Does tropical biodiversity increase as rainforest area expands during global warming? "Plant diversity seems to increase when tropical forests cover large areas. Shrinking ecosystems may experience biodiversity loss lasting for millions of years." Carlos Jaramillo, at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), and colle
2006-03-30 00:00:00
Blair demands green 'revolution' Tony Blair calls for a "technological revolution comparable to the internet" to slow global warming.
2006-03-29 09:14:54
Climate blamed for mass extictions Most mass extinctions have been caused by climate change rather than asteroid impacts. That's the controversial view of a palaeontologist who aired his theory at a conference in Washington DC last week. He believes that the Permian extinction, together wi
2006-03-29 00:00:00
GOVERNMENT CLIMATE REVIEW IS TOTALLY INADEQUATE Friends of the Earth accused Ministers of lacking the political will to tackle climate change, following today’s publication of the Government’s review of its climate change programme. The environmental campaign group described the review as &
2006-03-28 00:01:00
Universities collaborate to to reduce development impact on the James River The James River is a major natural feature in an area of Virginia that attracts new residents and businesses each year. To protect the river as new housing and commercial developments are constructed, the James River Association has organized this collabo
2006-03-28 00:00:00
Wind power 'ahead of predictions' Onshore wind farms are being built ahead of predictions and will provide 5% of UK electricity by 2010.
2006-03-27 00:05:37
Climate change: The rice genome to the rescue New evidence is emerging that climate change could reduce not only the world's ability to produce food but also international efforts to cut poverty. However, the recent sequencing of the rice genome is already providing researchers with some of the tools
2006-03-27 00:00:00
Climate change 'harms world poor' Natural disasters caused partly by the UK's carbon emissions will hurt the same people given overseas aid, says a government report.
2006-03-24 04:43:17
Tweaking Taxol points way to a greener, more productive future As the effective cancer-treatment drug Taxol enters its next generation, Michigan State University announces discoveries which point to both environmentally friendly ways to produce more Taxol, and ultimately innovations to produce a more potent second-ge
2006-03-24 00:00:00
Sea rise could be 'catastrophic' Melting of the ice sheets could commit the Earth to a catastrophic rise in sea level, the journal Science reports.
2006-03-23 23:43:47
Climate change programme review - Labour's credibility test Friends of the Earth today warned that the Government’s Climate Change Programme Review, due to be published on Tuesday 28th March, is the acid test of its credibility on climate change. The environmental campaign group urged Ministers not to ignore
2006-03-23 00:01:00
Glimpse to past adds weight to global warming forecasts A new examination of the period of global warming that planet Earth underwent 130,000 years ago is helping scientists to confirm the accuracy of projections for the next century - particularly over Canada's North.
2006-03-23 00:00:00
Global warming yields novel 'glacial earthquakes' in polar areas Seismologists at Harvard University and Columbia University have found an unexpected offshoot of global warming: "glacial earthquakes" in which Manhattan-sized glaciers lurch unexpectedly, yielding temblors up to magnitude 5.1 on the moment-magn
2006-03-23 00:00:00
Climate change and the rise of atmospheric oxygen Today's climate change pales in comparison with what happened as Earth gave birth to its oxygen-containing atmosphere billions of years ago. By analyzing clues contained in rocks, scientists at the Carnegie Institution have found that the initial rise of
2006-03-22 00:00:00
Salt and dust help unravel past climate change Tiny amounts of salt and dust trapped in the Antarctic ice sheet for the last 740,000 years shed new light on changes to the Earth's climate.
2006-03-22 00:00:00
BUDGET MUST HELP TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE Friends of the Earth is calling on the Chancellor to make action on climate change a central part of next week’s Budget. Despite promising to put the environment at the heart of Government, green taxation has fallen under Gordon Brown, while levels
2006-03-20 00:01:00
Progression of climate change bill welcome - Huhne In response to the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill successfully passing its Report Stage in the House of Commons, Liberal Democrat Shadow ...
2006-03-17 16:10:04
BROWN'S BUDGET MUST FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE Friends of the Earth is calling on the Chancellor to make action on climate change a central part of next week’s Budget. Despite promising to put the environment at the heart of Government, green taxation has fallen under Gordon Brown, while levels
2006-03-17 00:01:00
Radar altimetry confirms global warming is affecting polar glaciers Scientists have confirmed that climate warming is changing how much water remains locked in the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, according to an article published in the Journal of Glaciology.
2006-03-17 00:00:00
WI conference on climate change and sustainability Climate change and global warming are threatening to destroy our planet. These are the most important issues facing our society and the National Federation of Women's Institutes (NFWI) has taken on the challenge to lead the way to an environmentally
2006-03-16 14:50:39
Tower of London on climate list The UN will study the climate change threat to heritage sites like the Tower of London and the Great Barrier Reef.
2006-03-16 03:29:52
Special issue of the Journal of Industrial Ecology focuses on eco-efficiency Disputes over the trade-off between the environment and the economy are a central feature of contemporary politics. Whether the threat is global warming or toxic substances, the tension between cost and environmental benefit is often palpable. Some of the
2006-03-16 00:00:00
USA OPPOSING WORLD HERITAGE ACTION N CLIMATE CHANGE The US Government is strongly opposing efforts by the United Nations to protect some of the most vulnerable World Heritage Sites from the impacts of climate change. The position of the USA, which was recently elected to the UNESCO World Heritage Committe
2006-03-15 00:01:00
Century of data shows intensification of water cycle but no increase in storms or floods A review of the findings from more than 100 peer-reviewed studies shows that although many aspects of the global water cycle have intensified, including precipitation and evaporation, this trend has not consistently resulted in an increase in the frequenc
2006-03-15 00:00:00
Greenhouse theory smashed by biggest stone A new theory to explain global warming was revealed at a meeting at the University of Leicester (UK) and is being considered for publication in the journal "Science First Hand."
2006-03-14 00:00:00
Study links 'smog' to Arctic warming In a global assessment of the impact of ozone on climate warming, scientists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, evaluated how ozone in the lowest part of the atmosphere changed temperatures over the past 100 years. According to thi
2006-03-14 00:00:00
Laboratory closures to go ahead Plans to close four global warming research centres are given the go-ahead.
2006-03-13 13:12:06
Sociality of sweat bees evolved simultaneously during climate change In the first study to link social evolution to climate change, Cornell's Bryan Danforth and colleagues show that the social behavior of many sweat bees evolved simultaneously during a period of recent global warming, only 20 million to 22 million years ag
2006-03-13 00:00:00
Reduce emissions for Science Week The UK public are invited to participate in a mass exercise to reduce climate change as part of National Science Week.
2006-03-10 04:29:20
NASA finds stronger storms change heat and rainfall worldwide Studies have shown that over the last 40 years, a warming climate has been accompanied by fewer rain- and snow-producing storms in mid-latitudes around the world, but the storms that are happening are a little stronger with more precipitation. A new analy
2006-03-09 00:00:00
Study previews ice sheet melting, rapid climate change The behavior of a massive ice sheet that existed in northern Europe at the end of the last Ice Age has been outlined for the first time, and researchers believe it may provide a sneak preview of how major ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica will act in
2006-03-09 00:00:00
Bering Sea ecosystem responding to changes in Arctic climate Physical changes -- including rising air and seawater temperatures and decreasing seasonal ice cover -- appear to be the cause of a series of biological changes in the northern Bering Sea ecosystem that could have long-range and irreversible effects on th
2006-03-09 00:00:00
Woods Hole Research Center scientist furthering discussion of soil carbon decomposition Global warming may stimulate decomposition of soil organic matter, releasing heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas to the atmosphere, possibly causing global warming to increase further. Disagreement exists, however, regarding the effects of climate change on
2006-03-08 00:00:00
Reining in carbon dioxide levels imperative but possible Implementing a plan to keep rising carbon dioxide levels from reaching potentially dangerous levels could cost less than 1 percent of gross world product as of 2050. Moreover, without progress in the way energy is found, transformed, transported and used,
2006-03-08 00:00:00
New study confirms the ecological virtues of organic farming Organic farming has long been touted as an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional agriculture. A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) provides strong evidence to support that claim. Writing in the March 6 o
2006-03-06 00:00:00
Himalayan melting risk surveyed A new weather station is expected to show the extent of melting from global warming in the Himalayas
2006-03-05 20:06:50
Africa could face more droughts Africa could be faced with 25% less water by the end of the century because of global warming, scientists warn.
2006-03-03 13:38:31
Telescopes 'worthless' by 2050 Ground-based astronomy could be impossible within 40 years, because of pollution from aircraft exhaust trails and climate change, an expert says.
2006-03-02 17:08:12
Giant wind farm plan thrown out Plans to create England's largest wind farm in Cumbria are rejected by the government.
2006-03-02 12:48:57
IODP scientists acquire 'treasure trove' of climate records off Tahiti coast An international team of scientists, supported by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, reunited at the University of Bremen to analyze a trove of coral fossil samples retrieved from Tahitian waters during October and November 2005. The initial conclusio
2006-03-02 00:00:00
Forecasting the seas Ocean search-and-rescue can operate more effectively. Meteorologists and climatologists now have a tool to provide long-range weather prediction more accurately. Navies too can perform more accurate anti-submarine surveillance. And environmental managers
2006-03-02 00:00:00
Tackling Climate Change needs action not talk - Baker Commenting ahead of the climate change lobby "speed date" today which is being organised by the Stop Climate Chaos coalition of environmental groups,...
2006-03-01 13:51:30
Consensus grows on climate change The global scientific body on climate change will report soon that human activities are the only explanation.
2006-03-01 10:43:27
Scientists confirm historic massive flood in climate change Scientists from NASA and Columbia University, New York, have used computer modeling to successfully reproduce an abrupt climate change that took place 8,200 years ago. At that time, the beginning of the current warm period, climate changes were caused by
2006-02-28 00:00:00
New research forecasts better weather forecasts A Purdue University researcher and his team have used improved satellite imaging and powerful computer modeling to more accurately forecast the likelihood and intensity of storms and tornados.
2006-02-28 00:00:00
Europe's chill linked to disease Europe's "Little Ice Age" may have been triggered by the 14th Century Black Death plague, according to a study.
2006-02-27 13:48:08
Enough waste dumped every year to fill new Wembley stadium in Blair's waste Britain Ahead of a speech being made by the environment minister Ben Bradshaw MP on Monday to the ENCAMS Cleaner Safer Greener Network (CSGN) Conference in Sheffield, the Liberal Democrats today revealed figures from Parliamentary Answers that reveal the huge sca
2006-02-27 10:12:43
Predators keep the world green, ecologists find Predators are, ironically, the key to keeping the world green, because they keep the numbers of plant-eating herbivores under control, reports a research team.
2006-02-27 00:00:00
Benefits of eating seafood outweigh risks Though some species of fish around the world's are likely to be contaminated with mercury, PCBs and other toxins, the benefits of eating seafood continue to outweigh the risks, a panel of scientists has concluded.
2006-02-23 00:00:00
Inside the ozone layer A new atmospheric model is able to quantify man-made versus naturally occurring damage to the stratosphere with an eye toward repairing the diminishing ozone layer that is located within the stratosphere. That's the premise of a paper published in this we
2006-02-23 00:00:00
Besides food, farming can provide wildlife habitat and reduce global warming When people hear the word "agriculture," most think of food. But the benefits of agriculture are much more than farm fresh corn or dairy products. Now scientists are investigating how farmers can manage their land to offer everyone more environmental bene
2006-02-18 00:00:00
High-tech tags on marine animals yield valuable data for biologists and oceanographers Researchers are enlisting seals, sea lions, tunas, and sharks to serve as ocean sensors, outfitting these top predators with electronic tags that gather detailed reports on oceanographic conditions and, in many cases, transmit the data via satellite. The
2006-02-17 00:00:00
Too much sugar not good for coral reefs The race is on to buy up inexpensive land along coastlines for vacation homes and tourist hotels. But increased development can mean more nutrient rich runoff that threatens the very coral reefs attracting tourists in the first place. David Kline at the S
2006-02-17 00:00:00
Disturbing former farmlands can rouse old pesticides, says Dartmouth research Dartmouth researchers have evidence that disturbing the land where farms once thrived can mobilize both arsenic and lead that were applied as pesticides in the early 1900s. Once disturbed, these metals can then contaminate nearby surface waters
2006-02-17 00:00:00
Anthrax spores may survive water treatment Anthrax spores may survive traditional drinking water disinfection methods and can attach themselves to the inside surface of water pipes, suggesting water treatment facilities should be prepared to employ alternate disinfection methods in the unlikely ev
2006-02-17 00:00:00
Greenland ice swells ocean rise Greenland's glaciers are sliding towards the sea much faster than previously believed, US scientists say.
2006-02-16 18:58:37
Legal case against US on climate Conservation groups file a legal case against the US, arguing that its emissions damage a protected area.
2006-02-16 16:32:14
UK's 'sobering' climate forecast A study attempts to model how the UK might be affected by climate changes through to the year 3000.
2006-02-16 14:47:31
Wildlife body criticises lab cuts English Nature says it has "major concerns" over plans to shut four global warming research centres.
2006-02-16 10:24:09
New science shows urgent action needed today on climate change Decisions of this generation will leave a legacy of increasing climate change over the next millennium unless there is a major reduction in emissions. With temperatures increasing by up to 15°C and seas rising by up to 11.4 metres, low-lying areas of
2006-02-16 05:00:00
Study finds no safe level for ozone Even at very low levels, ozone -- the principal ingredient in smog -- increases the risk of premature death, according to a nationwide study to be published in the April edition of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. The study, sponsored by the
2006-02-16 00:00:00
Overseas NOx could be boosting ozone levels in US Large amounts of a chemical that boosts ozone production are being transported to North America from across the Pacific Ocean in May. These higher levels of NOx could be contributing to significant increases in ozone levels over North America
2006-02-16 00:00:00
Ancient greenhouse emissions.possible lessons for modern climate Humans are performing a high-stakes climate experiment by burning fossil fuels that release heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The outcome of that experiment is uncertain and computer models can do only so much to predict the future
2006-02-16 00:00:00
Greenland glaciers dumping ice into Atlantic at faster pace The amount of ice that Greenland's glaciers dump into the Atlantic Ocean has almost doubled in the last five years because glaciers are moving faster, according to a new Science study. Rising surface air temperatures appear to be triggering the inc
2006-02-16 00:00:00
Oil disaster 'could happen again' The UK's coastline is still vulnerable to another massive oil spill like the Sea Empress disaster, a report finds.
2006-02-15 01:52:10
Plant enzyme efficiency may hold key to global warming Scientists have discovered a mutant enzyme that could enable plants to use and convert carbon dioxide more quickly, effectively taking more of that gas out of the atmosphere
2006-02-15 00:00:00
The oceans as carbon dioxide sinks: Increasing our understanding The discovery that particles are transported to the deep ocean over thousands of years may increase our understanding of how the oceans act as carbon dioxide sinks and how oil deposits form
2006-02-15 00:00:00
Antarctic snow inaccurate temperature archive According to Dutch researcher Michiel Helsen, annual and seasonal temperature fluctuations are not accurately recorded in the composition of the snow of Antarctica. His research into the isotopic composition of the Antarctic snow has exposed the complexit
2006-02-15 00:00:00
Review launched to tackle waste The government is to review its waste strategy, which environmentalists fear will lead to more rubbish being burned.
2006-02-14 11:17:17
Huge Coalition to Combat Climate Change Organisations with millions of supporters have today united to demand action on climate change. Eighteen campaign groups, including some of Britain's best known organisations, have joined forces to launch the biggest climate change coalition this cou
2005-09-01 16:20:17
WI garden at Tatton Park illustrates climate change The National Federation of Women's Institutes (NFWI) has teamed up with Tatton Park to show a garden at this year's RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park (20-24 July) illustrating the impact of climate change on the traditional kitchen garden
2005-07-16 10:32:22
Anger as G8 go backward on climate change Climate change is the most urgent global issue facing us today, but you wouldn't know it from the G8's latest Plan of Action on Climate Change. This leaked document is even weaker than the previous draft! The new draft makes no commitments or targets fo
2005-06-21 00:00:00
The BIG Ask A massive new climate change campaign has been launched this week. The Big Ask aims to force the Government to take responsibility for the UK's contribution to climate change by reducing carbon dioxide emissions by three per cent every year.
2005-05-31 00:00:00
Call for Climate Action at the G8 Speaking at a G8 Clean Energies meeting this week, the US chief climate negotiator, Harlan Watson, said the science of climate change is uncertain. The US has rejected calls to join an international programme of emissions cuts and to introduce e
2005-05-16 00:00:00
Design your own Climate-Friendly City OpenDemocracy's ZeroCarbonCity project is giving you the chance to design your own vision of a city that doesn't produce harmful greenhouse gasses that cause climate change. Since, for the first time, the majority of the world's population live in
2005-05-03 00:00:00
Make Climate Change an Election Priority "Climate change is the single most important long-term issue that we face as a global community." Tony Blair, 2004. So, why isn't climate change being discussed in the election campaign?
2005-04-26 00:00:00
Tell the European Commission what to do about air travel and Climate Change Air travel is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gases. From 1990 to 2002, emissions from international aviation increased by a massive 70%. The falling cost of flights means that air travel is set to grow even more, outweighing any improvements
2005-04-18 00:00:00
Join us at the envrironment & development ministers meeting On Thursday 17 March, the first ever G8 jointEnvironment and Development Ministers Meeting will be happeningjust outside Derby. This is the first time such a joint meetinghas happened, reflecting the fact that Africa and Climate Changeare at the t
2005-03-11 00:00:00
