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White House warns climate inaction could cost US billions
Jul 29, 2014 (AFP)
Delaying efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions could cost the US $150 billion per year, the White House warned Tuesday in a report on the economic conseque...
New study confirms water vapor as global warming amplifier
Jul 29, 2014 (SPX)
A new study from scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and colleagues confirms rising levels of water vapor ...
Europe's habitat and wildlife is vulnerable to climate change
Jul 29, 2014 (SPX)
New research has identified areas of the Earth that are high priorities for conservation in the face of climate change. Europe is particularly vulnerable, as it...
Parched West is using up underground water
Jul 25, 2014 (SPX)
A new study by University of California, Irvine and NASA scientists finds more than 75 percent of the water loss in the drought-stricken Colorado River Basin si...
Climate change and the soil
Jul 24, 2014 (SPX)
The planet's soil releases about 60 billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere each year, which is far more than that released by burning fossil fuels. This hap...
'Shocking' underground water loss in US drought: study
Jul 24, 2014 (AFP)
A major drought across the western United States has sapped underground water resources, posing a greater threat to the water supply than previously understood,...
Global warming 'pause' reflects natural fluctuation
Jul 23, 2014 (SPX)
Statistical analysis of average global temperatures between 1998 and 2013 shows that the slowdown in global warming during this period is consistent with natura...
Size and age of plants impact their productivity more than climate
Jul 23, 2014 (SPX)
The size and age of plants has more of an impact on their productivity than temperature and precipitation, according to a landmark study by University of Arizon...
Are Ants the Answer to CO2 Sequestration?
Jul 18, 2014 (SPX)
A 25-year-long study published in GEOLOGY provides the first quantitative measurement of in situ calcium-magnesium silicate mineral dissolution by ants, termite...
World is getting warmer, says global climate report
Jul 17, 2014 (AFP)
The world is getting warmer, as greenhouse gases reach historic highs and Arctic sea ice melts, making 2013 one of the hottest years on record, international sc...
Australia abolishes divisive carbon tax
Jul 17, 2014 (AFP)
Australia on Thursday axed a divisive carbon tax after years of vexed political debate, handing the business-friendly government a victory but prompting critics...
Urban heat - not a myth, and worst where it's wet
Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)
A new Yale-led study quantifies for the first time the primary causes of the "urban heat island" (UHI) effect, a common phenomenon that makes the world's urban ...
Corals respond to climate change - fatter and more flexible
Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)
The future health of the world's coral reefs and the animals that depend on them relies in part on the ability of one tiny symbiotic sea creature to get fat-and...
IPCC must consider alternate policy views
Jul 08, 2014 (SPX)
In addition to providing regular assessments of scientific literature, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Process (IPCC) also produces a "Summary for...
Putting a price tag on the 2 degree climate target
Jul 04, 2014 (SPX)
Addressing climate change will require substantial new investment in low-carbon energy and energy efficiency - but no more than what is currently spent on today...
Kudzu can release soil carbon, accelerate global warming
Jul 03, 2014 (SPX)
Clemson University scientists are shedding new light on how invasion by exotic plant species affects the ability of soil to store greenhouse gases. The research...
More carbohydrates make trees more resistant to drought
Jul 03, 2014 (SPX)
How well tropical trees weather periods of drought depends on the carbohydrates stored, as revealed by a novel experiment conducted by an international team of ...
Capturing CO2 emissions needed to meet climate targets
Jul 01, 2014 (SPX)
Technologies that are discussed controversially today may be needed to keep the future risks and costs of climate change in check. Combining the production of e...
Climate change and the ecology of fear
Jul 01, 2014 (SPX)
Climate change is predicted to have major impacts on the many species that call our rocky shorelines home. Indeed, species living in these intertidal habitats, ...
To address climate change, nothing substitutes for reducing CO2 emissions
Jul 01, 2014 (SPX)
The politically expedient way to mitigate climate change is essentially no way at all, according to a comprehensive new study by University of Chicago climatolo...
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