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Demographic miracle in the deserts
Oct 10, 2012 (SPX)
Dryland ecosystems cover 41% of the Earth's land surface. These ecosystems are highly vulnerable to global environmental change and desertification. But climate...
U.S.-China climate action suggested
Oct 09, 2012 (UPI)
Australia's former prime minister urged China and the United States -- the top two emitters of carbon dioxide from fuel combustion -- to cooperate on climate ch...
Climate: Scepticism highest in US, Britain - poll
Oct 04, 2012 (AFP)
Awareness of climate change is high in many countries, especially the tropics, but in Britain, Japan and the United States many are doubtful about the cause, a ...
Humans added plenty greenhouse gases before industrialisation
Oct 03, 2012 (AFP)
Humans were big emitters of greenhouse gases long before the Industrial Revolution, a finding that raises worrying questions about the benchmark for measuring g...
Extreme climate change linked to early animal evolution
Oct 01, 2012 (SPX)
An international team of scientists, including geochemists from the University of California, Riverside, has uncovered new evidence linking extreme climate chan...
Salt marsh carbon may play role in slowing climate warming
Oct 01, 2012 (SPX)
A warming climate and rising seas will enable salt marshes to more rapidly capture and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, possibly playing a role in slo...
Loss of species makes nature more sensitive to climate change
Sep 27, 2012 (SPX)
High biodiversity acts as an insurance policy for nature and society alike as it increases the likelihood that at least some species will be sufficiently resili...
Constraining world trade is unlikely to help the climate
Sep 26, 2012 (SPX)
Instead, researchers were able to pin down a number of factors explaining the pronounced imbalances between emission importers and exporters, the US current acc...
Lib Dems, Labor call for decarbonization
Sep 26, 2012 (UPI)
Political opponents this week increased pressure on Britain's Conservative-led government to commit to a decarbonization of the energy sector by 2030. The gover...
Scientific discovery offers 'green' solution in fight against greenhouse gases
Sep 25, 2012 (SPX)
A low-cost new material that could lead to innovative technologies to tackle global warming has been discovered by scientists at The University of Nottingham. T...
Stratosphere targets deep sea to shape climate
Sep 25, 2012 (SPX)
A University of Utah study suggests something amazing: Periodic changes in winds 15 to 30 miles high in the stratosphere influence the seas by striking a vulner...
Global warming slows down world economy: report
Sep 25, 2012 (AFP)
Climate change caused by global warming is slowing down world economic output by 1.6 percent a year and will lead to a doubling of costs in the next two decades...
Climate scientists put predictions to the test
Sep 24, 2012 (SPX)
Climate-prediction models show skills in forecasting climate trends over time spans of greater than 30 years and at the geographical scale of continents, but th...
Emerging powers press rich nations on emissions cuts
Sep 21, 2012 (AFP)
Brazil, China, India and South Africa urged industrialized nations to commit to deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions at a United Nations meeting later this y...
New Chinese 'commitments' to tackle spiralling emissions: EU
Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)
China has made a "commitment" to tackle spiralling greenhouse gas emissions in return for EU financial aid and expertise, the European Union announced Thursday....
Effectiveness and impact of climate change mitigation measures unclear
Sep 19, 2012 (SPX)
Strict targets for mitigating climate change require effective climate policy and emission reduction measures. In his thesis, Sampo Soimakallio, M. Sc. (Tech.),...
U.S. underestimates costs of carbon pollution and climate change
Sep 18, 2012 (SPX)
The U.S. federal government is significantly underestimating the costs of carbon pollution because it is using a faulty analytical model, according to a new stu...
Next generation of advanced climate models needed
Sep 13, 2012 (SPX)
The nation's collection of climate models should advance substantially to deliver more detailed, smaller scale climate projections, says a new report from the N...
Researchers emphasize evaluation of tradeoffs in battling urban heat island
Sep 13, 2012 (SPX)
A team of researchers from Arizona State University have found that warming resulting from megapolitan expansion is seasonally dependent, with greatest warming ...
Climate change: Research questions 'worse drought' warnings
Sep 12, 2012 (AFP)
Some computer models for global warming may be over-estimating the risk of drought, according to a study published on Wednesday by the journal Nature. Several k...
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