CLIMATE SCIENCE - INDO DAILY

US greenhouse gases back up after decline

Apr 16, 2012 (AFP)

US emissions of greenhouse gases blamed for climate change rose in 2010, ending a brief downward turn as the world's largest economy gradually recovers from rec...

Impact of warming climate doesn't always translate to streamflow

Apr 13, 2012 (SPX)

An analysis of 35 headwater basins in the United States and Canada found that the impact of warmer air temperatures on streamflow rates was less than expected i...

Confirming carbon's climate effects

Apr 13, 2012 (SPX)

Harvard scientists are helping to paint the fullest picture yet of how a handful of factors, particularly world-wide increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, co...

Global warming scientists foresee Sun-reflecting cities

Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)

Scientists sketched a vision on Friday of converting the world's cities into giant sunlight reflectors to help fight global warming but met with scepticism from...

Miniature Sandia sensors may advance climate studies

Apr 13, 2012 (SPX)

An air sampler the size of an ear plug is expected to cheaply and easily collect atmospheric samples to improve computer climate models. "We now have an inexpen...

India says EU tax a 'deal breaker' for climate talks

Apr 11, 2012 (AFP)

India's environment minister said Wednesday that a European Union scheme to tax airlines for carbon emissions was "a deal breaker" ahead of global climate chang...

Brazil stresses need for world consensus at Rio+20 meet

Apr 10, 2012 (AFP)

The upcoming Rio conference on sustainable development must yield a commitment to manage the world economy in a way that respects the environment and fights pov...

UN calls for funds for drought-hit Sahel

Apr 10, 2012 (AFP)

Children's aid organisation UNICEF on Tuesday led a cross-agency appeal for funds for the Sahel region where 15 million are suffering from malnutrition, it said...

March was warmest in US on record: US agency

Apr 09, 2012 (AFP)

The United States has experienced the warmest March on record dating back to 1895 due to unusually high temperatures in the eastern two-thirds of the nation, fe...

Drought forces hosepipe ban for 20 million Britons

Apr 05, 2012 (AFP)

Around 20 million Britons were banned on Thursday from using garden hoses, after one of the driest two-year periods on record. Seven water companies in southern...

UNH Research Brings New Understanding to Past Global Warming Events

Apr 04, 2012 (SPX)

A series of global warming events called hyperthermals that occurred more than 50 million years ago had a similar origin to a much larger hyperthermal of the pe...

EU carbon price falls on lower emissions

Apr 04, 2012 (UPI)

Data released this week showing Europe's carbon emissions were lower than expected put more pressure on the price of allowances under the EU trading scheme. Pri...

March high temps: 'Unusual factors afoot'

Apr 03, 2012 (UPI)

Records show temperatures topped or equaled historic highs at 7,755 locations in the United States in March, climate scientists say. The warm March kept up a wi...

Weather records due to climate change: A game with loaded dice

Apr 02, 2012 (SPX)

The past decade has been one of unprecedented weather extremes. Scientists of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany argue that the ...

Cultural inertia is slowing effective action to address climate-change

Mar 29, 2012 (SPX)

Resistance at individual and societal levels must be recognized and treated before real action can be taken to effectively address threats facing the planet fro...

US offers $120 million for Sahel hunger

Mar 29, 2012 (AFP)

The United States will give $120 million in emergency aid for western Africa's drought-hit Sahel region in hope of preventing severe hunger, Secretary of State ...

Science under fire from 'merchants of doubt': US historian

Mar 29, 2012 (AFP)

Scientists are facing an uphill battle to warn the public about pressing issues due to dissenters in their ranks who intentionally sow uncertainty, says a US hi...

Earth Hour dilemma: When the like button harms the planet

Mar 29, 2012 (AFP)

Green groups around the world are turning to social networking to drive their campaign for Earth Hour on Saturday, when lights are turned off for an hour to sig...

'March summer' linked to global warming

Mar 28, 2012 (UPI)

An early "March summer" in Canada and the United States with record high temperatures may be a symptom of global warming, researchers said. Record-breaking summ...

Miner Xstrata wins Australia climate test case

Mar 28, 2012 (AFP)

Swiss mining giant Xstrata has won a test case against what is set to be Australia's largest open-cut coal mine, with a court ruling that the economic benefits ...