Climate change not the only factor controlling distribution of plant species Biogeographers have long recognized that the spatial distribution of plant species, at a coarse resolution, mainly reflects each species' climatic requirements. However, few studies have carefully matched maps of a species distribution with maps of climat
2006-07-12 00:00:00
G8: Don't Backslide on Climate Change! Last year, climate change was one of the priorities of the G8, the meeting of the leaders of eight of the most powerful countries in the world. This year, the focus is on 'energy security' and the G8 are proposing massive investments in fossil
2006-07-10 18:02:52
Friends of the Earth Class 40 Yacht leaves Cape Town After years of preparation Friends of the Earth Class 40 yacht left Cape Town today (7 July) on its maiden voyage. The departure marks the start of a journey to highlight the need for national and international action on climate change.
2006-07-07 00:01:00
Climate change 'real and severe' An expert panel convened by the BBC concludes that climate change is "real and severe", but maybe not "catastrophic".
2006-07-06 03:50:53
Warming climate plays large role in Western US wildfires, Scripps-led study shows A new study led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego implicates rising seasonal temperatures and the earlier arrival of spring conditions in connection with a dramatic increase of large wildfires in the western United State
2006-07-06 00:00:00
More large forest fires linked to climate change Large forest fires have occurred more frequently in the western United States since the mid-1980s as spring temperatures increased, mountain snows melted earlier and summers got hotter, according to new research. Almost seven times more forested federal l
2006-07-06 00:00:00
Global warming: Crisis for Earth? The BBC is to gather evidence on whether the Earth is in danger from climate warming, as James Lovelock believes.
2006-07-03 15:31:58
Long-haul birds 'returning early' Climate change is having unpredictable effects on migratory birds, say scientists.
2006-07-02 15:06:23
Discovery prepares for lift-off The weather forecast improves as the Discovery shuttle is prepared for launch from Florida.
2006-07-01 15:12:56
Cool light leads to greener chips Scientists have devised a new technique they say could lead to low-cost, environmentally friendly microchips.
2006-06-30 07:56:01
Catastrophic 'lake burst' chills climate Ocean circulation changes during the present warm interglacial were more extensive than previously thought, according to new research by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and Cardiff University.
2006-06-29 00:00:00
CANN Nottinghamshire Rise to the Climate Change Challenge? A new alliance of local voluntary and community organisations is asking people in Nottinghamshire to make a personal pledge to help tackle climate change at their launch event on Saturday 1st July.
2006-06-28 00:01:00
US SUPREME COURT TO HEAR CLIMATE CHANGE CASE Friends of the Earth is delighted that the Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the Bush Administration must regulate carbon dioxide to stop global warming. The case was brought by Friends of the Earth US, twelve states, several cities and environme
2006-06-27 00:01:00
July GEOLOGY media highlights Topics include: rupture models for the A.D. 900-930 Seattle fault earthquake; results from CO2 injection at Texas' Frio Formation and implications for storing greenhouse gases in sedimentary basins; a new paleothermometer for reconstructing ancient climat
2006-06-27 00:00:00
Carnegie Mellon, USDA report that Fe-TAML® catalysts degrade estrogenic compounds Scientists from Carnegie Mellon University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have found that a rapid, environmentally friendly catalytic process involving Fe-TAML® activators and hydrogen peroxide breaks down two types of estrogenic compo
2006-06-26 00:00:00
Wind farm 'hits eagle numbers' Wind farm turbine blades are killing a key population of Europe's largest eagle, UK wildlife campaigners warn.
2006-06-23 07:01:11
Healthy coral reefs of Madagascar resisting damage from climate change Healthy coral reefs of Madagascar's northeast coast have so far resisted the damaging effects of warmer ocean temperatures attributed to global climate change, say scientists who recently studied the region.The survey of a previously unexplored region by
2006-06-22 00:00:00
Schools compete for wind power Schools and youth groups could win a wind turbine worth over £1500 in Friends of the Earths ‘Shout about climate solutions 2006’ competition, launched today (23 June 2006). The competition is open to schools and youth groups taking part i
2006-06-20 00:01:00
New study finds multiple invasions increase green crab's Canadian range The recent rapid expansion of the European green crab's range in the Canadian Maritimes had biologists wondering if global warming or an adaptation to cold was responsible. Using molecular tools, biologist Joe Roman, conducting research at Harvard Univers
2006-06-20 00:00:00
Climate change may affect East Asia differently to North Atlantic nations, study suggests The extreme effects of climate change on the world depicted in the US blockbuster movie The Day After Tomorrow may not be quite true where East Asia is concerned. New research led by Newcastle University suggests that temperatures are unlikely to change
2006-06-20 00:00:00
Hurricanes and the US Gulf Coast The American Geophysical Union today published the report of a Conference of Experts, intended to guide policy makers charged with rebuilding areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The 20 scientists who participated in the conference looked at sev
2006-06-19 00:00:00
National Academies advisory: Past surface temperatures and climate change Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2,000 Years, a new congressionally requested report from the National Academies' National Research Council, assesses efforts to estimate historical temperature variations based on tree rings, boreholes, and
2006-06-19 00:00:00
Climate scientists spotlight Arctic warming, plight of polar bears A climate scientist at the University of Chicago and 30 of her colleagues from across North America and Europe are urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the polar bear as a threatened species because global warming is melting its sea-ice habit
2006-06-16 00:00:00
Decision to build Europe's biggest incinerator in London condemned The Government’s decision today (June 15) to allow Europe’s biggest incinerator to be built in London was condemned by Friends of the Earth as a waste of resources and a step in the wrong direction in the fight against climate change.
2006-06-15 00:01:00
SCIENTISTS RAISE CONCERNS OVER NIGHT FLIGHT IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE A study by the Meteorology Department at the University of Reading suggests that a widespread adoption of night-flying restrictions could help minimise the impact of aviation on our climate. The study is published in Nature today
2006-06-14 00:01:00
NEW HOME INFORMATION PACKS INCENTIVISE TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE New energy efficiency certificates for homes, to be included in the homebuyer information packs, will provide a welcome, if long-overdue incentive for tackling the UK’s rising climate emissions, Friends of the Earth said today (Wednesday 14 June) &#
2006-06-14 00:01:00
British yacht sets sail for La Route du Rhum and climate action A new state of the art yacht, called Friends of the Earth, will set sail this week (w/c 12 June) from Cape Town, South Africa to highlight the need for national and international action on climate change. The yacht will begin sea trials before taking part
2006-06-12 00:01:00
Health professionals must help tackle climate change Climate change is a major public health threat which health professionals must help to tackle, argues an expert in this week's BMJ.The most feasible policy for tackling global warming is contraction and convergence - a carbon cap and trade policy designed
2006-06-08 00:00:00
Recent, rapid climate change is driving evolution of animal species Rapid climate changes over the past several decades have led to heritable, genetic changes in animals as diverse as squirrels, birds and mosquitoes, according to University of Oregon evolutionary geneticists.
2006-06-08 00:00:00
Britain to appoint climate envoy The government is to appoint an international envoy on climate change, the BBC has learned.
2006-06-07 23:03:49
'Hope for coral' as oceans warm Corals threatened by rising sea temperatures may be able to adapt to climate change, Australian researchers report.
2006-06-07 00:43:40
Tycoons urging Blair to curb CO2 Business leaders are due to meet Tony Blair to urge tougher action on climate change.
2006-06-06 01:12:21
Friends of the Earth welcomes business demands for climate action Calls by business for tougher Government targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions were welcomed by Friends of the Earth today (6 June 2006). The companies, including Standard Chartered Bank and Vodafone, are meeting Tony Blair amid concerns that other Euro
2006-06-06 00:01:00
Taking evolution's temperature: Researchers pinpoint the energy it takes to make a species Higher temperatures near the equator speed up the metabolisms of the inhabitants, fueling genetic changes that actually lead to the creation of new species. One of the novel insights in the paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is t
2006-05-31 00:00:00
AGU Journal Highlights - 31 May 2006 In this issue: Mars' hemispheric dichotomy; Severe Arctic ice reduction linked to Pacific inflows; Indian Ocean decadal variability; Feedbacks between global warming and CO2 may significantly increase future temperatures; Seasonal variation in the norther
2006-05-31 00:00:00
Sun's past strength took toll on tropical glaciers, worsens today's outlook Variations in the strength of the sun have played a major role in glacial fluctuations in the tropical Andes for hundreds of years, and combined with current greenhouse gases generated by humans, paint an alarming picture for tropical glaciers.
2006-05-31 00:00:00
Climate history rewritten: Arctic ice an early arrival Artic ice formed about 45 million years ago - roughly 14 million years ahead of previous predictions - according to new research published in Nature. An international team of scientists, including Brown geologist Steven Clemens, says this startling eviden
2006-05-31 00:00:00
Ocean-drilling scientists cite history of Arctic climate change A group of ocean-drilling research scientists that explored the Arctic Ocean subseafloor in Fall 2004 have released new findings in a report to be published in Nature on June 1. The report, supported by Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) research op
2006-05-31 00:00:00
North Pole's ancient past holds lessons for future global warming Detailed information on greenhouse gasses and a subtropical heat wave at the North Pole 55 million years ago is providing information about the Earth's past as well as a portent for its future, according to reports in the June 1 issue of Nature. An expedi
2006-05-31 00:00:00
Climate change responsible for increased hurricanes Human induced climate change, rather than naturally occurring ocean cycles, may be responsible for the recent increases in frequency and strength of North Atlantic hurricanes, according to Penn State and Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers.
2006-05-30 00:00:00
Gore in climate change plea Ex-US vice-president Al Gore admits he has failed to get his climate change message across in the past, in a UK speech.
2006-05-29 22:40:58
Europe urged to help save climate The EU launches a campaign to convince Europeans they can help stop climate change.
2006-05-29 15:39:43
Europeans urged to act on climate A campaign to convince Europeans they can help stop climate change is being launched by the EU.
2006-05-29 00:04:47
How to cut energy waste in China, India, Brazil said crucial to forestalling climate change Without significant gains from energy efficiency efforts, China, India and Brazil within a single human generation (by 2030) will more than double their energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, resulting in major impacts on global energy markets and clima
2006-05-29 00:00:00
Lib Dems top green poll on climate change A Friends of the Earth on-line poll today puts the Liberal Democrats far ahead of the other main parties in caring about climate change.
2006-05-25 07:15:13
The tropics may be expanding Atmospheric temperature measurements by U.S. weather satellites indicate Earth's hot, tropical zone has expanded farther from the equator since 1979, says a study by scientists from the University of Utah and University of Washington. But they do not know
2006-05-25 00:00:00
Attenborough: Climate is changing Naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough says climate change is the biggest challenge facing the world.
2006-05-24 11:51:37
Government 'lagging on climate' The UK government is a "laggard, not a leader" when it comes to tackling climate change, MPs say.
2006-05-24 03:14:49
World to be even hotter by century's end While climate models predict significant global warming by the end of the century, these models don't take into account several poorly understood processes - the extra carbon dioxide pumped out by warmer soils and oceans - that will amplify the warming. T
2006-05-24 00:00:00
Global warming risk 'much higher' Global temperatures will rise more in the future than previously predicted, according to new research.
2006-05-23 08:53:14
UK GREENHOUSE GASES RISE AGAIN New figures released today (23 May) which show that greenhouse gas emissions rose again last year highlight the need for a new law to tackle climate change said Friends of the Earth. The Office for National Statistics figures show that greenhouse emission
2006-05-23 00:01:00
Greenhouse gas/temperature feedback mechanism may raise warming beyond previous estimates Climate change estimates for the next century may have substantially underestimated the potential magnitude of global warming. Actual warming due to human fossil fuel emissions may be 15-to-78 percent higher than warming estimates that do not take into ac
2006-05-22 00:00:00
Tropical forests leak nitrogen back into atmosphere, say scientists In findings that could influence our understanding of climate change, a Princeton research team has learned that tropical forests return to the atmosphere up to half the nitrogen they receive each year, thanks to a particular type of bacteria that lives i
2006-05-22 00:00:00
Gore gives climate change warning Former US vice-president Al Gore tells the Cannes Film Festival global warming is a "planetary emergency".
2006-05-20 17:43:47
Climate Change Photo Competition Launched Friends of the Earth International announced today the launch of its first-ever photo competition, which will gather photos on the theme of climate justice from around the globe. The best shots will feature in a 2007 Friends of the Earth International cal
2006-05-19 00:01:00
Lib Dems launch green tax policies The Liberal Democrats have launched a green taxation paper, The Green Switch, aimed at curbing carbon emissions and halting global warming.
2006-05-18 12:51:35
GIANT AIRBUS NOT THE SOLUTION TO AVIATION'S CLIMATE IMPACT The giant European A380 Airbus, which is due to land at Heathrow airport for the first time this afternoon, is not the answer to the growing impact that air travel is having on climate change, Friends of the Earth said today.
2006-05-18 00:01:00
New century of thirst for world's mountains By the century's end, the Andes in South America will have less than half their current winter snowpack, mountain ranges in Europe and the U.S. West will have lost nearly half of their snow-bound water, and snow on New Zealand's picturesque snowcapped pe
2006-05-18 00:00:00
Linking climate change across time scales What do month-to-month changes in temperature have to do with century-to-century changes in temperature? At first it might seem like not much. But in a report published in this week's Nature, scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution hav
2006-05-18 00:00:00
SUPER JUMBO IS NOT THE SOLUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE The giant European A380 Airbus, which arrives in London tomorrow, is not the solution to aviation's climate impact says Friends of the Earth. cleaner planes are needed, but unless governments tackle the growth in air travel, the problem will only get wors
2006-05-17 00:01:00
Fabled equatorial icecaps to disappear Fabled equatorial icecaps will disappear within two decades because of global warming, a study led by UCL (University College London) has found.
2006-05-17 00:00:00
Coral reef reveals history of fickle weather in the central Pacific For more than five decades, archaeologists, geographers, and other researchers studying the Pacific Islands have used a model of late Holocene climate change based largely on other regions of the world. However, a new study uses evidence from the long-liv
2006-05-16 00:00:00
Development Aid Contributes to Climate Change Please write to your MP asking them to sign Early Day Motion (EDM) 407: Development Aid for Oil. This has been tabled to raise the parliamentary profile of some of the recommendations contained within the Pumping Poverty report.
2006-05-15 15:06:04
Concerns over EU carbon trading The European Commission questions the EU's emissions trading scheme, a key part of its climate change policy.
2006-05-15 10:43:08
Climate change a 'deadly threat' The Christian Aid charity warns climate change could kill hundreds of millions around the world this century.
2006-05-15 01:55:18
EU Emissions Targets: Governments Must Set Tougher Targets European Union (EU) countries have undermined incentives for companies to cut greenhouse gas emissions, Friends of the Earth said today as EU pollution data showed that member states gave their industries too many pollution permits under the EU Emissions
2006-05-15 00:01:00
Fabled equatorial African icecaps to disappear Fabled equatorial icecaps will disappear within two decades, because of global warming, a study British and Ugandan scientists has found. An increase in air temperature over the last four decades has contributed to a substantial reduction in glacial cover
2006-05-15 00:00:00
Global warming may have damaged coral reefs forever Global warming has had a more devastating effect on some of the world's finest coral reefs than previously assumed, suggests the first report to show the long-term impact of sea temperature rise on reef coral and fish communities - published in the Procee
2006-05-15 00:00:00
MILIBAND URGED TO BACK CLEAN, SAFE ALTERNATIVES TO NUCLEAR POWER Friends of the Earth today urged new Environment Secretary David Miliband to oppose calls for a new generation of nuclear power plants, and back better, safer alternative technologies and measures to combat climate change and meet our energy needs. The en
2006-05-12 00:01:00
Campbell and Cameron to meet on climate change agenda David Cameron and Sir Menzies Campbell are to meet in response to the Liberal Democrats' challenge to the Tory leader for a "minimum test of commitme...
2006-05-11 15:48:28
Friends of the Earth Launches New Climate Resource for Schools Friends of the Earth, today, launched ‘Shout About Climate Solutions 2006’ a resource pack and activity week for teachers, youth workers and young people who are keen to know more about climate change and what can be done to address it.
2006-05-11 00:01:00
Pollution, greenhouse gases and climate clash in South Asia, Scripps study shows A new analysis by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, has produced surprising results showing how air pollution, global warming-producing greenhouse gases and natural fluctuations in the climate ma
2006-05-11 00:00:00
Monster hurricanes New research calls into question the linkage between major Atlantic hurricanes and global warming. That is one of the conclusions from a University of Virginia study to appear in the May 10, 2006 issue of the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
2006-05-10 00:00:00
Pollutant haze heats the Arctic Arctic climate already is known to be particularly prone to global warming caused by industrial and automotive emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Now, a University of Utah study finds a surprising new way society's pollutants warm the
2006-05-10 00:00:00
Shell Claims Action on Climate Change Oil giant Shell claimed it put sustainability at the heart of its business today with the publication of it ninth annual report on the environmental and social performance. But Friends of the Earth said the oil giant, which this year banked £12.93bn
2006-05-09 00:01:00
Illinois professor to address global warming at book launching Michael Schlesinger, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will participate in news conferences in New York City on May 9, and Washington, DC, on May 10, publicizing the US debut of the book "Avoiding
2006-05-09 00:00:00
Polar explorers use satellite broadband to stay in touch A team of young explorers from the Climate Change College are on a ten day field trip, participating in ESA's CryoSat validation experiment on the Greenland Ice Sheet. To stay in touch, the team is using Inmarsat's Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN), a
2006-05-05 00:00:00
Has the planet reached a tipping point? Record temperatures, fiercer hurricanes, droughts, melting ice caps, floods, water shortages, changing ecosystems, loss of productive land, food scarcity - the future impacts of climate change?
2006-05-04 10:36:48
Man may have caused pre-historic extinctions New research shows that pre-historic horses in Alaska may have been hunted into extinction by man, rather than by climate change as previously thought. The discovery by Andrew Solow of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, US, David Roberts of the Royal Bot
2006-05-04 00:00:00
'Clear' human impact on climate A report funded by the US government finds "clear evidence" of human-induced climate change.
2006-05-03 17:25:50
Man-made climate change A new study published in this week's issue of Nature is the first to show that human activity is altering the circulation of the tropical atmosphere and ocean through global warming.
2006-05-03 00:00:00
Slowdown in tropical Pacific flow pinned on climate change The vast loop of winds that drives climate across the tropical Pacific and helps nourish marine ecosystems has weakened by 3.5 percent since the mid-1800s and may weaken another 10 percent by 2100, according to a new study in Nature. The study indicates t
2006-05-03 00:00:00
Three quarters 'back climate law' A survey reveals three quarters of the UK population would back a new law to combat climate change.
2006-05-01 12:04:16
Plants' role in global warming re-examined in ORNL Science paper Estimates of increased plant respiration in response to higher global temperatures may be somewhat overstated as they have not taken into account plants' ability to adjust to changing conditions, according to researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory
2006-05-01 00:00:00
UCSD study reveals how plants respond to elevated carbon dioxide An important source of uncertainty in predictions about global warming is how plants will respond to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide. Now biologists at the University of California, San Diego have made significant advances toward understanding the m
2006-05-01 00:00:00
75 percent back new climate law as Thom Yorke plays sell out climate change gig Three quarters of the UK population would support the introduction of a new law to combat climate change, a new survey revealed today (1 May). The results were released as some of the UK's top musicians prepare to playThe Big Ask Live, a sell out bank hol
2006-04-28 00:01:00
Top musicians play sell out climate change gig Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead are topping the bill at ‘The Big Ask Live’ in London today (1 May). The sell out concert is being held in support of The Big Ask, Friends of the Earths climate campaign, and has attracted the suppo
2006-04-28 00:01:00
Climate change students help CryoSat-2 Arctic campaign In an unusual step, European scientists participating in the ESA CryoSat validation experiment on the Greenland ice sheet will soon be joined by six students from the Climate Change College. The students will be given an exciting opportunity to take part
2006-04-28 00:00:00
Climate change: 20th century the wettest in Pakistan for 1,000 years Since the beginning of industrialisation the amount of precipitation in Pakistan has increased considerably. This is reportet by scientists from the Swiss Research Institute WSL, the Potsdam Geo Research Centre, the J.lich Research Centre and the Universi
2006-04-27 00:00:00
Keep it local and save our small shops A new campaign urging people to support their local shops is launched today (Friday 28 April 2006) amid growing concerns that unless shopping habits change, the great British high street will disappear. Friends of the Earth wants shoppers around the cou
2006-04-26 00:01:00
Coral reef resilience: Better feeders survive bleaching Global warming and other threats are killing coral reefs through a phenomenon known as bleaching. But why do some corals survive? A new study, published in Nature, is the first to document a trait that helps some coral species live through, and recover fr
2006-04-26 00:00:00
BP Profits Down - But Still Fuelling Climate Change Friends of the Earth called for BP to improve its environmental standards and move more swiftly into renewable energy today as the company announced reduced first quarter profits.
2006-04-25 00:01:00
Living Oceans Foundation leads Red Sea expedition Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation will lead an all-star team of scientist divers on an expedition to study the "rainforests" of the Red Sea. State-of-the-art technology will enable the team to complete years of coral reef research in ju
2006-04-21 00:00:00
Car makers 'failing' on climate Car makers are defaulting on a key target to tackle climate change, according to an environmental group.
2006-04-20 22:49:26
BATTLE FOR GREEN VOTE HEATS UP Political parties must commit themselves to binding annual reductions in UK carbon dioxide emissions if they are serious about tackling climate change, Friends of the Earth said today. The call comes as David Cameron and Gordon Brown make key note speeche
2006-04-20 00:01:00
Impact of rainfall reaches to roots of mountains The erosion caused by rainfall directly affects the movement of continental plates beneath mountain ranges, says a University of Toronto geophysicist -- the first time science has raised the possibility that human-induced climate change could affect the d
2006-04-20 00:00:00
In new study, ancient and modern evidence suggests limits to future global warming Instrumental readings made during the past century offer ample evidence that carbon dioxide and other "greenhouse gases" in the atmosphere are warming Earth's climate, a team led by Duke University scientists has reported. But by analyzing indir
2006-04-20 00:00:00
Stopping Climate Chaos - special event for London students The University of London Union (ULU) Trade Fair Forum will be hosting an evening workshop on Thursday 27th April for all London students who are interested in taking action on Climate Change.
2006-04-19 17:13:27
Gordon Brown's Climate Opportunity - World Bank Spring Meetings UK Chancellor Gordon Brown will be in Washington this week to call on the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to introduce a new US$20 billion World Bank fund to help developing countries invest in alternative energy sources in order to combat
2006-04-19 00:01:00
Progress on renewables not new nuclear needed - Howarth Commenting on the release of the Environmental Audit Committee's report Keeping the Lights on: Nuclear, Renewables and Climate Change, Liberal Democr...
2006-04-18 09:54:17
US EMISSIONS REACH RECORD LEVELS The United States contribution to climate change has reached record levels, new government figures have revealed [1]. The US Environmental Protection Agency reported this week that “greenhouse gas emissions during 2004 increased by 1.7 per c
2006-04-18 00:01:00
Office of Naval Research supports joint US-Taiwan COSMIC satellites At 6:40 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, Friday, April 14, 2006, a constellation of six satellites launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., with the mission of improving weather forecasts, monitoring climate change, and enhancing space weather research
2006-04-17 00:00:00
Monaco ruler reaches North Pole Prince Albert of Monaco reaches the North Pole on his trip to raise awareness of global warming.
2006-04-16 21:06:51
Stark warning over climate change The world is likely to suffer a temperature rise of more than 3C, says the UK's chief scientist.
2006-04-14 05:01:51
Parts of the Caribbean and Central America are likely to have less summer rain Parts of the Caribbean and Central America are likely to experience a significant summer drying trend by the middle of this century, UCLA atmospheric scientists report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, based on an analysis of 10 glob
2006-04-14 00:00:00
Energy Review: What the Government needs to do to restore its climate credentials Friends of the Earth today (Thursday 13 April) set out what the Government needs to do in the Energy Review if it is to restore its credibility on climate change. The organisation outlined a number of measures needed in areas such as transport and electr
2006-04-13 00:01:00
Study: Vegan diets healthier for planet, people than meat diets The food that people eat is just as important as what kind of cars they drive when it comes to creatingthe greenhouse-gas emissions that many scientists have linked to global warming, according to a report accepted for publication in the journal Earth Int
2006-04-13 00:00:00
Help Stop Climate Chaos! Climate change has been a hot issue in the news recently. We need your help to tell the UK Government what they need to do about it!
2006-04-12 13:10:57
WELSH BANDS PLAY THE BIG ASK LIVE IN CARDIFF Rising Welsh acts Crosbi, Camera and Halflight will showcase Thurs 13 at The Point in Cardiff in support of “The Big Ask”, Friends of the Earth’s national climate change campaign.
The event is organised by Cardiff Friends of the Earth
2006-04-12 00:01:00
The effects of climate change on the physiology of alfalfa The biologist Gorka Erice Soreasu, a researcher in the Department of Plant Biology of the University of Navarra, has studied the effects of climate change on the physiology of alfalfa.
2006-04-12 00:00:00
US-Taiwan constellation of satellites launched A globe-spanning constellation of six satellites expected to improve weather forecasts, monitor climate change, and enhance space weather research will head into orbit on Fri. April 14, 2006. Barring delays, a Minotaur rocket is scheduled to launch the ar
2006-04-12 00:00:00
Global warming capable of sparking mass species extinctions The Earth could see massive waves of species extinctions around the world if global warming continues unabated, according to a new study published in the scientific journal Conservation Biology. Given its potential to damage areas far away from human habi
2006-04-11 00:00:00
Nature can help reduce greenhouse gas, but only to a point Plants apparently do much less than previously thought to counteract global warming, according to a paper to be published in next week's online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
2006-04-10 00:00:00
Air trends 'amplifying' warming Reductions in air pollution and increasing water vapour levels are adding to climate change, scientists say.
2006-04-07 08:50:09
Plants used to detect gas leaks, from outer space! Gas leaks can be potentially life threatening in the home, but the presence of gas stresses out plants too. Scientists from the Nottingham University have found that changes in the physical properties of plants can act as an early warning of leaks in nat
2006-04-06 00:00:00
'Major melt' for Alpine glaciers Europe's Alps could lose three-quarters of their glaciers to climate change during the coming century.
2006-04-04 10:00:33
Antarctic birds 'breeding later' Antarctic seabirds may be breeding later in response to climate change, according to a scientific study.
2006-04-04 08:55:17
Solar cell manufacturing process examined with a view to increasing cell efficiency As the world becomes increasingly aware of global warming and climate change, the need for alternative energy sources is generating greater demand. Electricity generated from solar cells is often quoted as being the solution to our climate problems.
2006-04-03 00:00:00
AGU journal highlights - 31 March 2006 In this issue: More intense solar activity expected; Increasing greenhouse gases will strengthen the Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Deep atmospheric convection enhances natural greenhouse gas feedbacks; Submarine Groundwater Discharge in Japan; Infragravi
2006-03-31 00:00:00
Labour going backwards on Kyoto - Huhne New statistics released today, just two days after the Government published its climate change programme, reveal that carbon dioxide emissions in the...
2006-03-30 14:18:07
Carbon Dioxide Emissions Highest Ever Since Labour Came To Power Government figures released today reveal that UK carbon dioxide emissions rose again in 2005 and are now higher than they have ever been under Labour. The announcement follows the launch of the Governments Climate Review on Tuesday which was widely slamm
2006-03-30 00:01:00
Rapid temperature increases above the Antarctic A new analysis of weather balloon observations from the last 30 years reveals that the Antarctic has the same 'global warming' signature as that seen across the whole Earth, but is three times larger than that observed globally. The results by scientists
2006-03-30 00:00:00
