Arctic at warmest levels in 2,000 years or more Arctic temperatures in the 1990s reached their warmest level of any decade in at least 2,000 years. New research in the journal Science provides new evidence that the Arctic would be cooling if not for greenhouse gas emissions that are overpowering natura
2009-09-03 00:00:00
India emissions 'triple by 2030' The amount of greenhouse gases India produces will more than triple by 2030 - but per-capita rate will stay low, a report says.
2009-09-02 18:33:39
Kayak protest over climate change Activists sit in kayaks outside the Department of Energy and Climate Change in London on the last day of the week-long Climate Camp.
2009-09-02 12:25:53
Time to tap climate-change-combating potential of the world's ecosystems Investing in restoration and maintenance of the Earth's multi-trillion dollar ecosystems -- from forests and mangroves to wetlands and river basins -- can have a key role in countering climate change and climate-proofing vulnerable economies.This is among
2009-09-02 00:00:00
Dead ahead: Similar early warning signals of change in climate What do abrupt changes in ocean circulation and Earth's climate, shifts in wildlife populations and ecosystems, the global finance market and its system-wide crashes, and asthma attacks and epileptic seizures have in common?According to a paper published
2009-09-02 00:00:00
Engineering Earth 'is feasible' Geo-engineering projects could retard climate change but are no substitute for cutting emissions, a Royal Society report concludes.
2009-09-01 11:32:43
Earth experiment Technical fixes for climate change 'must be tested'
2009-09-01 09:10:31
UN chief in Arctic climate visit UN chief Ban Ki-moon visits the Arctic Circle to draw attention to the need for action at climate change talks in December.
2009-09-01 07:06:36
Geoengineering is no silver bullet The Royal Society today published a report on the feasibility and potential risks of using geoengineering to tackle climate change. Friends of the Earth said it could have a role to play, but we urgently need to cut CO2 emissions in the first place.
2009-09-01 01:01:01
Time to lift the geoengineering taboo Hot on the heels of the Royal Society's Geoengineering the Climate report, September's Physics World contains feature comment from UK experts stressing the need to start taking geoengineering -- deliberate interventions in the climate system to counteract
2009-09-01 00:00:00
September 2009 Geology and GSA Today media highlights GEOLOGY includes studies of the Fraser River delta, British Columbia; the impact of global climate change on microfossil communities; alluvial fans in Taiwan; earthquake ruptures; earthflows along the Eel River; Mediterranean fossil whales; collecting bia
2009-09-01 00:00:00
Changes in California's bird communities due to climate change As much as half of California could be occupied by new bird communities by 2070 according to a new study by PRBO Conservation Science and Stanford University. The publication entitled "Reshuffling of species with climate disruption: A no-analog futu
2009-09-01 00:00:00
Shrinking Bylot Island glaciers tell story of climate change University of Illinois geologist William Shilts spent nearly two decades studying glaciers on Bylot Island, an uninhabited island about 300 miles southwest of Thule, Greenland. He, his students and other geologists who followed in his footsteps have chron
2009-08-31 00:00:00
Suburbanization: The impact on energy use, CO2 emissions A new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council, "Driving and the Built Environment: the Effects of Compact Development on Motorized Travel, Energy Use and CO2 Emissions," examines how suburbanization -- made possible la
2009-08-28 00:00:00
Climate protection 'to cost more' Protecting societies against impacts of climate change will be much more expensive than the UN believes, a study concludes.
2009-08-27 15:11:46
Climate protesters scale building Climate change activists gathered in London scale a building in the City to voice opposition against carbon trading.
2009-08-27 11:12:15
AGU journal highlights -- Aug. 27, 2009 Featured in this release are research papers on the following topics: "Global warming to resume in decade ahead", "Terrain suggests recent ice age in Mars"; "Understanding the human role in global dimming"; "Satellite pr
2009-08-27 00:00:00
Changing climate Protestors hoping to change world - and themselves
2009-08-26 19:46:37
Activists gather at climate camp Protesters head for a site in London where they are to hold a week-long event highlighting issues around climate change.
2009-08-26 15:57:15
Police prepare for green protests Officers promise low-key policing of anti-climate change protests in London but refuse to rule out moving a camp.
2009-08-26 01:49:59
Has northern-hemisphere pollution affected Australian rainfall? Australian scientists using a climate model that includes a treatment of tiny particles -- or aerosols -- report that the build up of these particles in the northern hemisphere affects their simulation of recent climate change in the southern hemisphere,
2009-08-26 00:00:00
International Greenland ice coring effort sets new drilling record in 2009 A new international research effort on the Greenland ice sheet with the University of Colorado at Boulder as the lead US institution set a record for single-season deep ice-core drilling this summer, recovering more than a mile of ice core that is expecte
2009-08-26 00:00:00
Global warming threatens tropical species, the ecosystem and its by-products Tropical lizards detect the effects of global warming in a climate where the smallest change makes a big difference, according to herpetologist Laurie Vitt, curator of reptiles and George Lynn Cross Research Professor at the University of Oklahoma's Sam N
2009-08-25 00:00:00
UCSB scientists propose Antarctic location for 'missing' ice sheet New research by scientists at UC Santa Barbara indicates a possible Antarctic location for ice that seemed to be missing at a key point in climate history 34 million years ago. The research, which has important implications for climate change, is describe
2009-08-25 00:00:00
Africa seeks climate change cash The leaders of 10 African countries meet to decide how to pursue their demand for compensation for global warming.
2009-08-24 10:38:13
Africa leaders hold climate talks The leaders of 10 African countries will meet in Ethiopia to try and agree a common position on climate change.
2009-08-24 04:50:25
US crop yields could wilt in heat Yields of three of the most important crops produced in the United States -- corn, soybeans and cotton -- are predicted to fall off a cliff if temperatures rise due to climate change.
2009-08-24 00:00:00
Seeing the tree from the forest: Predicting the future of plant communities A recent paper presents an algorithm that may be used to predict the future dynamics of plant communities, an increasingly interesting area of study as significant environmental changes, such as global climate change and invasive species, are affecting cu
2009-08-21 00:00:00
Climate change could deepen poverty in developing countries, study finds Urban workers could suffer most from climate change as the cost of food drives them into poverty, according to a new study that quantifies the effects of climate on the world's poor populations. A team led by Purdue University researchers examined the pot
2009-08-20 00:00:00
A safe approach to nanotechnology A nontoxic and environmentally friendly way to make tiny nanorods of zinc oxide has been developed for the first time by researchers in Saudi Arabia. The approach, described in the current issue of the International Journal of Nanoparticles, could allow t
2009-08-19 00:00:00
Those dog days of August: 3 times the heat by 2050? Scientists at Climate Central have analyzed climate change projections made with global climate models. Scientific literature based on these models anticipates much more frequent occurrences of hot days, "heat waves" and extremely warm summer
2009-08-19 00:00:00
Some aspects of birding not always environmentally friendly, professor says University of Illinois English professor and birder Spencer Schaffner suggests in a just-published journal article that the popular environmental sport known as competitive birding -- conducted at Superfund sites, landfills and sewage ponds -- may not be
2009-08-19 00:00:00
Methane seeps from Arctic sea bed Scientists say that the powerful greenhouse gas methane is escaping from the sea bed off Norway as the ice it is trapped in melts.
2009-08-18 12:47:31
The greenhouse gas that saved the world A newly formed Earth was warmed by a weak young sun, a sun too weak to keep water fluid on Earth. Now a professor in atmospheric chemistry explains how a powerful greenhouse gas helped keep young earth warm enough to be a cradle for life.
2009-08-18 00:00:00
They're alive!! Megacities breathe, consume energy, excrete wastes and pollute A scientific trend to view the world's biggest cities as analogous to living, breathing organisms is fostering a deep new understanding of how poor air quality in megacities can harm residents, people living far downwind and also play a major role in glob
2009-08-18 00:00:00
Agricultural methods of early civilizations may have altered global climate, study suggests Massive burning of forests for agriculture thousands of years ago may have increased atmospheric carbon dioxide enough to alter global climate and usher in a warming trend that continues today, according to a new study that appears online Aug. 17 in the j
2009-08-17 00:00:00
Stressed crops emit more methane than thought Scientists at the University of Calgary have found that methane emission by plants could be a bigger problem in global warming than previously thought. Research published in the advanced online journal Physiologia Plantarum
2009-08-17 00:00:00
MIT study: Heavier rainstorms ahead Heavier rainstorms lie in our future. That's the clear conclusion of a new MIT and Caltech study on the impact that global climate change will have on precipitation patterns.
2009-08-17 00:00:00
Changes in net flow of ocean heat correlate with past climate anomalies Physicists at the University of Rochester have combed through data from satellites and ocean buoys and found evidence that in the last 50 years, the net flow of heat into and out of the oceans has changed direction three times. These shifts in the balance
2009-08-14 00:00:00
Warming ocean contributes to global warming The warming of an Arctic current over the last 30 years has triggered the release of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from methane hydrate stored in the sediment beneath the seabed.
2009-08-14 00:00:00
Australia emissions plan rejected Australia's Senate votes down a plan to introduce a carbon trading scheme to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
2009-08-13 02:08:59
Friends of the Earth's new website gives digital facelift to community activism Friends of the Earth launched an innovative flash website for its Get Serious About CO2 campaign today, demanding councils play their part in tackling climate change by reducing local emissions by at least 40 per cent by 2020.
2009-08-13 01:01:01
New study reveals unexpected relationship between climate warming and advancing treelines A new study reveals that treelines are not responding to climate warming as expected. The research, the first global quantitative assessment of the relationship between climate warming and treeline advance, is published in Ecology Letters and tests the pr
2009-08-12 00:00:00
Bonn hosts climate change talks Representatives from some 190 countries meet in Germany in a fresh bid to negotiate a new treaty on climate change.
2009-08-10 11:18:49
Treasure trove Himalayan species under threat from climate change
2009-08-10 09:55:59
Hundreds of new species discovered in eastern Himalayas Over 350 new species including the world's smallest deer, a "flying frog" and a 100-million-year old gecko have been discovered in the Eastern Himalayas, a biological treasure trove now threatened by climate change.A decade of research carried o
2009-08-10 00:00:00
Scottish species reach new heights Climate change is suspected of pushing increasing numbers of wildlife species north and to higher altitudes.
2009-08-09 13:58:26
Climate fixes 'pose drought risk' The use of geo-engineering to slow global warming may increase the risk of drought, according to a paper in Science journal.
2009-08-07 17:03:16
Psychological factors help explain slow reaction to global warming, says APA task force While most Americans think climate change is an important issue, they don't see it as an immediate threat, so getting people to "go green" requires policymakers, scientists and marketers to look at psychological barriers to change and what leads
2009-08-07 00:00:00
Symposium to discuss geoengineering to fight climate change at the ESA Annual Meeting Geoengineering techniques aim to slow global warming through the use of human-made changes to the Earth's land, seas or atmosphere. But new research shows that the use of geoengineering to do environmental good may cause other environmental harm. In a sym
2009-08-06 00:00:00
Climate-caused biodiversity booms and busts in ancient plants and mammals A period of global warming from 53 million to 47 million years ago strongly influenced plants and animals, spurring a biodiversity boom in western North America, researchers from three research museums report in a paper published online this week in the P
2009-08-06 00:00:00
'Green' energy from algae In view of the shortage of petrochemical resources and climate change, development of CO2-neutral sustainable fuels is one of the most urgent challenges of our times. Energy plants like rape or oil palm are being discussed fervently, as they may also be u
2009-08-06 00:00:00
Research breakthrough will lead to more accurate weather forecasts More accurate global weather forecasts and a better understanding of climate change are in prospect thanks to a breakthrough by engineers at Queen's University Belfast's Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology.
2009-08-06 00:00:00
Harrabin's notes Is climate change an energy or "green" issue?
2009-08-05 15:16:39
Climate change poker: The barriers which are preventing a global agreement As the world's environment ministers, government officials, diplomats and campaigners prepare to attend the COP15 conference in Copenhagen in December 2009 to unite in the battle against climate change in one of the most complicated political deals the wo
2009-08-05 00:00:00
Earth's biogeochemical cycles, once in concert, falling out of sync What do the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone," global climate change and acid rain have in common? They're all a result of human impacts to Earth's biology, chemistry and geology, and the natural cycles that involve all three.
2009-08-04 00:00:00
Sick fish may get sicker Entire populations of North American fish already are being affected by several emerging diseases, a problem that threatens to increase in the future with climate change and other stresses on aquatic ecosystems, according to a noted US Geological Survey
2009-08-03 00:00:00
Daily temperature shifts may alter malaria patterns Daytime temperature fluctuations greatly alter the incubation period of malaria parasites in mosquitoes, and alter transmission rates of the disease. Consideration of these fluctuations reveals a more accurate picture of climate change's impact on malaria
2009-08-03 00:00:00
Walk, don't drive! Community promotion of physical activity has 2-fold benefit Reducing short-distance car trips has many benefits -- it decreases car accidents, has positive benefits for the environment, and increases physical health and activity, says communication professor Edward Maibach of George Mason University. An expert in
2009-08-03 00:00:00
August 2009 Geology and GSA Today media highlights Geology studies include some curious associations: air hockey and plate tectonics; calcite and Earth's orbit; Columbia River Flood Basalts and the Congo Fan; and rock hyrax middens and global climate change. Also in Geology: briny eruptions on Mars; the o
2009-07-31 00:00:00
Rodent size linked to human population and climate change You probably hadn't noticed, but the head shape and overall size of rodents has been changing over the past century. University of Illinois at Chicago ecologist Oliver Pergams has tied these changes to human population density and climate change.
2009-07-30 00:00:00
Met Office cools summer forecast The UK Met Office is issuing a revised summer forecast for more unsettled weather well into August.
2009-07-29 00:12:51
A 'shrimp cocktail' to fuel cars and trucks Call it a "shrimp cocktail" for your fuel tank. Scientists in China are reporting development of a catalyst made from shrimp shells that could transform production of biodiesel fuel into a faster, less expensive, and more environmentally friendl
2009-07-29 00:00:00
Forest response project FACEs the end After 12 years, an experiment focused on forest growth and climate change comes to an end, and researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are eager to collect and analyze data to see if their predictions match results.
2009-07-28 00:00:00
New method uses electrolyzed water for more efficient fuel production Using electrolyzed water rather than harsh chemicals could be a more effective and environmentally friendly method in the pretreatment of ethanol waste products to produce an acetone-butanol-ethanol fuel mix, according to research conducted at the Univers
2009-07-27 00:00:00
PM criticised over climate change Gordon Brown is accused of "hindering" work on the environment by leading green adviser Sir Jonathon Porritt.
2009-07-25 01:35:28
Objection to wind farm over birds RSPB Scotland lodges an objection to plans for Scotland's largest community wind farm on Shetland over bird fears.
2009-07-24 14:43:40
Clouds in climate 'vicious cycle' Low-level clouds dissipate as the ocean warms, causing a positive feedback in global warming, research suggests.
2009-07-24 10:51:43
Climate change pact 'needs' China There can be no global climate change agreement without China on board, UN chief Ban Ki-moon says in Beijing.
2009-07-24 09:40:36
Spring cold snap helps with stream ecosystem research A rare April freeze in 2007 provided researchers at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory with further evidence that climate change could have negative effects on stream and forest ecosystems.
2009-07-23 00:00:00
Consulting with clouds: A clear role in climate change As the earth warms, it is not known whether clouds will dissipate and let more heat in, or whether cloud cover will increase. In a study published in Science, Amy Clement and Robert Burgman from the University of Miami and Joel Norris from Scripps Oceano
2009-07-23 00:00:00
Price put on Copenhagen success Richest nations must put $10bn "on the table" if the climate change summit is to be a success, says UN climate chief.
2009-07-22 16:07:29
Biodiesel on the wing: A 'green' process for biodiesel from feather meal Scientists in Nevada are reporting development of a new and environmentally friendly process for producing biodiesel fuel from "chicken feather meal," made from the 11 billion pounds of poultry industry waste that accumulate annually in the Unit
2009-07-22 00:00:00
Gordon Brown speaks at TED Global Technology has the power to solve pressing problems such as climate change, says UK prime minister Gordon Brown.
2009-07-21 14:41:08
DNA of ancient lost barley could help modern crops cope with water stress Researchers at the University of Warwick have recovered significant DNA information from a lost form of ancient barley that triumphed for over 3,000 years seeing off: five changes in civilization, water shortages and a much more popular form of barley tha
2009-07-21 00:00:00
Geoengineering: The promise and its limits Four expert speakers attended an event organized by the Institute of Physics, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Royal Academy of Engineering on July 15 at the House of Commons to address an audience curious about geoengineering the planet to combat t
2009-07-20 00:00:00
Future of West water supply threatened by climate change, says CU-Boulder study As the West warms, a drier Colorado River system could see as much as a one-in-two chance of fully depleting all of its reservoir storage by mid-century assuming current management practices continue on course, according to a new University of Colorado at
2009-07-20 00:00:00
Climate tops Clinton India talks US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Delhi, with climate change and Pakistan high on her talks agenda.
2009-07-19 06:59:20
Green deserts Could climate change be good news for dry areas?
2009-07-16 10:45:21
UN tackles 'climate harm' ships The UN discusses rules aimed at cutting the emission of greenhouse gases from shipping.
2009-07-16 03:22:40
Ancient global warming episode holds clues to future climate, UH Manoa researcher says A global warming event 55 million years ago cannot be solely explained by atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, a study published in Nature Geoscience shows. Richard Zeebe from the University of Hawaii and his team highlight gaps in scientists' understanding
2009-07-16 00:00:00
11 leading national experts reach consensus on beneficial biofuels "Done right," biofuels can be produced in large quantities and have multiple benefits, but only if they come from feedstocks produced with low life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions, as well as minimal competition with food production. This consens
2009-07-16 00:00:00
Research indicates ocean current shutdown may be gradual The findings of a major new study are consistent with gradual changes of current systems in the North Atlantic Ocean, rather than a more sudden shutdown that could lead to rapid climate changes in Europe and elsewhere.
2009-07-16 00:00:00
'Motion picture' of past warming paves way for snapshots of future climate change By accurately modeling Earth's last major global warming -- and answering pressing questions about its causes -- scientists led by a University of Wisconsin-Madison climatologist are unraveling the intricacies of the kind of abrupt climate shifts that may
2009-07-16 00:00:00
Capturing CO2 in a bowl The accidental discovery of a bowl-shaped molecule that pulls carbon dioxide out of the air suggests exciting new possibilities for dealing with global warming, including genetically engineering microbes to manufacture those CO2 "catchers," a sc
2009-07-15 00:00:00
Government to map low-carbon road Ministers are to publish plans for a low-carbon future, which they say can help the economy while tackling climate change
2009-07-14 23:10:45
Government to set out blueprint for a greener future The Government must set out a comprehensive blueprint for slashing greenhouse gas emissions and making the UK a world leader in tackling climate change when it announces its raft of low carbon plans on Wednesday, Friends of the Earth said today.
2009-07-14 01:01:01
Global warming: Our best guess is likely wrong No one knows exactly how much Earth's climate will warm due to carbon emissions, but a new study this week suggests scientists' best predictions about global warming might be incorrect.
2009-07-14 00:00:00
People & Planet vs The Treasury Green groups to sue the Treasury over RBS bailout disaster. RBS continues to fund climate change by financing companies and projects involved in developing dirty fossil fuels. Help us green up RBS
2009-07-13 16:22:55
IMO must stop turning a blind eye to shipping emissions The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) must stop turning a blind eye to climate change and take urgent action to reduce emissions from international shipping, Friends of the Earth said today.
2009-07-13 01:01:01
Climate change may spell demise of key salt marsh constituent A key constituent in New England salt marshes may be imperiled by global warming, a new study has found. Experiments by Brown University researchers show that warmer temperatures cause a spectrum of plants known as forbs to disappear. Results are publishe
2009-07-13 00:00:00
Facile synthesis of nanoparticles with multiple functions advanced in Singapore Singapore's Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology has discovered a new environmentally friendly method to synthesize a wide variety of nanoparticles inexpensively. This new chemical synthesis was recently published in Nature Materials.
2009-07-13 00:00:00
Australia's top models at science conference Australia's top models will take center stage in Cairns this week as scientists meet to discuss ways to understand climate change, improve air safety and enhance agricultural sustainability.
2009-07-13 00:00:00
Down Under dinosaur burrow discovery provides climate change clues Emory University paleontologist Tony Martin, who made the Montana discovery of the first known dinosaur burrow, has now found the trace fossil of a burrow in Australia almost identical to the one he identified in the US.The journal Cretaceous Research wil
2009-07-10 00:00:00
Key climate meeting looms at G8 Heads of the G8 countries are to meet emerging nation leaders in Italy to try to push through a new deal on global warming.
2009-07-09 09:11:12
Arctic climate under greenhouse conditions in the Late Cretaceous New evidence for ice-free summers with intermittent winter sea ice in the Arctic Ocean during the Late Cretaceous -- a period of greenhouse conditions -- gives a glimpse of how the Arctic is likely to respond to future global warming.
2009-07-09 00:00:00
Seals quickly respond to gain and loss of habitat under climate change Southern elephant seals responded rapidly to climate and habitat change and established a new breeding site thousands of kilometers from existing breeding grounds, according to new research. An international research team led by Professor Rus Hoelzel from
2009-07-09 00:00:00
Forest fire prevention efforts will lessen carbon sequestration, add to greenhouse warming Widely sought efforts to reduce fuels that increase catastrophic fire in Pacific Northwest forests will be counterproductive to another important societal goal of sequestering carbon to help offset global warming, forestry researchers at Oregon State Univ
2009-07-08 00:00:00
'Time to ditch climate policies' World leaders need to abandon current global climate change policies, says an international group of academics.
2009-07-07 13:46:39
In pictures Uganda villagers fear climate change is ruining their lives
2009-07-06 13:35:41
Home revolution Paying people to save energy could curb climate change
2009-07-06 11:44:14
G8 leaders to set emissions goals Leaders of G8 nations are to set a target to cut greenhouse gases by 80% by 2050, the BBC understands.
2009-07-06 01:18:02
New Princeton method may help allocate carbon emissions responsibility among nations Just months before world leaders are scheduled to meet to devise a new international treaty on climate change, a research team led by Princeton University scientists has developed a new way of dividing responsibility for carbon emissions among countries.
2009-07-06 00:00:00
Sheep shrink on Scottish isle as world warms, says Stanford biologist Wild sheep on the Scottish island of Hirta have been diminishing in size for over 20 years. Now researchers have puzzled out why: it's the heat. Like wool socks run through the dryer, the sheep have shrunk. More precisely, average size of the island's Soa
2009-07-03 00:00:00
Climate change is shrinking sheep Climate change is causing a breed of wild sheep in Scotland to shrink, according to research in the journal Science.
2009-07-02 18:38:03
Pacific Northwest forests could store more carbon, help address greenhouse issues The forests of the Pacific Northwest hold significant potential to increase carbon storage and help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in coming years, a recent study concludes, if they are managed primarily for that purpose through timber harvest reductio
2009-07-02 00:00:00
Plants' internal clock can improve climate-change models The ability of plants to tell the time, a mechanism common to all living beings, enables them to survive, grow and reproduce. In a study published in the latest issue of the prestigious journal Ecology Letters, an international team has studied this circa
2009-07-02 00:00:00
A question of height Intelligent countryside management could improve the survival chances of animal and plant species threatened by climate change. The creation of small heat-shielded habitats and better links between habitats would counteract a moderate temperature increase
2009-07-02 00:00:00
Climate change and the mystery of the shrinking sheep Milder winters are causing Scotland's wild breed of Soay sheep to get smaller, despite the evolutionary benefits of possessing a large body, according to new research due to be published in this week's Science Express.
2009-07-02 00:00:00
Climate change and the mystery of the shrinking sheep Changing winter conditions are causing Scotland's wild Soay sheep to get smaller despite the evolutionary benefits of having a large body, researchers report in a study that shows how climate change can trump natural selection.
2009-07-02 00:00:00
Your own private global warming Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey subjected species found in Antarctic waters to increasing levels of water temperature to learn how well they would cope with a warmer ocean. The study, to be presented at the Society for Experimental Biology m
2009-06-30 00:00:00
Super-size deposits of frozen carbon threat to climate change The vast amount of carbon stored in the Arctic and boreal regions of the world is more than double that previously estimated, according to a study published this week. The new estimate is over 1.5 trillion tons of frozen carbon, about twice as much carbon
2009-06-30 00:00:00
Sulfate lens enhances climate warming properties of atmospheric soot Particulate pollution thought to be holding climate change in check by reflecting sunlight instead enhances warming when combined with airborne soot. An instrument that measures the chemical composition and optical properties of aerosols in real time has
2009-06-29 00:00:00
Desert dust alters ecology of Colorado alpine meadows Accelerated snowmelt -- precipitated by desert dust blowing into the mountains -- changes how alpine plants respond to seasonal climate cues that regulate their life cycles, according to results of a new study reported this week in the journal Proceedings
2009-06-29 00:00:00
Dolphin 'super pod' shifts north Environmental charity Earthwatch says a massive migration of short-beaked common dolphins are a sign of climate change.
2009-06-26 10:40:02
Brown proposes £60bn climate fund Prime Minister Gordon Brown wants to set up a £60bn annual fund to help poor countries deal with climate change.
2009-06-26 10:37:15
UK to outline emission cut plans Gordon Brown is to pledge UK leadership in the battle against climate change, as he outlines emissions cut plans.
2009-06-26 02:00:33
70,000 new green jobs if councils tackle climate change - new research Over 70,000 jobs could be created across England and Wales if councils slashed climate-changing emissions by insulating homes and businesses and fitting green energy to buildings, according to independent research released by Friends of the Earth today.
2009-06-25 01:01:01
Government to launch strategy for UN climate change talks The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Miliband, and Prime Minister Gordon Brown will launch The Road to Copenhagen tomorrow (26 June), outlining the Government's position in advance of the crucial UN climate change talks in Copenhagen.
2009-06-25 01:01:01
Dry autumns and winters may lead to fewer tornadoes in the spring, says UGA researcher Global warming will likely mean more unpredictable weather, scientists say, and a new study by researchers at the University of Georgia pins down, possibly for the first time, how drought conditions in an area's fall and winter may effect tornado activity
2009-06-24 00:00:00
Artificial noise saves energy Against the background of climate change, how can xDSL systems function more energy-efficiently and cost-effectively? Scientists are providing a solution combining existing methods which network providers could implement immediately.
2009-06-24 00:00:00
300 billion weather forecasts used by Americans annually, survey finds Close to nine out of 10 adult Americans obtain weather forecasts regularly, and they do so more than three times each day on average, a new nationwide survey by scientists at NCAR has found.
2009-06-23 00:00:00
Weather forecasts of great value to Americans, survey finds Close to nine out of 10 adult Americans obtain weather forecasts an average of more than three times each day, a new nationwide survey by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., has found.
2009-06-23 00:00:00
European climate change reports launched in Brussels Two new reports examining climate change adaptation and policy making across Europe will be launched today in Brussels in the presence of Peter Gammeltoft, head of Unit "Protection of Water and Marine Environment" at the European Commission. The
2009-06-23 00:00:00
Competition may be reason for bigger brain For the past 2 million years, the size of the human brain has tripled, growing much faster than other mammals. Examining the reasons for human brain expansion, University of Missouri researchers studied three common hypotheses for brain growth: climate ch
2009-06-22 00:00:00
Coral face 'a stormy future' As global warming whips up more powerful and frequent hurricanes and storms, the world's coral reefs face increased disruption to their ability to breed and recover from damage. "We have found clear evidence that coral recruitment -- the regrowth of
2009-06-22 00:00:00
How aerosols mask climate change Uncertainty over exactly how much aerosols impact on the climate has finally been settled, scientists say.
2009-06-19 13:14:34
UK 'must plan' for warmer future Wetter winters, drier summers and warmer weather all year are climate changes the UK must prepare for, government says.
2009-06-18 13:22:54
UK maps climate change forecasts The UK government's detailed projections of climate change impacts, due out later, are said to be "worse than expected".
2009-06-18 02:20:45
Sudden collapse in ancient biodiversity: Was global warming the culprit? Scientists have unearthed striking evidence for a sudden ancient collapse in plant biodiversity. A trove of 200 million-year-old fossil leaves collected in East Greenland tells the story, carrying its message across time to us today.
2009-06-18 00:00:00
