Corrosion-inhibiting coatings containing 'good' bacteria A new, environmentally friendly coating that protects metals against corrosion in seawater has been developed by a team of researchers from Sheffield Hallam University. At the Society for General Microbiology meeting in Harrogate today, Monday, March 30,
2009-03-29 00:00:00
World prepares for big switch-off Millions of people worldwide are being urged to switch off lights for an hour, in a major climate change protest.
2009-03-28 07:35:11
Government publishes provisional 2008 emissions statistics Friends of the Earth says the slight fall in UK emissions in 2008 appears to be more linked to the UK's economic challenges than to the Government's climate change strategy.
2009-03-26 01:01:01
Climate change aims need to be better integrated Specific measures to tackle climate change, such as emissions trading, will only be successful if they are coherently supported by other government policies addressing economic and social issues, says a report published today by the Partnership for Europe
2009-03-26 00:00:00
Federal funding gap cited for research on human health impacts due to climate change Climate change will seriously impact public health, but the United States has yet to allocate adequate research funding to understand and prepare for these impacts. The report suggests that the current knowledge gap is putting multitudes at risk and calls
2009-03-26 00:00:00
'Crunch year' for world's forests Failure to agree a deal on deforestation in 2009 could critically hamper efforts to halt dangerous climate change, researchers will warn.
2009-03-25 18:07:26
Values predict attitudes toward nuclear power Concerns about climate change and energy independence have led to renewed calls for the resurgence of nuclear power. Therefore, it is important to understand the level of and bases for public attitudes, both supporting and opposing nuclear power.
2009-03-25 00:00:00
Gene exchange common among sex-manipulating bacteria Certain bacteria have learned to manipulate the proportion of females and males in insect populations. Now Uppsala University researchers have mapped the entire genome of a bacterium that infects a close relative of the fruit fly. The findings reveal extr
2009-03-25 00:00:00
Saltwater at home Writer's idea to persuade climate change sceptics
2009-03-24 13:21:10
RSPB calls for more UK wind farms The UK can significantly increase the number of wind farms built onshore without harming wildlife, the RSPB says.
2009-03-24 00:34:34
'Green' hair bleach may become environmentally friendly consumer product Scientists from Japan are reporting development of what could be the world's first "green" hair bleach, an environmentally friendly preparation for lightening the color of hair on the head and other parts of the body without the unwanted effects
2009-03-24 00:00:00
Setback for climate technical fix The idea of curbing climate change by seeding the seas with iron gets a knock-back from the biggest investigation so far.
2009-03-23 17:18:01
Scientists find climate change to have paradoxical effects in coastal wetlands Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide is largely responsible for recent global warming and the rise in sea levels. However, a team of scientists, including two Smithsonian ecologists, have found that this same increase in CO2 may ironically counterbalance som
2009-03-23 00:00:00
2 'new' greenhouse gases growing Two new greenhouse gases are accumulating in the atmosphere, according to an international research team led by scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in the US and CSIRO scientist, Dr. Paul Fraser, from the Center for Australian Weather
2009-03-23 00:00:00
Are we living in the Age of Stupid? A new film looking at the terrible impacts of climate change is in cinemas now: find out how your group can get involved
2009-03-20 09:04:48
UN accuses EU over climate change The UN's climate change chief accuses the EU of shifting the goalposts in global talks on climate change.
2009-03-18 11:35:32
Americans support action on global warming despite economic crisis Even in the midst of a growing economic crisis last fall, over 90 percent of Americans said that the United States should act to reduce global warming, according to a national survey released today by researchers at Yale and George Mason Universities. The
2009-03-18 00:00:00
Zinc oxide gives green shine to new photoconductors Northwestern University researchers have designed a high-performing photoconducting material that uses zinc oxide -- an environmentally friendly inorganic compound found in baby powder and suntan lotion -- instead of lead sulfide. The best performing phot
2009-03-18 00:00:00
Andrill demonstrates climate warming affects Antarctic ice sheet stability A five-nation scientific team has published new evidence that even a slight rise in atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, one of the gases that drives global warming, affects the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. The massive WAIS covers t
2009-03-18 00:00:00
Saving paradise Maldives facing up to challenge of global warming
2009-03-17 07:57:24
Official advice on climate targets too weak, say leading scientists Leading UK climate scientists warn that a greenhouse gas reduction target recommended by the Government's official advisory body is based on ‘dangerously misleading' assumptions and is too weak.
2009-03-17 01:01:01
Mighty diatoms: Global climate feedback from microscopic algae Tiny creatures at the bottom of the food chain called diatoms suck up nearly a quarter of the atmosphere's carbon dioxide, yet research by Michigan State University scientists suggests they could become less able to "sequester" that greenhouse g
2009-03-17 00:00:00
Forests 'facing a testing time' The world's forests are facing the dual challenge of climate change and economic turmoil, a UN report observes.
2009-03-16 15:25:26
Future of floods Anticipating watery climate change in the Netherlands
2009-03-16 09:16:57
MIT: As planet warms, poor nations face economic chill A rising tide is said to lift all boats. Rising global temperatures, however, may lead to increased disparities between rich and poor countries, according to a recent MIT economic analysis of the impact of climate change on growth.
2009-03-16 00:00:00
Climate-related changes on the Antarctic peninsula Scientists have long established that the Antarctic Peninsula is one of the most rapidly warming spots on Earth. Now, new research using detailed satellite data indicates that the changing climate is affecting not just the penguins at the apex of the food
2009-03-16 00:00:00
Carbon sinks losing the battle with rising emissions The stabilizing influence that land and ocean carbon sinks have on rising carbon emissions is gradually weakening, scientists who attended the international Copenhagen Climate Change Conference.
2009-03-16 00:00:00
Sea level rise due to global warming poses threat to New York City Global warming is expected to cause the sea level along the northeastern US coast to rise almost twice as fast as global sea levels during this century, putting New York City at greater risk for damage from hurricanes and winter storm surge, according to
2009-03-15 00:00:00
Climate fears 'being realised'' International scientists say the worst-case scenarios on climate change envisaged just two years ago are already being realised.
2009-03-12 19:17:14
'Climate change: Global risks, challenges and decisions' Following a successful International Scientific Congress attended by more than 2,500 delegates from nearly 80 countries, preliminary messages were summed up. The conclusions will be published as a full report in June 2009. The conclusions were handed over
2009-03-12 00:00:00
Fighting global warming offers growth and development opportunities Combating climate change may not be a question of who will carry the burden but could instead be a rush for the benefits, according to new economic modeling presented today at "Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions" hosted by
2009-03-12 00:00:00
Blue sky research reveals trends in air pollution, clears way for new climate change studies A University of Maryland-led team has compiled the first decades-long database of aerosol measurements over land, making possible new research into how air pollution changes affect climate change. Using this new database, the researchers show that visibil
2009-03-12 00:00:00
Wind shifts may stir CO2 from Antarctic depths Natural releases of carbon dioxide from the Southern Ocean due to shifting wind patterns could have amplified global warming at the end of the last ice age -- and could be repeated as man-made warming proceeds, a new paper in the journal Science suggests.
2009-03-12 00:00:00
Climate change means bigger medical, council and property bills Little attention is paid to the likelihood of increased bills, through tax and insurance charges, that will be incurred as the climate changes. Alistair Hunt, a researcher at the University of Bath, will be addressing scientists this week at the internat
2009-03-11 00:00:00
New greenhouse gas identified A gas used for fumigation has the potential to contribute significantly to future greenhouse warming, but because its production has not yet reached high levels there is still time to nip this potential contributor in the bud, according to an internationa
2009-03-11 00:00:00
NOAA: Atmospheric 'sunshade' could reduce solar power generation The concept of delaying global warming by adding particles into the upper atmosphere to cool the climate could unintentionally reduce peak electricity generated by large solar power plants by as much as one-fifth, according to a new NOAA study.
2009-03-11 00:00:00
New renewables to power 40 per cent of global electricity demand by 2050 With adequate financial and political support, renewable energy technologies like wind and photovoltaics could supply 40 percent of the world's electricity by 2050, according to findings from the International Scientific Congress "Climate Change: Glo
2009-03-11 00:00:00
Climate change reduces nutritional value of algae Micro-algae are growing faster under the influence of climate change. However, the composition of the algae is changing, as a result of which their nutritional value for other aquatic life is decreasing. And because algae are at the bottom of the food cha
2009-03-11 00:00:00
Cold reality of global warming efforts Setting targets is easy, achieving them is not, so why do we continue to support a framework that has failed to deliver.
2009-03-10 09:47:08
'More bad news' on climate change A meeting of scientists in the Danish capital Copenhagen is expected to reveal further worrying data on global warming.
2009-03-10 02:18:37
Disseminating information on climate change Currently many state and local governments and private organizations are basing decisions -- such as how and where to build bridges or implement zoning laws
2009-03-10 00:00:00
Rising sea levels set to have major impacts around the world Research presented today at the International Scientific Congress on Climate Change in Copenhagen shows that the upper range of sea level rise by 2100 could be in the range of about one meter, or possibly more.
2009-03-10 00:00:00
Termite killer lingers as a potent greenhouse gas Fumigant pumped into tented houses to kill pests remains in atmosphere six to 10 times longer than previously thought, Scripps-led study shows.
2009-03-10 00:00:00
Harrogate 2009 - As it Happens <div class="image_caption"><img src="http://www.libdems.org.uk//assets/0000/9453/RoyalPumpRoomMuseum_Harrogate_PaulHarris-300_main.jpg" class="page_main_image" alt="Royal Pump House"><br/></div><p>Rolling update containing re
2009-03-06 17:37:00
Supply chain report reveals need to improve supplier awareness of climate change threats The first ever global collaboration on climate change between major organizations and their suppliers demonstrates the need for increased supplier awareness of the regulatory, physical and general risks that climate change poses to their business. Of 634
2009-03-05 00:00:00
Geologists map rocks to soak CO2 from air A new report by scientists at Columbia University's Earth Institute and the US Geological Survey points to an abundant supply of carbon-trapping rock in the US that could be used to help stabilize global warming.
2009-03-05 00:00:00
Big ideas Tackling climate change needs big and bold solutions
2009-03-04 10:42:07
Major investment in National Grid is urgently needed to fight climate change Friends of the Earth today welcomed a report by the Electricity Network Strategy Group calling for the UK electricity grid to be upgraded in order to meet the target for 15 per cent of the nation's energy to come from renewable sources by 2020
2009-03-04 01:01:01
Climate 'hitting Europe's birds' Climate change is already having an impact on European bird species, according to British scientists.
2009-03-04 00:15:40
Is the Dead Sea dying? The water levels in the Dead Sea are dropping at an alarming rate with serious environmental consequences, according to a study in Naturwissenschaften. The projected Dead Sea-Red Sea or Mediterranean-Dead Sea Channels therefore need a significant carryin
2009-03-04 00:00:00
Cellulosic biofuel technology will generate low-cost green fuel, says major study Cellulosic biofuels offer similar, if not lower, costs and very large reductions in greenhouse gas emissions compared to petroleum-derived fuels. That's one of the key take-home messages from a series of expert papers on "The Role of Biomass in Ameri
2009-03-04 00:00:00
Clean energy investment not on track to avoid climate change The economic crisis has affected clean energy investments such that their growth is no longer on track avert the worst impacts of climate change, according to leading sector analysts. The analysis will be presented at the second New Energy Finance Summit
2009-03-04 00:00:00
Climate changer Ethical Man on how US can influence rest of world
2009-03-03 14:30:01
Climate changer Ethical Man and Daryl Hannah save Earth by train
2009-03-03 14:30:01
New design means cheaper, more sustainable construction People are always looking for ways to make something less expensive and more environmentally friendly -- and a team of researchers from North Carolina State University has figured out how to do both of those things at once when raising the large scale bui
2009-03-03 00:00:00
Half in US see another country emerging as world's technological leader Half of all Americans expect another country to emerge this century as the world's leader in addressing technological challenges that range from the economy to global warming, according to a survey of US public opinion released Tuesday by Duke University.
2009-03-03 00:00:00
Eugene-Springfield face Upper Willamette climate threats Effects of climate change projected for Oregon's Upper Willamette River Basin, including Eugene-Springfield, will threaten water supplies, buildings, transportation systems, human health, forests, and fish and wildlife, according to a new report.
2009-03-03 00:00:00
Climate change affecting Europe's birds now, say researchers Climate change is already having a detectable impact on birds across Europe, says a Durham University-led scientific team publishing their findings to create the world's first indicator of the climate change impacts on wildlife at a continental scale.
2009-03-03 00:00:00
Tropical lizards can't take the heat of climate warming Lizards living in tropical forests in Central and South America and the Caribbean could be in serious peril from rising temperatures associated with climate change. In fact, those forest lizards appear to tolerate a much narrower range of survivable tempe
2009-03-03 00:00:00
March 2009 Geology and GSA Today media highlights Geology encompasses the vast (martian gullies) to the minute (the inner ear of teleost fish); from past (deep-sea corals and the Southern Ocean 17,000 years ago) to present (the disappearance Staghorn corals due to anthropogenic disruption of Caribbean-re
2009-03-03 00:00:00
Wenchuan earthquake mudslides emit greenhouse gas Mudslides that followed the May 12, 2008, Wenchuan, China earthquake may cause a carbon-dioxide release in upcoming decades equivalent to two percent of current annual global carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion, a new study in Geophysical Researc
2009-03-02 00:00:00
Study critiques corn-for-ethanol's carbon footprint To avoid creating greenhouse gases, it makes more sense using today's technology to leave land unfarmed in conservation reserves than to plow it up for corn to make biofuel, according to a comprehensive Duke University-led study.
2009-03-02 00:00:00
Prehistoric global cooling caused by CO2, research finds A paper published this week in the journal Science, a team of researchers found evidence of widespread cooling that triggered glaciers to form at the South Pole. Additional computer modeling suggests the cooling was caused by a reduction of greenhouse gas
2009-02-26 00:00:00
CO2 drop and global cooling caused Antarctic glacier to form Global climate rapidly shifted from a relatively ice-free world to one with massive ice sheets on Antarctica about 34 million years ago. What happened? What changed? A team of scientists led by Yale geologists offers a new perspective on the nature of ch
2009-02-26 00:00:00
Study: Soybean oil reduces carbon footprint in swine barns One of agriculture's most versatile crops could one day play a role in combating climate change, Purdue University research shows. In addition to using soybeans in a host of products agricultural engineers Al Heber and Jiqin Ni found that soybean oil redu
2009-02-26 00:00:00
Kramer fights for MPs to get final say on airport expansion <div class="image_caption"><img src="http://www.libdems.org.uk//assets/0001/0244/Susan_Kramer_main.jpg" class="page_main_image" alt="Susan Kramer"><br/>Susan Kramer</div><p>Liberal Democrat MP proposes Airport Expansion (Parl
2009-02-25 14:38:00
Polar research reveals new evidence of global environmental change Multidisciplinary research from the International Polar Year provides new evidence of the widespread effects of global warming in the polar regions. Snow and ice are declining in both polar regions, affecting human livelihoods as well as local plant and a
2009-02-25 00:00:00
Media coverage affects perceptions of climate change Climate change will not be taken seriously until the media highlights its significance, say researchers at the University of Liverpool.
2009-02-25 00:00:00
Oceanic seesaw links Northern and Southern hemisphere during abrupt climate change Very large and abrupt changes in temperature recorded over Greenland and across the North Atlantic during the last Ice Age were actually global in extent, according to an international team of researchers led by Cardiff University.
2009-02-25 00:00:00
Kramer: Refusing vote on Heathrow undermines democracy <div class="image_caption"><img src="http://www.libdems.org.uk//assets/0001/0244/Susan_Kramer_main.jpg" class="page_main_image" alt="Susan Kramer"><br/>Susan Kramer</div><p>The Liberal Democrats will today table a 10-Minute R
2009-02-24 10:44:00
Green IT not helping climate change University of Calgary researcher Richard Hawkins has found that the environmental impact of digital technology is much higher than previously believed. His research is scheduled to be presented at conferences in Spain and Denmark this year.
2009-02-24 00:00:00
British butterfly reveals role of habitat for species responding to climate change A new study shows it is possible to predict how fast a population will spread and reveals the importance of habitat conservation in helping threatened species survive environmental change. The research tracks the recovery of a rare British butterfly over
2009-02-24 00:00:00
Global warning: Hotter days, increased hospitalizations for respiratory problems High summer temperatures, pushed higher by global climate change, may bring with them a spike in hospitalizations for respiratory problems, according to an analysis of data from twelve European cities, from Dublin to Valencia. The data comes from the &quo
2009-02-20 00:00:00
More reasons to hate humidity: It expands global warming, prof says Here's yet another reason to hate humidity: it expands global warming, says a Texas A&M University professor. Andrew Dessler, a professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences who specializes in research on climate, says that warming due to increa
2009-02-19 00:00:00
One-fifth of fossil-fuel emissions absorbed by threatened forests An international team of scientists have discovered that rainforest trees are getting bigger. They are storing more carbon from the atmosphere in their trunks, which has significantly reduced the rate of climate change.
2009-02-18 00:00:00
Climate curbs need 'people power' The battle against climate change can only be won "in the hands of the many, not the few", warns a top scientist.
2009-02-17 15:37:26
What if New Mexico doesn't address climate change? If nothing is done to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, New Mexico could experience some $3.2 billion in associated costs -- led primarily by wildfires and health-care, according to a report produced for the University of Oregon's Climate Leadership Initia
2009-02-17 00:00:00
What if Oregonians decline to address climate change? If nothing is done to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Oregon will face some $3.3 billion in annual costs, which translates to about 4 percent of annual household income by 2020, according to a report produced for the University of Oregon's Climate Leader
2009-02-17 00:00:00
What if Washingtonians don't address climate change? If nothing is done to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Washington is likely to experience some $3.8 billion in associated annual costs -- including $1.3 billion in health related costs alone, according to a report produced for the University
2009-02-17 00:00:00
Aerosols -- their part in our rainfall Aerosols may have a greater impact on patterns of Australian rainfall and future climate change than previously thought, according to leading atmospheric scientist, CSIRO's Dr. Leon Rotstayn.
2009-02-17 00:00:00
Amazon dieback 'overstated' The Amazon rainforest may be less vulnerable to severe drying as a result of global warming than previously thought, a study suggests.
2009-02-16 11:26:41
State of the steric sea level rise, 1955-2003 Based on a detailed analysis of ocean vertical temperature profiles for the 1955-2008 period, Sydney Levitus, lead author, talks about the change of global average sea level induced by the observed warming of the world ocean during the past 53 years. The
2009-02-16 00:00:00
Local climate influences dengue transmission Researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found that dengue transmission in Puerto Rico is dependent upon local climate and short-term changes in temperature and precipi
2009-02-16 00:00:00
Global warming 'underestimated' The severity of global warming over the next century will be worse than forecast, a leading climate scientist warns.
2009-02-15 02:11:44
Scientist models the mysterious travels of greenhouse gas The global travel logs of greenhouse gases are based on atmospheric sampling locations sprinkled over the Earth and short towers that measure the uptake or release of carbon from a small patch of forest. But those measurements don't agree with current com
2009-02-15 00:00:00
Using satellites to monitor climate change: Progress and challenges Many of the early research and meteorological satellites were either not designed for climate-quality measurements, or were not succeeded at the end of their lifetimes. The resulting patchwork of quality data has required extraordinary scientific effort t
2009-02-15 00:00:00
Cardiac fibrillation of the climate In the current issue of the scientific journal Nature Geoscience a group of Norwegian, Swiss and German geoscientists prove that before the set-in of the Holocene very rapid climate changes already existed. The transition from the stable cold period took
2009-02-15 00:00:00
Decisive action needed as warming predictions worsen, says expert Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are rising more rapidly than expected, increasing the danger that without aggressive action to reduce emissions the climate system could cross a critical threshold by the end of the century, warns a leading member of the
2009-02-14 00:00:00
Biologist discusses sacred nature of sustainability The hot topics of global warming and environmental sustainability are concerns that fit neatly within the precepts of religious naturalism, according to Ursula Goodenough, Ph.D., professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St.
2009-02-14 00:00:00
Climate change may alter malaria patterns Temperature is an important factor in the spread of malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases, but researchers who look at average monthly or annual temperatures are not seeing the whole picture. Global climate change will affect daily temperature variati
2009-02-14 00:00:00
'CO2 reduction treaties useless' A new report says that treaties, such as the Kyoto Protocol, which aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, are useless.
2009-02-13 18:37:16
Mass media often failing in its coverage of global warming, says climate researcher "Business managers of media organizations, you are screwing up your responsibility by firing science and environment reporters who are frankly the only ones competent to do this," said climate researcher and policy analyst Stephen Schneider, in
2009-02-13 00:00:00
Biofuels, like politics, are local Field work and computer simulations in Michigan and Wisconsin are helping biofuels researchers understand the basics of getting home-grown energy from the field to consumers. Preliminary results presented today from the US Department of Energy's Great Lak
2009-02-13 00:00:00
Obama 'must act now' on climate The planet will be in "huge trouble" unless Barack Obama tackles climate change rapidly, says a top US scientist.
2009-02-12 02:36:06
Aerosols -- their part in our rainfall Aerosols may have a greater impact on patterns of Australian rainfall and future climate change than previously thought, according to leading atmospheric scientist, CSIRO's Dr. Leon Rotstayn.
2009-02-12 00:00:00
New findings on climate change and fisheries Scientists have for the first time calculated the likely impact of climate change on the distribution of more than 1,000 species of fish around the globe.
2009-02-12 00:00:00
US Atlantic cod population to drop by half by 2050 A University of British Columbia researcher put a number to the impact of climate change on world fisheries at today's Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago.
2009-02-12 00:00:00
Vital climate change warnings are being ignored, says expert Canada's inland waters, the countless lakes and reservoirs across the country, are important "sentinels" for climate change and Ottawa and the provinces are ignoring the warnings. That's the message from University of Alberta biologist David Sch
2009-02-12 00:00:00
Reducing CO2 through technology and smart growth A Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning study on climate change, published Feb. 10, 2009 online by Environmental Science and Technology, shows that "smart growth" combined with the use of hybrid vehicle technology could reduce cities' carbon d
2009-02-11 00:00:00
It's Go Green Week Loads of P&P groups up and down the country are taking part in the biggest-ever week of student action on climate change, Go Green Week
2009-02-10 18:47:55
New research reveals increasing impact of climate change on investment decisions A survey by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) reveals that three-quarters of 80 global institutional investors factor climate change information into investment decisions and asset allocations. Some investor institutions are now willing to ask companie
2009-02-10 00:00:00
How an Antarctic worm makes antifreeze and what that has to do with climate change A new study reports a hardy Antarctic worm that withstands its cold climate by cranking out antifreeze and going into suspended animation when it dries out. Researchers are using it to establish a baseline for predictions about how ecosystems respond to c
2009-02-09 00:00:00
Scientists document salamander decline in Central America Amphibian populations have dropped worldwide, but most studies have detailed only the effects on frogs. A new UC Berkeley study documents that salamander populations also are plummeting. The study, which looked at tropical salamanders in Central America,
2009-02-09 00:00:00
UN chief in India climate warning UN chief Ban Ki-moon warns a climate change conference in India that failure to tackle the issue will lead to global economic upheaval.
2009-02-05 15:52:02
New study identifies economies that will suffer most as climate change imperils fisheries With climate change threatening to destroy coral reefs, push salt water into freshwater habitats and produce more coastal storms, millions of struggling people in fishery-dependent nations of Africa, Asia and South America could face unprecedented hardshi
2009-02-05 00:00:00
Researchers examine role of climate change in disease spread Concerns have long been raised about the implications of global climate change for the spread of arboviruses. However, while alterations in temperature and rainfall are important factors in making new territory hospitable to an invading arbovirus, studies
2009-02-05 00:00:00
Sea level rise could be worse than anticipated If global warming some day causes the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to collapse, as many experts believe it could, the resulting sea level rise in much of the United States and other parts of the world would be significantly higher than is currently projected,
2009-02-05 00:00:00
Caltech scientists lead deep-sea discovery voyage Scientists from the California Institute of Technology and an international team of collaborators have returned from a month-long deep-sea voyage to a marine reserve near Tasmania, Australia, that not only netted coral-reef samples likely to provide insig
2009-02-04 00:00:00
Global warming may delay recovery of stratospheric ozone Increasing greenhouse gases could delay, or even postpone indefinitely the recovery of stratospheric ozone in some regions of the Earth, a new study suggests. This change might take a toll on public health.
2009-02-04 00:00:00
Global warming threatens Antarctic sea life Fast-moving, shell-crushing predators, dominant in most places, cannot operate in the icy waters of Antarctica. That situation is changing.
2009-02-04 00:00:00
Long-term recovery of reefs from bleaching requires local action to increase resilience In the journal Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science's Drs. Peter Glynn and Andrew Baker assess more than 25 years of data on reef ecosystems recovery from climate change-related epis
2009-02-03 00:00:00
Water 'crisis'? Will more people and climate change drink us all dry?
2009-02-02 18:48:30
'Green' gas could help heat homes Biogas produced from waste could heat almost half the UK's homes, lowering greenhouse gas emissions, a report says.
2009-02-02 01:40:37
Ocean climate fix remains afloat Plans to curb climate change by artificially "fertilising" ocean plankton blooms could be boosted by a new study, scientists say.
2009-01-29 00:31:50
Charcoal evidence tracks climate changes in Younger Dryas A new study reports that charcoal particles left by wildfires in sediments of 35 North American lake beds don't readily support the theory that comets exploding over the continent 12,900 years ago sparked a cooling period known as the Younger Dryas. Howev
2009-01-28 00:00:00
Spectacular heating of planet observed Here on Earth we worry about our planet's atmosphere warming by a few degrees on average over the next century, and even weather fronts bring temporary changes in temperature of no more than tens of degrees. Now astronomers writing in the Jan. 29 Nature r
2009-01-28 00:00:00
Global warming is 'irreversible' A team of environmental researchers in the US warns many effects of climate change are irreversible.
2009-01-27 02:04:41
Predicting the future spread of infectious-disease vectors As global warming raises concerns about potential spread of infectious diseases, a team of researchers has demonstrated a way to predict the expanding range of human disease vectors in a changing world.
2009-01-27 00:00:00
Obama aims for oil independence US President Barack Obama calls for US energy independence, saying global warming and relying on foreign oil posed threats.
2009-01-26 17:20:00
Obama takes first steps on climate Barack Obama's pledge today to establish a new energy economy aimed at tackling climate change and creating new jobs "by choosing a future safer for our country, prosperous for our planet, and sustainable" has been welcomed by Friends of the Earth.
2009-01-26 01:01:01
Climate change enhances grassland productivity More frequent freeze-thaw cycles in winter can increase biomass production according to the results of a recent study conducted by the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research, the University of Bayreuth and the Helmholtz Center in Munich. Such increas
2009-01-26 00:00:00
Comet impact theory disproved New data, published today, disproves the recent theory that a large comet exploded over North America 12,900 years ago, causing a shock wave that traveled across North America at hundreds of kilometers per hour and triggering continent-wide wildfires. Dr.
2009-01-26 00:00:00
Dramatic expansion of dead zones in the oceans Unchecked global warming would leave ocean dwellers gasping for breath. Dead zones are low-oxygen areas in the ocean where higher life forms such as fish, crabs and clams are not able to live. A team of Danish researchers have now shown that unchecked glo
2009-01-25 00:00:00
A crystal clear view of chalk formation Chalk crystallizes differently from the way we once thought it did. This discovery will allow the development of new scale inhibitors and other materials, and has also consequences for climate change.
2009-01-23 00:00:00
Satellites confirm half-century of West Antarctic warming The Antarctic Peninsula juts into the Southern Ocean, reaching farther north than any other part of the continent. The southernmost reach of global warming was believed to be limited to this narrow strip of land, while the rest of the continent was presum
2009-01-22 00:00:00
Climate satellite set for launch A Japanese spacecraft is due to launch on a mission to study the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
2009-01-21 17:35:23
The global impact of climate change on biodiversity New research led by the University of York which retraced the steps of a 1965 survey on Mount Kinabalu in Borneo has discovered that, on average, species had moved uphill by about 67 m over the intervening years to cope with changes in climate.
2009-01-21 00:00:00
Termite insecticide a potent greenhouse gas An insecticide used to fumigate termite-infested buildings is a strong greenhouse gas that lives in the atmosphere nearly 10 times longer than previously thought, UC Irvine research has found.
2009-01-21 00:00:00
Earth's seasons now arrive 2 days earlier, UC Berkeley, Harvard researchers report Biologists have long noticed that global warming is causing springtime flowering and ice melting to arrive earlier, but a new study shows that the seasonal cycle has also shifted, causing summer's peak temperature and winter's lowest temperature on land t
2009-01-21 00:00:00
Bacterial pathogens and rising temperatures threaten coral health Coral reefs around the world are in serious trouble from pollution, over-fishing, climate change and more. The last thing they need is an infection. But that's exactly what yellow band disease is -- a bacterial infection that sickens coral colonies. Resea
2009-01-20 00:00:00
Survey: Scientists agree human-induced global warming is real A broad poll of experts taken by UIC earth scientist Peter Doran finds that the vast majority of climatologists and other earth scientists believe in global warming and think human activity is a factor for the temperature rise. It dispels lingering doubt
2009-01-19 00:00:00
