Doctors must step up to the challenge of climate change Doctors must lead by example on climate change, according to experts in this week's BMJ.Health professionals were powerful catalysts in changing society's view of smoking from a normal lifestyle choice to that of a harmful addiction, and they must do the
2008-06-26 00:00:00
This could be the start of a green energy revolution Thursday’s renewable energy consultation is a golden opportunity for the Government to tackle the dual challenges of climate change and spiralling fuel prices says Friends of the Earth today (25 June). John Hutton, Secretary of State for Business,
2008-06-25 09:00:00
Destruction of greenhouse gases over tropical Atlantic Large amounts of ozone are being destroyed in the lower atmosphere over the tropical Atlantic Ocean. This discovery was made by a scientific team from the UK's National Centre for Atmospheric Science and Universities of York and Leeds. Significance is th
2008-06-25 00:00:00
Report -- adapting farming to climate change CSIRO today released a national overview of climate change impacts and adaptation options for Australian agriculture.
2008-06-25 00:00:00
Floridians believe global warming will have dangerous impacts on the state A new survey of Floridians finds that most are convinced that global warming is happening now and that more should be done by key leaders to help Florida deal with climate change. The survey is the first-ever study of Floridians' opinions about global war
2008-06-24 00:00:00
Climate change could severely impact California's unique native plants California's endemic plants -- those found nowhere else in the world -- could disappear from their natural ranges as a result of global warming and associated changes in rainfall, according to a new study by UC Berkeley and Duke University researchers. In
2008-06-24 00:00:00
Stanford study: Bioenergy potential of reviving abandoned agricultural land Across the globe, hundreds of millions of acres of once-productive agricultural land lie abandoned, according to a new report from researchers at Stanford University and the Carnegie Institution for Science. If this land was used to grow crops for convers
2008-06-24 00:00:00
Climate change may challenge national security, classified report warns The National Intelligence Council has completed a new classified assessment that explores how climate change could threaten US security in the next 20 years by causing political instability, mass movements of refugees, terrorism, or conflicts over water a
2008-06-24 00:00:00
Life on the edge: To disperse, or become extinct? The hardiest plants and those most likely to survive the climatic shifts brought about by global warming are now easier to identify, thanks to new research findings by a team from Queen's University.
2008-06-23 00:00:00
Abandoned farmlands are key to sustainable bioenergy Biofuels can be a sustainable part of the world's energy future, especially if bioenergy agriculture is developed on currently abandoned or degraded agricultural lands, report scientists from the Carnegie Institution and Stanford University. Using these l
2008-06-23 00:00:00
New report available on ecosystems and climate change The US Environmental Protection Agency has released a report that can help reduce the potential impact of climate change on estuaries, forests, wetlands, coral reefs and other sensitive ecosystems. The report, entitled "Preliminary Review of Adaptati
2008-06-20 00:00:00
Car billboard ads to show climate impact Car adverts on billboards and in magazines will now be emblazoned with the car’s climate impacts, after the Government yesterday (18 June 2008) agreed to change its advertising guidelines in response to the threat of legal proceedings by the Allianc
2008-06-19 12:08:00
Greenland ice core analysis shows drastic climate change near end of last ice age Information gleaned from a Greenland ice core by an international science team shows that two huge Northern Hemisphere temperature spikes prior to the close of the last ice age some 11,500 years ago were tied to fundamental shifts in atmospheric circulati
2008-06-19 00:00:00
Ice cores map dynamics of sudden climate changes New, extremely detailed data from investigations of ice cores from Greenland show that the climate shifted very suddenly and changed fundamentally during quite few years when the ice age ended. Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute of University of Co
2008-06-19 00:00:00
New 'lookouts' for climate change Corries high in the Scottish mountains are to be monitored to better understand global warming.
2008-06-18 23:21:04
