When climate change becomes a health issue, are people more likely to listen? Framing climate change as a public health problem seems to make the issue more relevant, significant and understandable to members of the public -- even some who don't generally believe climate change is happening, according to preliminary research by Geo
2010-07-19 00:00:00
Nick Clegg sets out the aims of a liberal Parliament In his speech at the liberal think-tank Demos, Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg set out his aims for a liberal Parliament.<br/>
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Last year, I wrote a pamphlet
2010-07-16 09:55:00
Scientists identify nature's insect repellents Two compounds emitted by mosquito predators that make the mosquitoes less inclined to lay eggs in pools of water may provide new environmentally friendly tactics for repelling and controlling disease-carrying insects.
2010-07-16 00:00:00
Findings overturn old theory of phytoplankton growth, raise concerns for ocean productivity A new study concludes that an old, fundamental and widely accepted theory of how and why phytoplankton bloom in the oceans is incorrect. The findings challenge more than 50 years of conventional wisdom about the growth of phytoplankton, which are the ulti
2010-07-16 00:00:00
Forces and turbines 'can co-exist' The Ministry of Defence says it will be consulted on any plans for new offshore wind farms off Scotland's coast.
2010-07-15 00:09:44
Caltech scientists measure changing lake depths on Titan On Earth, lake levels rise and fall with the seasons and with longer-term climate changes, as precipitation, evaporation, and runoff add and remove liquid. Now, for the first time, scientists have found compelling evidence for similar lake-level changes o
2010-07-15 00:00:00
Global warming slows coral growth in Red Sea In a pioneering use of computed tomography (CT) scans, scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have discovered that carbon dioxide (CO2)-induced global warming is in the process of killing off a major coral species in the Red Sea.
2010-07-15 00:00:00
Steam process could remove CO2 to regenerate amine capture materials Researchers have demonstrated a relatively simple regeneration technique that could utilize waste steam to remove carbon dioxide from solid amine materials used to capture the greenhouse gas from the flue gases of coal-burning facilities. This steam-strip
2010-07-14 00:00:00
World records by UCLA chemists, Korean colleagues enhance ability to capture CO2 UCLA and South Korean chemists report the "ultimate porosity of a nano material" and records for carbon dioxide storage capacity and porosity in an important class of materials known as MOFs. Porosity in materials is essential for capturing carb
2010-07-14 00:00:00
Sea levels rising in parts of Indian Ocean, according to new study Newly detected rising sea levels in parts of the Indian Ocean, including the coastlines of the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java, appear to be at least partly a result of human-induced increases of atmospheric greenhouse gases, s
2010-07-13 00:00:00
Plant 'breathing' mechanism discovered A tiny, little-understood plant pore has enormous implications for weather forecasting, climate change, agriculture, hydrology, and more. Scientists at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology, with colleagues from the Research Center Jueli
2010-07-12 00:00:00
Ferns and fog on the forest floor As the mercury rises outdoors, it's a fitting time to consider the effects of summertime droughts and global warming on ecosystems. Complex interactions among temperature, water cycling, and plant communities create a tangled web of questions that need t
2010-07-08 00:00:00
The North Pacific, a global backup generator for past climate change Toward the end of the last ice age, a major reorganization took place in the current system of the North Pacific with far-reaching implications for climate. About that time, the North Pacific branch of the conveyor belt changed drastically. The reconstruc
2010-07-08 00:00:00
Thousands of undiscovered plant species face extinction Faced with threats such as habitat loss and climate change, thousands of rare flowering plant species worldwide may become extinct before scientists can even discover them, according to a paper published today by a trio of American and British researchers
2010-07-07 00:00:00
'Business as usual' crop development won't satisfy future demand Although global grain production must double by 2050 to address rising population and demand, new data from the University of Illinois suggests crop yields will suffer unless new approaches to adapt crop plants to climate change are adopted. Improved agro
2010-07-07 00:00:00
Norman Baker announces £15m Government funding for green buses The funding is intended to put low carbon buses within the reach of as many operators and local authorities as possible throughout England.<br />
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Bus operators and councils can bid for the money which they can then use towards the add
2010-07-05 10:50:00
Research helps predict future impact of climate change A new study, involving academics at the University of Sheffield, has accurately measured for the first time the current carbon cycles in the world. The research will enable scientists to make more accurate predictions concerning the impact of climate chan
2010-07-05 00:00:00
Scrubbing CO2 from atmosphere could be a long-term commitment With carbon dioxide in the atmosphere approaching alarming levels, even halting emissions altogether may not be enough to avert catastrophic climate change. Could scrubbing carbon dioxide from the air be a viable solution? A new study by scientists at the
2010-07-01 00:00:00
Warmer is better: Invasive cane toads set to thrive under global warming As global warming threatens many animal species with extinction, the cane toad is set to flourish with increasing temperature. This is a major cause for concern as the cane toad, once introduced to Australia as agricultural pest-control of the cane beetle
2010-07-01 00:00:00
Eternally green: New eco-friendly cremations and burials People who care about improving the environment in life may soon be able to do so after death. Entrepreneurs in Europe have developed two new and unusual methods of body disposal -- including a low-heat cremation method and a corpse compost method that tu
2010-06-30 00:00:00
Nutrients, viruses and the biological carbon pump Adding nutrients to the sea could decrease viral infection rates among phytoplankton and enhance the efficiency of the biological pump, a means by which carbon is transferred from the atmosphere to the deep ocean, according to a new mathematical modeling
2010-06-30 00:00:00
Nitrogen pollution alters global change scenarios from the ground up As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels rise, so does the pressure on the plant kingdom. The hope among policymakers, scientists and concerned citizens is that plants will absorb some of the extra CO2 and mitigate the impacts of climate change. For a few dec
2010-06-30 00:00:00
Whiter clouds could mean wetter land One proposed emergency fix for global warming is to seed clouds over the ocean to make them more reflective, reducing the solar radiation absorbed by the Earth. But the scheme could also change global rainfall patterns, raising concerns of water shortages
2010-06-28 00:00:00
Harvard's Wyss Institute develops technology to produce sugar from photosynthetic bacteria Researchers from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard and Harvard Medical School have engineered photosynthetic bacteria to produce simple sugars and lactic acid. This innovation could lead to new, environmentally friendly m
2010-06-28 00:00:00
Carbon sequestration: Boon or burden The idea to sequester carbon is gaining support as a way to avoid global warming. For example, the European Union plans to invest billions of Euros to develop carbon capture and storage whereby CO2 will be extracted and stored underground. But how effecti
2010-06-27 00:00:00
Aggressive action to reduce soot emissions needed to meet climate change goals Without aggressive action to reduce soot emissions, the time table for carbon dioxide emission reductions may need to be significantly accelerated in order to achieve international climate policy goals such as those set forth in last December's Copenhagen
2010-06-25 00:00:00
Climate change scientists turn up the heat in Alaska Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are planning a large-scale, long-term ecosystem experiment to test the effects of global warming on the icy layers of arctic permafrost.
2010-06-25 00:00:00
Scientific expertise lacking among 'doubters' of climate change, says Stanford-led analysis An analysis of the scientific prominence and expertise of climate researchers shows that the few who are unconvinced of human-caused climate change rank far below researchers who are convinced. Most news media accounts fail to include that context when re
2010-06-25 00:00:00
July 2010 Geology and GSA Today highlights The July issue of Geology presents several studies on various aspects of temperature and climate change, a new river dataset examining whether the sedimentological record can help document floods, new data estimating motion of the Sagaing fault, active de
2010-06-25 00:00:00
Climate change complicates plant diseases of the future Human-driven changes in the earth's atmospheric composition are likely to alter plant diseases of the future. University of Illinois researchers are studying the impact of elevated carbon dioxide, elevated ozone and higher atmospheric temperatures on plan
2010-06-24 00:00:00
Scientists question EPA estimates of greenhouse gas emissions An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the University of Missouri evaluated the EPA and IPCC approach to estimate greenhouse emissions from anaerobic lagoons. The team documented errors in the approach, which the EPA and IPCC adapted from a method u
2010-06-24 00:00:00
Researchers discover source of essential nutrients for mid-ocean algae For almost three decades, oceanographers have been puzzled by the ability of microscopic algae to grow in mid-ocean areas where there is very little nitrate, an essential algal nutrient. In this week's issue of Nature, MBARI chemical oceanographer Ken Joh
2010-06-23 00:00:00
Discovery of how coral reefs adapt to global warming could aid reef restoration Discoveries about tropical coral reefs, to be published on June 23, 2010, are expected to be invaluable in efforts to restore the corals, which are succumbing to bleaching and other diseases at an unprecedented rate as ocean temperatures rise worldwide.
2010-06-23 00:00:00
Climate credibility under review Most climate experts who publish papers on the topic support the idea of human-induced climate change, a study suggests.
2010-06-22 08:47:06
AGU journal highlights -- June 22, 2010 Featured in this release are research papers on the following topics: "El Niño explanation for global warming flawed"; "Less warming risk from permafrost thaw?"; "Drill site targeted for subglacial Antarctic lake"; "
2010-06-22 00:00:00
