A new analysis of complex interactions between humans and the environment preceding the 9th century collapse and abandonment of the Central Maya Lowlands in the Yucatan Peninsula points to a series of events -- some natural, like climate change; some huma
2012-08-21 00:00:00
Drastic desertification Over the past 10,000 years, climate changes in the Dead Sea region have led to surprisingly swift desertification within mere decades. This is what researchers from the University of Bonn and their Israeli colleagues found when analyzing pollen in sedimen
2012-08-21 00:00:00
Teaching a microbe to make fuel A genetically modified organism could turn carbon dioxide or waste products into a gasoline-compatible transportation fuel.
2012-08-20 00:00:00
Experiment would test cloud geoengineering as way to slow warming A University of Washington scientist has proposed an experiment to test cloud brightening, a geoengineering concept that alters clouds in an effort to counter global warming. His proposed experiment is part of a larger paper detailing the latest thinking
2012-08-20 00:00:00
Nobel prize-winning scientist cites evidence of link between extreme weather, global warming New scientific analysis strengthens the view that record-breaking summer heat, crop-withering drought and other extreme weather events in recent years do, indeed, result from human activity and global warming, Nobel Laureate Mario J. Molina, Ph.D., said h
2012-08-20 00:00:00
Marine species at risk unless drastic protection policies put in place Many marine species will be harmed or won't survive if the levels of carbon dioxide continue to increase. Current protection policies and management practices are unlikely to be enough to save them. Unconventional, non-passive methods to conserve marine e
2012-08-20 00:00:00
Speeding the search for better carbon capture Berkeley Lab researchers helped develop the first computational model to accurately predict the interactions between flue gases and a special variety of the carbon dioxide-capturing molecular systems known as metal-organic frameworks. This new model shoul
2012-08-20 00:00:00
Studies shed light on why species stay or go in response to climate change Two new studies by UC Berkeley scientists provide a clearer picture of why some species move -- and where they go -- in response to climate change. One found a dramatic decline in populations of a mountain ground squirrel, except where humans lived. Anoth
2012-08-17 00:00:00
Some like it hot: Tropical species 'not as vulnerable' to climate change extinction In the face of a changing climate many species must adapt or perish. Ecologists studying evolutionary responses to climate change forecast that cold-blooded tropical species are not as vulnerable to extinction as previously thought. The study, published i
2012-08-16 00:00:00
Report card shows Australia's oceans are changing The 2012 Marine Climate Change in Australia Report Card shows climate change is having significant impacts on Australia's marine ecosystems.
2012-08-16 00:00:00
Liberal Democrats say no to new runways at London airports The strategy, which will be put to members at the party’s Autumn Conference in a policy motion, reinforces the Liberal Democrats’ opposition to new runways at London’s airports. Key proposals include:<br />
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<li>Pushing fo
2012-08-15 14:41:00
Impulsive micromanagers help plants to adapt, survive Soil microbes are impulsive. So much so that they help plants face the challenges of a rapidly changing climate. Jen Lau and Jay Lennon, Michigan State University biologists studied how plants and microbes work together to help plants survive the effects
2012-08-14 00:00:00
Wind farms: A danger to ultra-light aircraft? Airfields for ultra-light aircraft are typically constructed on level ground -- and so are wind farms. However, do wind power plants generate turbulence that could endanger lightweight planes? A simulation can compute how these power plants influence airc
2012-08-13 00:00:00
Stepping stones to the north A new study led by scientists at the University of York has shown how birds, butterflies, other insects and spiders have colonized nature reserves and areas protected for wildlife, as they move north in response to climate change and other environmental c
2012-08-13 00:00:00
Climate may boost frog disease More changeable temperatures, a consequence of global warming, may be helping to abet the impact of a lethal fungal disease.
2012-08-12 17:04:27
Migrating geese avoid wind farms Pink-footed geese appear to be avoiding new offshore wind farms when returning to the UK, viewing the structures as a threat, a study suggests.
2012-08-10 14:58:56
A new global warming culprit: Dam drawdowns Washington State University researchers have documented an underappreciated suite of players in global warming: dams, the water reservoirs behind them, and surges of greenhouse gases as water levels go up and down.In separate studies, researchers saw meth
2012-08-08 00:00:00
CU-Boulder-led team discovers new atmospheric compound tied to climate change, human health An international research team led by the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Helsinki has discovered a surprising new chemical compound in Earth's atmosphere that reacts with sulfur dioxide to form sulfuric acid, which is known to have s
2012-08-08 00:00:00
Hibernation altered by climate change takes a toll on Rocky Mountain animal species A University of Alberta-led international research team examined data on a population of Columbian ground squirrels and found a trend of late spring snow falls has delayed the animals' emergence from hibernation by 10 days over the last 20 years.
2012-08-08 00:00:00
Neolithic tools provide clues for managing climate change Coping with climate change presents a number of challenges, but we may be able to get some hints from our ancestors. A study of tools from an archaeological site outside Jerusalem provides new information about land use patterns at the times of extreme cl
2012-08-08 00:00:00
US criticised on 2C 'flexibility' The EU and small island states have criticised the US for saying the target of keeping global warming below 2C should be removed from climate talks.
2012-08-07 09:31:15
'Trump turbines' could get bigger The consortium behind plans for an 11 turbine wind farm off Donald Trump's Aberdeenshire golf course says it wants to make them even bigger.
2012-08-07 00:06:21
Diseased trees new source of climate gas Diseased trees in forests may be a significant new source of methane that causes climate change, according to researchers at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies in Geophysical Research Letters.
2012-08-07 00:00:00
California's hydroelectricity production is vulnerable to climate change California's hydropower is vulnerable to climate change, a UC Riverside scientist has advised policymakers in the report "Our Changing Climate," released last week by the California Natural Resources Agency and the California Energy Commission.
2012-08-07 00:00:00
Research links extreme summer heat events to global warming A new statistical analysis by NASA scientists has found that Earth's land areas have become much more likely to experience an extreme summer heat wave than they were in the middle of the 20th century. The research was published today in the journal Procee
2012-08-06 00:00:00
Crazy Weather: 'Virtually No Other Explanation Than Climate Change' <div class='node-body'><p>A statistical climate change analysis led by NASA's James Hansen, which will be presented in a report released Monday on the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that recent extreme
2012-08-05 14:40:41
Mapping the future of climate change in Africa The African continent is especially vulnerable to the impact of climate change because it relies on rain-fed agriculture and many of its countries have a low adaptive capacity. The Climate Change and African Political Stability Program (CCAPS) has created
2012-08-02 00:00:00
Notre Dame research into oaks helps us understand climate change Jeanne Romero-Severson, associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame, and her collaborators, are tracking the evolution of the live oaks of eastern North America, seeking to understand how the trees adapted to climate change
2012-08-02 00:00:00
Stanford expert brings climate change science to heated Capitol Hill Now's the time to prepare for the heat waves, heavy rains and droughts that climate change will bring, Stanford's Chris Field, a noted climate researcher, told a US Senate hearing on climate change Wednesday.
2012-08-02 00:00:00
Scientists Tell Senate Panel: Climate Change Is Here and Disaster Costs Will Be Huge <div class='node-body'><p>Climate scientists who appeared Wednesday morning before a Senate committee hearing on climate change and extreme weather impacts had stark warnings for the lawmakers: climate change is here, climate change
2012-08-01 18:05:01
Mangrove CO2 storage 'economic' Protecting mangroves to lock carbon away in trees may be an economic way to curb climate change, research suggests.
2012-08-01 14:45:31
Tropical climate in the Antarctic Knowledge of past episodes of global warmth can be used to better understand the relationship between climate change, variations in atmospheric carbon dioxide and the reaction of Earth's biosphere. An international team led by scientists from Frankfurt, G
2012-08-01 00:00:00
Earth absorbing more carbon, even as CO2 emissions rise, says CU-Boulder-led study Despite sharp increases in carbon dioxide emissions by humans in recent decades that are warming the planet, Earth's vegetation and oceans continue to soak up about half of them, according to a surprising new study led by the University of Colorado Boulde
2012-08-01 00:00:00
'When It Rains, It Pours': Global Warming Brings Increased, Heavier Storms <div class='node-body'><p>The impacts of human-caused global warming are being felt across the U.S. as increased and heavier storms -- predicted by climate scientists -- are confirmed in a report released Tuesday.</p></div&g
2012-07-31 15:14:21
AGU journal highlights -- 31 July 2012 Featured in this release are research papers on the following topics: 'The random walk of pollutants through river catchments,' 'Atmospheric CO2 drove climate change during longest interglacial,' 'Shear layers in solar winds affect Earth's magnetosphere,'
2012-07-31 00:00:00
Low-cost carbon capture gets X-rayed Diamond Light Source is being used to improve low cost methods for carbon capture. Scientists from the University of Leeds are using the UK's national synchrotron to investigate the efficiency of calcium oxide based materials as carbon dioxide sorbents. T
2012-07-31 00:00:00
EARTH: Trash-to-treasure One man's trash is quickly becoming society's new treasure. In the August issue of EARTH Magazine, we explore how materials that were once considered garbage are now being recognized for their true potential as valuable energy resources capable of solving
2012-07-31 00:00:00
Tiny airborne pollutants lead double life: UBC, Harvard research University of British Columbia and Harvard researchers provide visual evidence that atmospheric particles separate into distinct chemical compositions during their life cycle. Observations could have important implications for modeling global climate chan
2012-07-30 00:00:00
Climate Study Forces Koch-Funded Skeptic to Admit Humans Driving Warming <div class='node-body'><p>Climate change skeptic and physicist Richard Muller co-founded the <a href="http://berkeleyearth.org/" target="_blank">Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature</a> project three yea
2012-07-29 17:19:02
Researchers analyze melting glaciers and water resources in Central Asia As part of the ACQWA European project, coordinated by the Institute of Environmental Sciences at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), researchers from UNIGE collaborated with scientists from the German-speaking part of Switzerland, Germany, and Russia to hig
2012-07-29 00:00:00
Chronic 2000-04 drought, worst in 800 years, may be the 'new normal' The chronic drought that hit western North America from 2000 to 2004 left dying forests and depleted river basins in its wake and was the strongest in 800 years, scientists have concluded, but they say those conditions will become the "new normal&quo
2012-07-29 00:00:00
Survey: "Climate Skeptics" More Likely to Embrace "Free Market" Ideology, Conspi <div class='node-body'><p>A new survey of so-called "climate skeptics" -- those who reject the global scientific community's broad consensus that global warming and climate change are being driven by modern
2012-07-27 12:29:47
US Infrastructure in Disarray Due to Extreme Weather, Climate Change <div class='node-body'><p>A higher frequency of extreme and unusual weather events is taking a toll on US infrastructure at an alarming rate, according to an <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/26/us/rise-in-weather-extre
2012-07-26 16:31:43
Climate concerns As reported in a paper published in the July 27 issue of Science, a team of researchers led by James G. Anderson, the Philip S. Weld Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, are warning that a newly-discovered connection between climate change and depletion of
2012-07-26 00:00:00
Climate change could open trade opportunities for some vulnerable nations Unlike many developing nations, Tanzania has the potential to benefit from climate change, according to researchers from Stanford University, the World Bank, and Purdue University. In the future, the African country may be able to both increase maize expo
2012-07-26 00:00:00
MPs urge tougher emissions target MPs push for tougher EU action on climate change, but come under fire on whether a new UN deal is legally binding or voluntary.
2012-07-25 00:40:54
Public strongly supports programs helping farmers adapt to climate change A survey conducted by Michigan State University reveals strong public support for government programs to assist farmers to adapt to climate change. According to NASA research, global temperatures have been rising for decades, and it's affecting all aspect
2012-07-25 00:00:00
Local weather patterns affect beliefs about global warming, NYU and Temple researchers find Local weather patterns temporarily influence people's beliefs about evidence for global warming, according to research by political scientists at New York University and Temple University. Their study found that those living in places experiencing warmer-
2012-07-25 00:00:00
Mediterranean earthworm species found thriving in Ireland as global temperatures rise Scientists have discovered a thriving population of Mediterranean earthworms in an urban farm in Dublin, Ireland.The findings by University College Dublin scientists published in the journal Biology Letters on July 25, 2012 suggest that rising soil temper
2012-07-25 00:00:00
Tropical plankton invade Arctic waters For the first time, scientists have identified tropical and subtropical species of marine protozoa living in the Arctic Ocean. Apparently, they traveled thousands of miles on Atlantic currents and ended up above Norway with an unusual -- but naturally cyc
2012-07-24 00:00:00
Pulling CO2 from air vital, say researchers Emerging techniques to pull carbon dioxide from the air and store it away to stabilize the climate may become increasingly important as the planet tips into a state of potentially dangerous warming, researchers from Columbia University's Earth Institute
2012-07-24 00:00:00
Reducing traffic at 2008 Olympics yielded large cut in CO2 China's efforts to reduce pollution for the Beijing Olympics has enabled scientists to quantify traffic impacts on carbon dioxide emissions. New research led by NCAR shows Beijing's lighter traffic achieved a percentage of the emissions cut that would be
2012-07-24 00:00:00
Rise in temperatures and CO2 follow each other closely in climate change The greatest climate change the world has seen in the last 100,000 years was the transition from the ice age to the warm interglacial period. New research from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen indicates that, contrary to previous o
2012-07-23 00:00:00
Climate change and deforestation: When the past influences the present A recent study, by an international research group led by Lounes Chickhi, group leader at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, and CNRS researcher in Toulouse, France, questions the prevailing account that degradation of tropical ecosystems is essentially
2012-07-23 00:00:00
Polar bear evolution tracked climate change, new DNA study suggests A whole-genome analysis suggests that polar bear numbers waxed and waned with climate change, and that the animals may have interbred with brown bears since becoming a distinct species millions of years ago.
2012-07-23 00:00:00
Study shows economic feasibility for capturing carbon dioxide directly from the air With a series of papers published in chemistry and chemical engineering journals, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have advanced the case for extracting carbon dioxide directly from the air using newly-developed adsorbent materials.
2012-07-23 00:00:00
Global CO2 emissions continue to increase Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) -- the main cause of global warming -- increased by 3 percent last year, reaching an all-time high of 34 billion tons in 2011. In China, the world's most populous country, average emissions of CO2 increased by 9 pe
2012-07-19 00:00:00
Scientists connect seawater chemistry with climate change and evolution Humans get most of the blame for climate change with little attention paid to the contribution of other natural forces. Now, scientists from the University of Toronto and the University of California Santa Cruz are shedding light on one potential cause of
2012-07-19 00:00:00
Climate ocean tech fix 'can work' Fertilising the oceans with iron to combat climate change can lock carbon away for centuries, research indicates - though it is a long way from prime-time use.
2012-07-18 17:21:43
Developing policy on moving threatened species called 'a grand challenge for conservation' An expert group of researchers publishes its consensus on the multiple factors that should be considered when managed relocation of a threatened species or other biological grouping is being considered as a response to climate change. Developing a functio
2012-07-18 00:00:00
Environmental concerns increasing infectious disease in amphibians, other animals Climate change, habitat destruction, pollution and invasive species are all involved in the global crisis of amphibian declines and extinctions, researchers suggest in a new analysis, but increasingly these forces are causing actual mortality in the form
2012-07-18 00:00:00
Geoengineers to Start Volcano-Inspired Experiment in Risky Climate Manipulation <div class='node-body'><p>Two investigators are continuing down the risky path of geoengineering by readying a field experiment involving spraying chemicals into the atmosphere that would theoretically bounce sunlight back into the a
2012-07-17 18:46:28
Cold blamed for climate bid miss The Scottish government blames one of the coldest winters in almost a century for its failure to meet its own climate change targets in 2010.
2012-07-17 14:42:47
Global warming harms lakes Global warming also affects lakes. Based on the example of Lake Zurich, researchers from the University of Zurich demonstrate that there is insufficient water turnover in the lake during the winter and harmful Burgundy blood algae are increasingly thrivin
2012-07-16 00:00:00
Caution needed with new greenhouse gas emission standards Researchers developed a new model called GHOST (GreenHouse gas emissions of current Oil Sands Technologies), which accounted for the 'upstream' GHG emissions combined with information in the scientific literature on 'downstream' emissions.
2012-07-13 00:00:00
Nuclear weapons' surprising contribution to climate science Nuclear weapons testing may at first glance appear to have little connection with climate change research. But key Cold War research laboratories and the science used to track radioactivity and model nuclear bomb blasts have today been re-purposed by clim
2012-07-13 00:00:00
Charles Kennedy: EU review a constructive contribution to the European debate <blockquote>“As the Foreign Secretary said, our EU membership is firmly in the national interest. This review will help inform people about our positive agenda for Europe by providing a constructive and serious British-led contribution to the wide
2012-07-12 14:15:00
University of Utah physicists invent 'spintronic' LED University of Utah physicists invented a new "spintronic" organic light-emitting diode or OLED that promises to be brighter, cheaper and more environmentally friendly than the kinds of LEDs now used in television and computer displays, lighting,
2012-07-12 00:00:00
Report: Extreme Weather Tied to Man-Made Climate Change <div class='node-body'><p>For the first time ever, scientists behind one of the world's most comprehensive weather assessments say they can perceive the likely impact of human-influenced climate change on specific extreme wea
2012-07-11 12:18:19
Got milk? Climate change means stressed cows in southern US may have less University of Washington researchers found that the decline in cow milk production due to climate change will vary across the US, since there are significant differences in humidity and how much the temperature swings between night and day across the coun
2012-07-11 00:00:00
Panel attacks flood defence cuts Four times as many homes and firms risk flooding in the next 20 years if the UK does not prepare for climate change, a committee says.
2012-07-10 23:09:47
Martin Horwood: UK must push EU-wide reform, not international blackmail <blockquote>“Liberal Democrats have always been passionate EU reformers and we welcome many of the constructive calls in this report, like increasing MPs’ involvement in EU affairs and more Brits in EU institutions.<br />
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2012-07-10 14:55:00
Climate change may lead to fewer but more violent thunderstorms Scientists are working hard to identify just how climate change will impact weather around the world. Now a Tel Aviv University researcher says that, if temperatures continue to rise, the earth can expect a significant increase in the violence of thunders
2012-07-10 00:00:00
No matter the drilling method, natural gas is a much-needed tool to battle global warming No matter how you drill it, using natural gas as an energy source is a smart move in the battle against global climate change and a good transition step on the road toward low-carbon energy from wind, solar and nuclear power. That is the conclusion of a n
2012-07-10 00:00:00
Rate of Climate Change's 'Evil Twin' Has Scientists Worried <div class='node-body'><p>Climate change's "<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/18/acid-oceans-the-evil-twin_n_396846.html">evil twin</a>" -- ocean acidification -- has been
2012-07-09 15:08:06
'Staggering': 4,500 Heat Records and Counting <div class='node-body'><p>A heatwave that began weeks ago in the western Rockies before spreading to the midwest with sweltering temperatures and monstrous thunderstorms, has continued eastward leaving records highs, loss of life, an
2012-07-07 15:05:35
Tax Billionaires, Carbon to Improve Prosperity, says UN <div class='node-body'><p>Taxing the world's wealthiest individuals and placing a global tax on carbon emissions are just a couple of the ways that the world can achieve economic stability, adapt to out of control climate cha
2012-07-06 15:44:37
Two offshore wind farms approved Two large wind farms off the coast of Norfolk are approved by the government, but a third development is refused.
2012-07-06 15:02:22
Europe launches weather satellite The latest spacecraft in Europe's long-running Meteosat series goes into orbit to provide continuity of data for forecasters.
2012-07-06 01:43:05
Images in an instant: Suomi NPP begins direct broadcast Real-time data that will be used in everything from weather forecasts to disaster response is now being beamed down to Earth from a cone-shaped appendage aboard the nation's newest Earth-observing satellite.
2012-07-06 00:00:00
Arctic warming linked to combination of reduced sea ice and global atmospheric warming The combination of melting sea ice and global atmospheric warming are contributing to the high rate of warming in the Arctic, where temperatures are increasing up to four times faster than the global average, a new University of Melbourne study has shown.
2012-07-06 00:00:00
Atmospheric scientists release first 'bottom-up' estimates of China's CO2 emissions Atmospheric scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Nanjing University have produced the first "bottom-up" estimates of China's carbon dioxide emissions, for 2005 to 2009, and the first statistically rigorous est
2012-07-06 00:00:00
Climate change suspended reef growth for 2 millennia According to a paper published this week in Science, natural climatic shifts stopped reef growth in the eastern Pacific for 2,500 years.
2012-07-05 00:00:00
Climate 'causes leaves to narrow' Leaves are getting narrower on some plant species as a result of changes to the climate, a study - described as the first of its kind - suggests.
2012-07-04 05:46:24
As Drought Hits Key Crops, Fears of Food Crisis Loom <div class='node-body'><p>Fears of a continued heatwave and drought across the US midwest -- which many scientists credit to climate change associated with global warming -- are leading analysts to predict lower yields of corn, soybe
2012-07-03 15:45:35
Global warming favors proliferation of toxic cyanobacteria Cyanobacteria populations, primitive aquatic microorganisms, are frequently encountered in water bodies, especially in summer. Their numbers have increased in recent decades and scientists suspect that global warming may be behind the phenomenon, and are
2012-07-03 00:00:00
What's cooking? The UK's potential food crisis UK consumers could face dramatically reduced food choices in the future unless much more is done to cut greenhouse gas emissions, a hard-hitting University of Manchester report warns.
2012-07-03 00:00:00
Shrinking leaves point to climate change University of Adelaide researchers have discovered that recent climate change is causing leaves of some Australian plants to narrow in size.
2012-07-03 00:00:00
Pre-industrial emissions still causing temperatures to rise A climate model accounting for the carbon dioxide released into our atmosphere before the industrial revolution has been used to show the detrimental effect of carbon emissions on global temperature in the long term.
2012-07-03 00:00:00
Counting carbon: Pre-industrial emissions make a difference When evaluating the historic contributions made by different countries to the greenhouse gasses found in Earth's atmosphere, calculations generally go back no further than the year 1840. New research from Carnegie's Julia Pongratz and Ken Caldeira shows t
2012-07-03 00:00:00
Denmark can triple its biomass production and improve the environment The industry is interested in establishing a biorefinery sector in Denmark that can replace oil-based products with bio-friendly materials, chemicals, energy and fuel. But this requires a larger biomass production than we are currently achieving. Scientis
2012-07-02 00:00:00
Exploring one of climate's 'known unknowns' Researchers at the University of Bristol with collaborators from ETH-Zurich have shown that the rate of condensation of water on organic aerosol particles in the atmosphere can be very slow, taking many hours for a particle to change in size. This could
2012-07-02 00:00:00
Fish learn to cope in a high CO2 world Some coral reef fish may be better prepared to cope with rising CO2 in the world's oceans -- thanks to their parents.Researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies today reported in the journal Nature Climate Change, encouraging new fi
2012-07-02 00:00:00
Rising heat at the beach threatens largest sea turtles, climate change models show Climate change could exacerbate existing threats to leatherback sea turtles and nearly wipe out the population in the eastern Pacific in the 21st century. Deaths of turtle eggs and hatchlings in nests buried at hotter, dryer beaches are the leading projec
2012-07-01 00:00:00
Report: Global Beef Demand Leading to Deforestation, Global Warming <div class='node-body'><p>The global beef demand has been leading to further deforestation and is contributing to global warming, according to a <a href="http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/global_warming/Solutions-for-Def
2012-06-29 17:00:58
Exxon CEO: Global Climate Change 'Manageable'; 'Engineering' Can Fix It <div class='node-body'><p>During a talk hosted by the conservative Council on Foreign Relations on Wednesday, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson <a href="http://www.cfr.org/united-states/new-north-american-energy-paradigm-reshaping
2012-06-28 16:14:26
X-ray vision exposes aerosol structures Researchers at the US Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have captured the most detailed images to date of airborne soot particles, a key contributor to global warming and a health hazard.
2012-06-27 00:00:00
Clean Air Win: Court Upholds EPA's Greenhouse Gas Rules <div class='node-body'><p>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit <a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/06/26/us-usa-co2-ruling-idINBRE85P10920120626">ruled</a> on Tuesday to uphold
2012-06-26 22:04:45
New study demonstrates the role of urban greenery in CO2 exchange In what might be the first study to report continuous measurements of net CO2 exchange of urban vegetation and soils over a full year or more, scientists from UC Santa Barbara and the University of Minnesota conclude that not only is vegetation important
2012-06-26 00:00:00
The land more acidic than lemon juice Floods, poisoned rivers, contaminated drinking water and greenhouse gasses - the toxic legacy of the Industrial Revolution.
2012-06-25 23:43:52
Climate Change: Waiting for a Catastrophic Wake-Up Call <div class='node-body'><p>RIO DE JANEIRO - Disasters are the new midwives of history. But in order to play this role, they need to be catastrophic, like the accidents in Chernobyl in 1986 and Fukushima in 2011 that led governments to
2012-06-25 17:00:03
Studies: Rising Oceans to Wreak Havoc this Century <div class='node-body'><p>Rates of sea level rise due to global warming and climate change are increasing three-to-four times faster along highly populated sections of the US northeast Atlantic Coast than they are globally, according
2012-06-25 11:59:52
Tim Farron: Liberal Democrats reach out to Progress It follows moves by the GMB union and others to have the ‘Blairite’ campaigning group kicked out of the Labour Party.<br/>
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2012-06-25 11:13:00
Significant sea-level rise in a 2-degree warming world Even if global warming is limited to two degrees Celsius, global-mean sea level could continue to rise, reaching between 1.5 and four meters above present-day levels by the year 2300, with the best estimate being at 2.7 meters, according to a study just p
2012-06-24 00:00:00
Climate change and the South Asian summer monsoon The vagaries of South Asian summer monsoon rainfall impact the lives of more than one billion people. This review of the most recent research concludes that with continued rise in CO2 the region can expect generally more rainfall due to the expected incre
2012-06-24 00:00:00
VIDEO: S Korea's recycling revolution South Korea is channelling 2% of its GDP into its Green Growth Plan - a vision of a more environmentally friendly economy. Lucy Williamson reports.
2012-06-22 05:50:05
Remote Siberian lake holds clues to Arctic -- and Antarctic -- climate change Intense warm climate intervals -- warmer than scientists thought possible -- have occurred in the Arctic over the past 2.8 million years. That result comes from the first analyses of the longest sediment cores ever retrieved on land. They were obtained fr
2012-06-21 00:00:00
Mercury rising: Greater L.A. to heat up an average 4 to 5 degrees by mid-century A study led by UCLA climate expert Alex Hall shows climate change will cause temperatures in the Los Angeles region to rise an average of 4-5 degrees by midcentury, tripling the number of extremely hot days in downtown L.A., and quadrupling them in the va
2012-06-21 00:00:00
Top predators key to extinctions as planet warms Global warming may cause more extinctions than predicted if scientists fail to account for interactions among species in their models, Yale and UConn researchers argue in Science.
2012-06-21 00:00:00
Rio+20 Kicks Off <div class='node-body'><p>RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – This morning, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) kicked off in Brazil.</p>
<p>From June 20-22, 2012, the conference brings togeth
2012-06-20 18:08:07
Leading the global fight against poverty and climate change <a href="http://bit.ly/KSV1bD">In an article for the Guardian today</a>, Nick Clegg has today set out his three priorities for the summit:<br/>
<blockquote>“First, we want more national governments to broaden the
2012-06-20 16:13:00
Emperor penguins threatened by Antarctic sea ice loss A decline in the population of emperor penguins appears likely this century as climate change reduces Antarctic sea ice, according to a detailed projection published this week. The study concludes that the number of breeding pairs in a much-observed pengu
2012-06-20 00:00:00
Research shows the response of the carbon cycle to climate change In the largest ever analysis of rates of respiration, scientists have found aquatic ecosystems have the potential to release more CO2 to the atmosphere in a warmer climate than land ecosystems.
2012-06-20 00:00:00
Food security and climate change On a planet with sufficient food for all, today almost half a billion women and children under 5 in the developing world are undernourished -- a consequence of persistently limited nutritious food intake.
2012-06-20 00:00:00
Soil moisture climate data record observed from space Soil moisture is a crucial parameter to understand climate change. Measuring soil moisture world wide has always been a difficult task. Using data from different satellites and complicated mathematical methods, a team of researchers from the European spac
2012-06-19 00:00:00
Eat less meat and farm efficiently to tackle climate change We need to eat less meat and recycle our waste to re-balance the global carbon cycle and reduce our risk of dangerous levels of climate change. New research from the University of Exeter, UK, shows that if today's meat-eating habits continue, the predicte
2012-06-19 00:00:00
Sustainable denim manufacturing process creates 'green' jeans An emerging green chemistry process can produce a pair of denim jeans using up to 92 percent less water and up to 30 percent less energy than conventional denim manufacturing methods, scientists reported today at the 16th annual Green Chemistry & Engi
2012-06-19 00:00:00
Toward a more economical process for making biodiesel fuel from algae A new process to transform algae directly into biodiesel and other renewable fuels uses carbon dioxide in place of toxic solvents. Early work on the new method, which could raise algae's profile as a source of green biofuels, was described at the 16th ann
2012-06-19 00:00:00
Landsat sets the standard for maps of world's forests Countries like Brazil are using data from NASA satellites to track and measure their forests in advance of a United Nations effort to reduce climate change by providing "carbon credits" for protected land.The concept is known as REDD+, which sta
2012-06-18 00:00:00
Prince in climate change warning The Prince of Wales warns of the "catastrophic" consequences of inaction on issues such as climate change, at a UN sustainability conference in Brazil.
2012-06-17 21:01:11
Ancient global warming allowed greening of Antarctica Ancient Antarctica was warmer and wetter than previously suspected, enough to support vegetation along its edges, according to a new study.
2012-06-17 00:00:00
Suzuki: 'Absurd' to Let Corporations Profit in Name of 'Saving Planet' <div class='node-body'><p>GUELPH, Ontario — Allowing economic forces to be a role player in saving the environment is “absurd,” says Canada’s most prominent environmentalist.</p>
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2012-06-15 15:57:59
Activists Aren’t Mourning Obama’s Absence at Rio Summit <div class='node-body'><p>RIO DE JANEIRO - When a reluctant George H.W. Bush, Sr., then U.S. president, changed his mind and decided at the eleventh hour to address the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, he sounded defensive in his strong res
2012-06-15 11:52:13
Predators have outsized influence over habitats Grasshopper's change in diet to high-energy carbohydrates while being hunted by spiders may affect the way soil releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to research results published this week in the journal Science.
2012-06-15 00:00:00
Studying soil to predict the future of earth's atmosphere A new study by researchers at BYU, Duke and the USDA finds that soil plays an important role in controlling the planet's atmospheric future. What they found, published in the current issue of Nature Climate Change, is that the interaction between plants a
2012-06-15 00:00:00
Fiona Hall: EU energy efficiency deal a welcome breakthrough The proposed Directive intends to step up efforts to use energy more efficiently at all stages of the energy chain; from the source all the way to final consumption. This includes a target of a 20 percent cut of energy use through savings against predicte
2012-06-14 13:16:00
Study finds predators have outsized influence over habitats A grasshopper's change in diet to high-energy carbohydrates while being hunted by spiders may affect the way soil releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to Yale and Hebrew University researchers in Science.
2012-06-14 00:00:00
Warm climate -- cold Arctic? The Eemian interglacial period that began some 125,000 years ago is often used as a model for contemporary climate change. In the international journal Geophysical Research Letters, scientists from Mainz, Kiel and Potsdam, Germany, now present evidence th
2012-06-14 00:00:00
Minister rejects wind farm plans The Scottish government reject plans for an onshore wind farm for the first time in four years.
2012-06-13 15:39:53
Global climate change: Underestimated impact of sea-level rise on habitat loss? Global climate change is expected to cause sea-level rise of approximately 1-2 meters within this century. Researchers from the Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology of the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna and colleagues from Aarhus University, De
2012-06-13 00:00:00
Woolly mammoth extinction has lessons for modern climate change In a paper published June 12 in the journal Nature Communications, UCLA researchers and colleagues reveal that not long after the last ice age, the last woolly mammoths succumbed to a lethal combination of climate warming, encroaching humans and habitat c
2012-06-12 00:00:00
Climate change to alter global fire risk Climate change is widely expected to disrupt future fire patterns around the world, with some regions, such as the western United States, seeing more frequent fires within the next 30 years, according to a new analysis led by UC Berkeley researchers in co
2012-06-12 00:00:00
