2500-year-old bird's nest found Hundreds of generations of gyrfalcons have used the same nest site, but climate change might soon drive the birds out.
2009-06-17 09:01:51
New study finds that sharing genetic resources key to adaptation to climate change in Africa As rapidly rising temperatures in Africa threaten to scorch local varieties of maize and other food staples, the food security of many Africans will depend on farmers in one country gaining access to climatically suitable varieties now being cultivated in
2009-06-17 00:00:00
Help for climate-stressed corals Banning or restricting the use of certain types of fishing gear could help the world's coral reefs and their fish populations survive the onslaughts of climate change according to a study by the ARC Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Coo
2009-06-17 00:00:00
When palm trees gave way to spruce trees One long-standing climate puzzle relates to the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene. Profound changes were underway. Globally, carbon dioxide levels were falling and the hothouse warmth of the dinosaur age and Eocene Period was waning. In Antarctica, ice shee
2009-06-17 00:00:00
Gear bans 'can help save reefs' Banning or restricting the use of certain types of fishing gear could help the world's coral reefs and their fish populations survive the onslaughts of climate change.An international team of scientists led by Dr. Josh Cinner of the ARC Center of Excellen
2009-06-17 00:00:00
New fabricated material changes color instantly in response to external magnetic field A research team led by a chemist at the University of California, Riverside has fabricated microscopic polymer beads that change color instantly and reversibly when external magnetic fields acting upon the microspheres change orientation. Applications of
2009-06-16 00:00:00
New report outlines current, future impacts of climate change The University of Arizona's Jonathan Overpeck is among the lead authors of the national report that details risks from warming, as well as ways to adapt to future conditions.
2009-06-16 00:00:00
Climate change is already having an impact in the midwest and across the US Extreme weather, drought, heavy rainfall and increasing temperatures are a fact of life in many parts of the US as a result of human-induced climate change, researchers report today in a new assessment. These and other changes will continue and likely inc
2009-06-16 00:00:00
Global sunscreen won't save corals Emergency plans to counteract global warming by artificially shading the Earth from incoming sunlight might lower the planet's temperature a few degrees, but such "geoengineering" solutions would do little to stop the acidification of the world
2009-06-16 00:00:00
ASU researcher is among authors of new US global climate change report "This report is a very thorough, sobering synthesis of what we now know about the impacts of climate change on all of us," says Nancy Grimm, a professor at Arizona State University, one of the authors on the new federal study assessing the curre
2009-06-16 00:00:00
Alaska researchers contribute to national climate change report Two University of the Alaska Fairbanks researchers are among key contributors to a new national report that details visible effects of climate change in the United States and how today's choices stand to affect the future.
2009-06-16 00:00:00
Report provides assessment of national, regional impacts of climate change Researchers representing 13 US government science agencies, major universities and research institutes, including Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, produced the study entitled "Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States."
2009-06-16 00:00:00
Meat-free Mondays welcomed but more must be done to fix the food chain Friends of the Earth welcomed the Meat Free Mondays initiative launched today by Paul McCartney highlighting the impact of meat production on climate change. But the environment group is urging the Government to change the way meat and dairy are farmed.
2009-06-15 01:01:01
Amazon conservation policy working in Brazil, MSU-led study finds Contrary to common belief, Brazil's policy of protecting portions of the Amazonian forest from development is capable of buffering the Amazon from climate change, according to a new study led by Michigan State University researchers.
2009-06-15 00:00:00
Australians demand climate action Thousands of demonstrators rally across Australia to demand greater government action on climate change.
2009-06-13 04:20:54
Reindeer herds in global decline Reindeer numbers are falling everywhere as they struggle to survive in a warming, developed world, a new survey reveals.
2009-06-11 08:49:34
Global warming increasing the dispersal of flora in Northern forests As a result of stronger winds caused by global warming, seeds and pollen are being carried over longer distances. An increase in temperature of only a couple of degrees may increase the dispersal of plants in Northern forests and the spread of plant speci
2009-06-11 00:00:00
Abrupt global warming could shift monsoon patterns, hurt agriculture At times in the distant past, an abrupt change in climate has been associated with a shift of seasonal monsoons to the south, a new study concludes, causing more rain to fall over the oceans than in the Earth's tropical regions, and leading to a dramatic
2009-06-11 00:00:00
If you can't stand the heat... How climate change could leave some bird species ‘stuck in the kitchen’ <em> - News release</em>
2009-06-10 01:01:03
Reviving American chestnuts may mitigate climate change A Purdue University study shows that introducing a new hybrid of the American chestnut tree would not only bring back the all-but-extinct species, but also put a dent in the amount of carbon in the Earth's atmosphere.
2009-06-10 00:00:00
A new measure of global warming from carbon emissions Damon Matthews, a professor in Concordia University's department of geography, planning and the environment, has found a direct relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and global warming. Matthews, together with colleagues from Victoria and the U.K
2009-06-10 00:00:00
Australia wind farm gets go-ahead Approval has been given for Australia's biggest wind farm to be built near Broken Hill in New South Wales.
2009-06-09 03:42:34
'Weedy' bird species may win as temperatures rise Climate change is altering North American winter bird communities in ways that models currently favored by ecologists fail to predict. Current distributions of animals among different climate zones suggest that, as habitats warm, numbers of species will i
2009-06-09 00:00:00
Scientists should look at their own carbon footprint Scientists studying the impact of climate change on the Arctic need to consider ways to reduce their own carbon footprints, says University of Calgary veterinary medicine researcher Ryan Brook, who regularly flies north to study the health of caribou.
2009-06-08 00:00:00
Government's carbon offsetting plans exposed as con Dangerous climate change will be unavoidable if the UK, EU and USA succeed in increasing the use of carbon offsetting, Friends of the Earth is warning in a new report released today that exposes carbon offsetting as ineffective and damaging.
2009-06-02 01:01:01
UF study finds that ancient mammals shifted diets as climate changed A new University of Florida study shows mammals change their dietary niches based on climate-driven environmental changes, contradicting a common assumption that species maintain their niches despite global warming.
2009-06-02 00:00:00
UF study finds ancient mammals shifted diets as climate changed A new University of Florida study shows mammals change their dietary niches based on climate-driven environmental changes, contradicting a common assumption that species maintain their niches despite global warming.
2009-06-02 00:00:00
Help wanted to write book of life Earth's biodiversity could soon be mapped in a vast database that would help track the effects of climate change.
2009-06-01 14:12:40
Dolphin and whale climate fears More dolphins, porpoises and whales could be at risk from the effects of climate change than was previously thought, according to a new study.
2009-06-01 13:24:55
Ranchers driving wind revolution Wind farms on the US's high plains could eventually help power the country's coastal population centres, experts say.
2009-06-01 00:34:15
Time series identify population responses to climate change Sophisticated studies that correlate fluctuations in animal populations with climate indices across large areas and over multiple years are revealing rich patterns. The approach can point researchers to particularly vulnerable populations, and it can reve
2009-06-01 00:00:00
Nature parks can save species as climate changes Retaining a network of wildlife conservation areas is vital in helping to save up to 90 per cent of bird species in Africa affected by climate change, according to scientists.
2009-06-01 00:00:00
AGU Journal highlights -- May 29, 2009 Featured in this release are research papers on the foll owing topics: "Avalanches of electrons may give thundercloud insights," "Positive feedback hint between tropical cyclones and global warming," "Moon dust stickiness depends
2009-05-29 00:00:00
Counting sheep in climate change predictions Climate change can have devastating effects on endangered species, but new mathematical models may be able to aid conservation of a population of bighorn sheep.
2009-05-29 00:00:00
Author says challenging simple concepts can save planet Author and democracy activist Frances Moore Lappe says we already know how to solve the pressing issues of our time, such as climate change and world hunger. But she says our own pre-conceived ideas about how things should work -- our mental map of the wo
2009-05-29 00:00:00
A global responsibility to help vulnerable communities adapt For one international community -- the 165,000 strong Inuit community dispersed across the Arctic coastline in small, remote coastal settlements in Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Siberia -- it is already too late to prevent some of the negative effects of
2009-05-28 00:00:00
A research work will be the reference to characterize the climatic impact of desert dust A research work of the University of Granada, Spain, in the Andalusian Center for Environmental Studies, has studied with an advanced technique the role of the atmospheric aerosol to produce global warming or cooling. This study represents the development
2009-05-28 00:00:00
All the carbon counts Cutting down forests for agriculture vents carbon dioxide into the air just as industries and fossil fuel burning does. But policymakers debate whether to include terrestrial carbon in plans to stabilize atmospheric greenhouse gases. A new study in Scienc
2009-05-28 00:00:00
Studies shed light on collapse of coral reefs An explosion of knowledge has been made in the last few years about the basic biology of corals, researchers say in a new report, helping to explain why coral reefs around the world are collapsing and what it will take for them to survive a gauntlet of cl
2009-05-28 00:00:00
Prince urges action over climate Hesitation over tackling climate change could be catastrophic, Prince Charles tells global warming experts.
2009-05-27 12:24:38
Lesson from the past for surviving climate change Research led by the University of Leicester suggests people today and in future generations should look to the past in order to mitigate the worst effects of climate change.
2009-05-27 00:00:00
Jeepers creepers: Climate change threatens endangered honeycreepers As climate change causes temperatures to increase in Hawaii's mountains, deadly non-native bird diseases will likely also creep up the mountains, invading most of the last disease-free refuges for honeycreepers -- a group of endangered and remarkable bird
2009-05-26 00:00:00
Groundbreaking proposals unveiled for the inclusion of climate change data in annual reports The Climate Disclosure Standards Board today proposed a global framework to guide corporations on which climate change-related data to include in annual reports. Unveiled at the World Business Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen, proponents say the sta
2009-05-25 00:00:00
Yosemite's giant trees disappear The oldest trees within California's Yosemite National Park are disappearing, and climate change appears to be a cause.
2009-05-22 15:25:27
Wind farm 'kills Taiwanese goats' A Taiwanese farmer says more than half of his herd of goats may have died of exhaustion because of noise from a wind farm.
2009-05-21 12:33:21
UN hopeful about climate change Head of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change says recent negotiations have been "encouraging".
2009-05-20 18:11:48
Largest wind farm to be expanded Europe's largest onshore wind farm is to be expanded further, Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond announces.
2009-05-20 11:29:30
Hughes: 24,000 Brits die prematurely each year due to air pollution <div class="image_caption"><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com:/ld-assets/assets/11462/Simon_Hughes_1_main.jpg" class="page_main_image" alt="Simon Hughes"><br/>Simon Hughes</div><p>At least 24,000 people in Britain are dying pr
2009-05-20 06:05:00
Lakes face 'complex' challenges Urgent measures are needed to protect lakes in England and Wales from pollution and global warming, say experts.
2009-05-19 07:34:34
Microscopic manufacturers produce eco-friendly plastics Last year's energy crisis highlighted an unforeseen by-product of the looming fuel shortages of the 21st century. Petroleum-based products such as plastics that society takes for granted but now requires to function will run out with the oil. Scientists
2009-05-19 00:00:00
MIT: Climate change odds much worse than thought The most comprehensive modeling yet carried out on the likelihood of how much hotter the Earth's climate will get in this century shows that without rapid and massive action, the problem will be about twice as severe as previously estimated six years ago
2009-05-19 00:00:00
Stanford scientists find heat-tolerant coral reefs that may resist climate change Experts say that more than half of the world's coral reefs could disappear in the next 50 years, in large part because of higher ocean temperatures caused by climate change. But now Stanford University scientists have found evidence that some coral reefs
2009-05-19 00:00:00
Car scrappage scheme's lack of green criteria slammed The Government's car scrappage scheme - which comes into force today (Monday 18 May 2009) - will undermine confidence in the UK Government's determination to tackle climate change and develop a low carbon economy, warns Friends of the Earth.
2009-05-18 01:01:01
Arctic river deltas may hold clues to future global climate Scientists struggling to understand how Earth's climate will change in the next few decades have neglected a potential treasure trove of information -- sediments deposited in the ocean by major Arctic rivers such as the Colville and Mackenzie rivers.
2009-05-18 00:00:00
Scientists work to plug microorganisms into the energy grid The answer to the looming fuel crisis in the 21st century may be found by thinking small, microscopic in fact. Microscopic organisms from bacteria and cyanobacteria, to fungi and microalgae, are biological factories that are proving to be efficient sourc
2009-05-18 00:00:00
Summer haze cools southeastern US Global warming may include some periods of local cooling, according to a new UC Berkeley study. Results from satellite and ground-based sensor data show that sweltering summers can, paradoxically, lead to the temporary formation of a cooling haze in the s
2009-05-18 00:00:00
Climate 'biggest health threat' A leading medical journal describes climate change as the single largest threat to health in the 21st century.
2009-05-14 10:14:10
WWF study says climate change could displace millions in Asia's Coral Triangle Coral reefs could disappear entirely from the Coral Triangle region of the Pacific Ocean by the end of the century, threatening the food supply and livelihoods for about 100 million people, according to a new study from World Wildlife Fund. Averting catas
2009-05-13 00:00:00
Europe 2009: Stronger Together Poorer Apart <p>Times are tough in Britain. The recession is hitting people and families hard: tens of thousands losing their jobs, businesses going to the wall, and every week hundreds losing their homes.</p><table border="1" width="253" align="right"&
2009-05-12 03:23:00
Climate change driving Michigan mammals north Some Michigan mammal species are rapidly expanding their ranges northward, apparently in response to climate change, a new study shows. In the process, these historically southern species are replacing their northern counterparts.
2009-05-12 00:00:00
Scientists aim to bring indigenous people into climate change monitoring and policy Indigenous and other traditional peoples are rarely considered in academic, policy and public discourses on climate change, despite the fact that they will be impacted by impending changes. In a special issue on traditional peoples and climate change in t
2009-05-12 00:00:00
Carnegie Mellon's Peter Adams finds no link With the US Congress beginning to consider regulations on greenhouse gases, a troubling hypothesis about how the sun may impact global warming is finally laid to rest.
2009-05-11 00:00:00
Obama keeps Bush polar bear rules The US government opts to keep a Bush-era rule that limits protection for polar bears from the effects of global warming.
2009-05-08 19:16:42
UN 'stunned' by scale of bail-out If extra money is not found to tackle climate change, bail-outs could be a "waste of money", UN head of environment warns.
2009-05-07 00:47:22
Bioelectricity promises more 'miles per acre' than ethanol Biofuels such as ethanol offer an alternative to petroleum for powering our cars, but growing energy crops to produce them can compete with food crops for farmland, and clearing forests to expand farmland will aggravate the climate change problem. How can
2009-05-07 00:00:00
Show the Age of Stupid and raise money for P&P The fantastic climate change film is now available for groups to screen to raise awareness and, most importantly, raise money for P&P
2009-05-06 18:25:48
AGU Journal highlights -- May 6, 2009 Featured in this release are research papers on the following topics: "Cooling periods can occur within long-term global warming", "Scientists explore complexity of recent global dimming and brightening episodes", "Analysis of unu
2009-05-06 00:00:00
The rise of oxygen caused Earth's earliest ice age Earth's earliest ice ages may have been due to the rise of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere, which consumed atmospheric greenhouse gases and chilled the earth. Alan J. Kaufman, professor of geology at the University of Maryland, Maryland colleague James Farqu
2009-05-06 00:00:00
Climate change threatens Lake Baikal's unique biota The diverse biota of Lake Baikal, the world's largest lake, will come under severe pressure as the climate becomes warmer and wetter, because the food web relies on a long period of ice cover to shelter microbes that generate the annual production of org
2009-05-01 00:00:00
Bowman Global Change says public engagement critical to solving climate crisis Tom Bowman has written a paper defining the adjustments to climate change communication programs required to encourage sustainable behaviors and drive society's response to climate change. The paper argues that current communication efforts, which focus o
2009-05-01 00:00:00
Money game Experts spar over the true cost of climate change
2009-04-27 07:17:02
£700 million of public money spent on factory farming each year - new research Families in England are paying more than £700 million each year to fund a factory farming system that is wiping out rainforests and making climate change worse, according to new research released by Friends of the Earth today (Monday 27 April 2009).
2009-04-27 01:01:01
Landfill cover soil methane oxidation underestimated A recent article published in the Journal of Environmental Quality examines the effectiveness of utilizing cover soil as a way to reduce methane emissions from landfills. The study suggests that the fraction of methane oxidized by the soil, a process whi
2009-04-27 00:00:00
Pollution 'fights global warming' Scientists say air pollution may be helping the fight against global warming by making plants absorb more carbon dioxide.
2009-04-23 04:38:18
'Super reefs' fend off climate change, study says The Wildlife Conservation Society announced today a study showing that some coral reefs off East Africa are unusually resilient to climate change due to improved fisheries management and a combination of geophysical factors.
2009-04-23 00:00:00
Fire is an important and under-appreciated part of global climate change Fire must be accounted for as an integral part of climate change, according to 22 authors of an article published in the April 24 issue of the journal Science. The authors determined that intentional deforestation fires alone contribute up to one-fifth of
2009-04-23 00:00:00
Fire is important part of global climate change, report scientists Fire must be accounted for as an integral part of climate change, according to 22 authors of an article published in the April 24 issue of the journal Science. The authors determined that intentional deforestation fires alone contribute up to one-fifth of
2009-04-23 00:00:00
Fire influences global warming more than previously thought Fire's potent and pervasive effects on ecosystems and on many Earth processes, including climate change, have been underestimated. Fire is a response to a warming climate -- and is also a driver of future warming, according to a report to be published in
2009-04-23 00:00:00
Ancient Greenland methane study good news for planet, says CU-Boulder scientist An analysis of ancient Greenland ice suggests a spike in the greenhouse gas methane about 11,600 years ago originated from wetlands rather than the ocean floor or from permafrost, a finding that is good news according to the University of Colorado at Boul
2009-04-23 00:00:00
Plants could override climate change effects on wildfires A study published by an Montana State University researcher shows that a region's vegetation, along with temperature and moisture, plays a major role in the frequency of wildfires.
2009-04-22 00:00:00
Water levels dropping in some major rivers as global climate changes Rivers in some of the world's most populous regions are losing water, according to a new study led by NCAR scientists. The reduced flows in many cases are associated with climate change, and may potentially threaten future supplies of food and water.
2009-04-21 00:00:00
Plants could override climate change effects on wildfires The increase in warmer and drier climates predicted to occur under climate change scenarios has led many scientists to also predict a global increase in the number of wildfires. But a new study in the May issue of Ecological Monographs shows that in some
2009-04-21 00:00:00
Budget 2009 - green bank needed to boost low carbon recovery The Government should establish a green investment bank and introduce Treasury-backed green bonds as part of Gordon Brown's pledge to introduce an environmentally friendly Budget later this week that will kick start a low- carbon recovery.
2009-04-20 01:01:01
Cyclones spurt water into the stratosphere, feeding global warming Scientists at Harvard University have found that tropical cyclones readily inject ice far into the stratosphere, possibly feeding global warming. The finding, published in Geophysical Research Letters, provides more evidence of the intertwining of severe
2009-04-20 00:00:00
Critical turning point can trigger abrupt climate change Ice ages are the greatest natural climate changes in recent geological times. Their rise and fall are caused by slight changes in the Earth's orbit around the sun due to the influence of the other planets. New research from the Niels Bohr Institute indic
2009-04-20 00:00:00
Indigenous peoples at world summit to share climate change observations, coping techniques With the first climate change-related relocation of an Inuit village already underway, some 400 Indigenous People and observers from 80 nations are convening in Alaska for a UN-affiliated conference April 20-24 to discuss ways in which traditional knowled
2009-04-19 00:00:00
Key role of forests 'may be lost' The ability of forests to act as massive carbon sinks is under threat as a result of climate change stress, scientists warn.
2009-04-18 09:52:13
Obama to regulate 'pollutant' CO2 The US government is to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, having decided they pose a danger to human health and well-being.
2009-04-17 16:24:49
West Africa faces 'megadroughts' Droughts lasting centuries occur regularly in West Africa, scientists find - and another one is coming, climate change or not.
2009-04-16 19:04:17
Severity, length of past megadroughts dwarf recent drought in West Africa Droughts far worse than the infamous Sahel drought of the 1970s and 1980s are within normal climate variation for sub-Saharan West Africa, according to new research. For the first time, scientists have developed an almost year-by-year record of the last 3
2009-04-16 00:00:00
New nuclear power stations a colossal mistake - Hughes <div class="image_caption"><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com:/ld-migrated-assets/assets/0000/9188/Simon_Hughes_main.jpg" class="page_main_image" alt="Simon Hughes"><br/>Simon Hughes</div><p>Commenting on the publication of a
2009-04-15 06:59:00
Hughes: New nuclear power stations a colossal mistake <div class="image_caption"><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com:/ld-assets/assets/11462/Simon_Hughes_1_main.jpg" class="page_main_image" alt="Simon Hughes"><br/>Simon Hughes</div><p>Reacting to the list of 11 possible sites for
2009-04-15 06:59:00
Changing climate will lead to devastating loss of phosphorus from soil Crop growth, drinking water and recreational water sports could all be adversely affected if predicted changes in rainfall patterns over the coming years prove true. Scientists from have found for the first time that the rate at which a dried soil is rewe
2009-04-15 00:00:00
Climate change may wake up 'sleeper' weeds Climate change will cause some of Australia's potential weeds to move south by up to 1000 km, according to a report by scientists at CSIRO's Climate Adaptation Flagship.
2009-04-15 00:00:00
UI biologist studies ocean plant cell adaptation in climate change How will plant cells that live in the oceans and serve as the basic food supply for many of the world's sea creatures react to climate change?A University of Iowa biologist and faculty member in the Roy J. Carver Center for Comparative Genomics and his co
2009-04-15 00:00:00
Cuts in greenhouse gas emissions would save Arctic ice, reduce sea level rise The impact of global warming can be greatly diminished if nations cut emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases by 70 percent this century, according to an NCAR-led study. The most dangerous potential aspects of climate change, including massive losses
2009-04-14 00:00:00
Biofuels could hasten climate change A new study finds that it will take more than 75 years for the carbon emissions saved through the use of biofuels to compensate for the carbon lost when biofuel plantations are established on forestlands. If the original habitat was peatland, carbon balan
2009-04-14 00:00:00
People's misperceptions cloud their understanding of rainy weather forecasts If Mark Twain were alive today he might rephrase his frequently cited observation about everyone talking about the weather but not doing anything about it to say, "Everyone reads or watches weather forecasts, but many people don't understand them.&qu
2009-04-14 00:00:00
Climate change makes migrations longer for birds Bird migrations are likely to get longer according to the first ever study of the potential impacts of climate change on the breeding and winter ranges of migrant birds.
2009-04-14 00:00:00
Biomass 'worse than fossil fuels' Biomass power could become one of the worst emitters of greenhouse gases by 2030, the Environment Agency warns.
2009-04-13 23:06:10
Mathematics and climate change How mathematical models of percolation, a physical process in which a fluid moves and filters through a porous solid, apply to the study of sea ice.
2009-04-13 00:00:00
Diet secrets of 'the Royals' Two weeks after rains begin, an elephant family named "the Royals" usually switches to a grass diet to bulk up for pregnancy. But when they wandered off their African reserve, cattle grazed the grass so short that elephants couldn't eat it. The
2009-04-13 00:00:00
Climate change and atmospheric circulation will make for uneven ozone recovery Earth's ozone layer should eventually recover from the unintended destruction brought on by the use of chlorofluorocarbons and similar ozone-depleting chemicals in the 20th century. But new research by NASA scientists suggests the ozone layer of the futur
2009-04-10 00:00:00
Budget must focus on green energy Friends of the Earth says electric cars are not enough to tackle climate change - the Government must prioritise green energy and energy efficiency in this month's Budget
2009-04-08 01:01:01
Ma and Pa solutions to global warming The prairies offer opportunities for capitalizing on environmentally friendly farming practices and potentially useful agricultural waste to produce jobs, economic growth, commercial opportunities, and renewable energy sources, according to a perspective
2009-04-08 00:00:00
Aerosols may drive a significant portion of arctic warming Though greenhouse gases are invariably at the center of discussions about global climate change, new NASA research suggests that much of the atmospheric warming observed in the Arctic since 1976 may be due to changes in tiny airborne particles called aero
2009-04-08 00:00:00
Climate change to spur rapid shifts in wildfire hotspots Climate change will bring about major shifts in worldwide fire patterns, and those changes are coming fast, according to a new analysis led by UC Berkeley fire researchers.
2009-04-07 00:00:00
Ice bridge ruptures in Antarctic An ice bridge that holds in place an ice shelf the size of Jamaica snaps, heightening concern over the impact of global warming.
2009-04-05 07:13:59
Scientist to study plant stress A Dundee scientist is given £1m to study plant stress and how they can survive things like climate change.
2009-04-02 11:46:09
Bowman Global Change spearheads efforts to establish unified climate change language Tom Bowman, president of Bowman Global Change, has co-authored a letter to the scientific community outlining three steps to improve the information exchange between climate scientists and policy makers. Bowman, et al. urge scientists to establish a singl
2009-04-02 00:00:00
PMQs: Clegg demands that leadership start at home <p>Nick Clegg urges the Prime Minister to back up his words to foreign leaders abroad with effective action in the UK</p><p>On the day before the G20 Summit, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg reminded the Prime Minister that his interna
2009-04-01 13:34:00
Climate change fans Nepal's fires Longer and drier seasons, combined with freak precipitation, may point a finger towards a climate impact.
2009-04-01 10:29:58
Ecologists question effects of climate change on infectious diseases Recent research has predicted that climate change may expand the scope of human infectious diseases. A new review, however, argues that climate change may have a negligible effect on pathogens or even reduce their ranges. The paper has sparked debate in t
2009-04-01 00:00:00
Relocation, relocation, relocation As sea levels rise in the wake of climate change and semi-arid regions turn to desert, people living in those parts of the world are likely to be displaced. A mathematical approach to planned relocation reported in the International Journal of Mathematics
2009-04-01 00:00:00
Carbon capture has a sparkling future New research shows that for millions of years carbon dioxide has been stored safely and naturally in underground water in gas fields saturated with the greenhouse gas. The findings -- published in Nature today -- bring carbon capture and storage a step cl
2009-04-01 00:00:00
Damaged goods Carbon labels won't curb climate change but may hurt Africa
2009-03-31 15:37:03
April 2009 Geology and GSA Today media highlights GEOLOGY covers multiple aspects of life on Earth, including extinctions and diversifications, "tool" use by the first creatures to walk on land, sirenians (manatees) in the Tethys-Mediterranean, the last refuge of the woolly mammoth, and Edwards
2009-03-31 00:00:00
Nitrate stimulates greenhouse gas production in small streams A study conducted at the University of Notre Dame revealed that nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, is frequently produced in the sediments of small streams and that production rates were best explained by stream water nitrate concentrations. These c
2009-03-30 00:00:00
Climate change fears for deadly virus outbreaks in livestock Global warming could have chilling consequences for European livestock, warned Professor Peter Mertens at the Society for General Microbiology meeting. Since 1998, rising temperatures have led to outbreaks of bluetongue across most of Europe, which have k
2009-03-30 00:00:00
Dust may settle unanswered questions on Antarctica Dust trapped deep in Antarctic ice sheets is helping scientists unravel details of past climate change.Researchers have found that dust blown south to Antarctica from the windy plains of Patagonia -- and deposited in the ice periodically over 80,000 years
2009-03-29 00:00:00
Fish oils reduce greenhouse gas emissions from flatulent cows Omega 3 fatty acids in fish oils can improve meat quality and reducing methane emissions in cows. Methane given off by farm animals is a major contribution to greenhouse gas levels. Researchers from University College Dublin reported that by including 2 p
2009-03-29 00:00:00
