A revolutionary new 'dry ink' for laser printers and photocopy machines: Prized Science Imagine a "super-toner" for copiers and laser printers that produces higher-quality, sharper color images more economically and that reduces emissions of carbon dioxide -- the main greenhouse gas. A research team at the Xerox Corporation invente
2011-11-30 00:00:00
British butterfly is evolving to respond to climate change As global temperatures rise and climatic zones move polewards, species will need to find different environments to prevent extinction. New research, published today in the journal Molecular Ecology, has revealed that climate change is causing certain spec
2011-11-30 00:00:00
Supercomputers take a cue from microwave ovens As sophisticated as modern climate models are, one critical component continues to elude their precision -- clouds. Clouds modulate the climate. Experts agree that getting their effect on the climate system correct is critical to increasing confidence in
2011-11-30 00:00:00
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2011-11-29 18:08:29
Walnut trees may not be able to withstand climate change Warmer, drier summers and extreme weather events considered possible as the climate changes would be especially troublesome -- possibly fatal -- for walnut trees, according to research at Purdue University.
2011-11-29 00:00:00
Industrialization weakens important carbon sink Australian scientists have reconstructed the past six thousand years in estuary sedimentation records to look for changes in plant and algae abundance. Their findings, published in Global Change Biology, show an increase in microalgae relative to seagrass
2011-11-29 00:00:00
Climate change stunting growth of century-old Antarctic moss shoots A paper to appear in the January issue of Global Change Biology shows how the dominant plants in Antarctica have been affected by modern climate change. In a handful of coastal Antarctic "oases" void of permanent ice cover, lush moss beds grow
2011-11-29 00:00:00
Higher petrol taxes don't hurt the poor Increased petrol taxation is a very effective instrument to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A common argument against such a measure is that it hits poor people the hardest. Yet a new study by researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden -- the la
2011-11-29 00:00:00
Climate Change Denial Still Runs Strong in US <div class='node-body'><p>On the US political stage, skepticism and denial of climate change are as popular as ever, and experts say that world talks which opened Monday in Durban, South Africa are unlikely to turn the tide.</p>
2011-11-28 13:22:22
Submarine springs offer preview of ocean acidification effects on coral reefs Observations at submarine springs found along the coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula are giving scientists a preview of the possible fate of coral reef ecosystems in response to ocean acidification. The naturally low pH in the water around the springs cr
2011-11-28 00:00:00
Marine biodiversity loss due to warming and predation: UBC researcher The biodiversity loss caused by climate change will result from a combination of rising temperatures and predation -- and may be more severe than currently predicted, according to a study by University of British Columbia zoologist Christopher Harley.
2011-11-28 00:00:00
Rich Nations Accused of Climate-Change 'Bullying' <div class='node-body'><p>Britain and other rich countries are using aid money as a lever to bully developing countries over climate change, according to a new report by an anti-poverty pressure group.</p>
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2011-11-27 16:41:31
Big emitters aim for climate delay The world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters including the US, India and Brazil hope to delay talks on a new climate deal at a UN summit.
2011-11-27 11:38:06
South Africa – Where Climate Change May Trigger a Toxic Timebomb <div class='node-body'><div>
<p>We meet Mariette Lieferink in a McDonalds near Gauteng, on the edge of Johannesburg, buying a dozen sickly sweet drinks. She's no one's idea of a leading environmental activist. S
2011-11-26 17:18:17
South Africa – Where Climate Change May Trigger a Toxic Timebomb <div class='node-body'><div>
<p>We meet Mariette Lieferink in a McDonalds near Gauteng, on the edge of Johannesburg, buying a dozen sickly sweet drinks. She's no one's idea of a leading environmental activist. S
2011-11-26 17:18:17
Climate sensitivity to CO2 probed Global temperatures could be less sensitive to changing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels than previously thought, a study suggests.
2011-11-25 01:14:40
Industry leaders and academics debate how to reduce the UK's carbon output How can businesses help the environment by cutting carbon output, and continue to thrive? Academics and industry leaders discussed this with the Energy and Climate Change minister at an Imperial conference - News
2011-11-25 01:01:03
A how-to guide to slashing California's greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 A new study analyzes the infrastructure and technology changes needed to cut California's greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. Energy efficiency, decarbonized electricity generation, and the electrification of cars and other end-
2011-11-24 00:00:00
Climate sensitivity to CO2 more limited than extreme projections The rate of global warming from doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide may be less than the most dire estimates of some previous studies - and, in fact, may be less severe than projected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report in 2007. Res
2011-11-24 00:00:00
UN Chief Slams Rich Nations' Plans to Delay Climate Change Treaty <div class='node-body'><p>The United Nations' environment chief has slammed plans by the world's richest nations to put off a global treaty on climate change to 2020, saying the proposals were "very high risk
2011-11-23 21:03:12
Emissions divide 'can be bridged' The gap between where greenhouse gas emissions are headed and where they need to be for climate targets can be bridged cheaply, says a UN analysis.
2011-11-23 17:03:21
Carbon mitigation strategy uses wood for buildings first, bioenergy second New study is first to focus on the extra carbon savings that can be squeezed from trees when wood not suitable for long-term building materials is used for bioenergy: Depending on the process used, ethanol from woody biomass emits less greenhouse gas than
2011-11-22 00:00:00
New projection shows global food demand doubling by 2050 Scientists David Tilman and Jason Hill of the University of Minnesota and colleagues found that producing the amount of food needed could significantly increase levels of carbon dioxide and nitrogen in the environment, and may cause the extinction of nume
2011-11-22 00:00:00
GOP Deniers Block Creation Of Climate Service <div class='node-body'><p>Science-averse Republicans have once again <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/congress-nixes-national-climate-service/2011/11/18/gIQAxYvIgN_story.html" rel="nofo
2011-11-21 21:28:23
GOP Deniers Block Creation Of Climate Service <div class='node-body'><p>Science-averse Republicans have once again <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/congress-nixes-national-climate-service/2011/11/18/gIQAxYvIgN_story.html" rel="nofo
2011-11-21 21:28:23
Rich Nations 'Give Up' on New Climate Treaty Until 2020 <div class='node-body'><p>Governments of the world's richest countries have given up on forging a new treaty on climate change to take effect this decade, with potentially disastrous consequences for the environment through g
2011-11-21 13:00:34
Climate concern as HFCs use grows A rise in the use of "ozone-friendly" HFCs prompts experts to voice concerns that the potent greenhouse gases could pose problems in the future.
2011-11-21 12:32:20
No let up in greenhouse gas rise Concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere rose to yet another high in 2010, according to the UN's weather agency.
2011-11-21 12:11:27
Laser removal may be advantageous for treating precancerous skin lesions Carbon dioxide laser ablation may have a role as an alternative treatment for a common precancerous skin lesion known as lentigo maligna when surgery or radiation therapy is not feasible, according to a report in the November/December issue of the Archive
2011-11-21 00:00:00
Limited options for meeting 2°C warming target, warn climate change experts We will only achieve the target of limiting global warming to within two degrees of pre-industial temperatures if carbon dioxide emissions begin to fall within the next two decades and eventually decrease to zero.
2011-11-20 00:00:00
Climate change effect on release of CO2 from peat far greater than assumed Writing in Nature Geosciences, Dr Nathalie Fenner and Professor Chris Freeman of Bangor University explain how the drought causes an increase in the rate of release of CO2 for possibly as long as a decade. It was originally assumed that most of the CO2 wa
2011-11-20 00:00:00
Extreme Weather Set to Worsen With Climate Change: IPCC <div class='node-body'><p>KAMPALA - An increase in heat waves is almost certain, while heavier rainfall, more floods, stronger cyclones, landslides and more intense droughts are likely across the globe this century as the Earth&#
2011-11-18 13:54:38
Extreme Weather Set to Worsen With Climate Change: IPCC <div class='node-body'><p>KAMPALA - An increase in heat waves is almost certain, while heavier rainfall, more floods, stronger cyclones, landslides and more intense droughts are likely across the globe this century as the Earth&#
2011-11-18 13:54:38
VIDEO: Pinpointing man-made weather Scientists believe they are getting better at working out the effects of man-made climate change as Newsnight's Science editor Susan Watts reports.
2011-11-18 11:41:00
Separating signal and noise in climate warming In order to separate human-caused global warming from the "noise" of purely natural climate fluctuations, temperature records must be at least 17 years long, according to climate scientists. To address criticism of the reliability of thermometer
2011-11-17 00:00:00
Archeologists investigate Ice Age hominins' adaptability to climate change Computational modeling that examines evidence of how hominin groups evolved culturally and biologically in response to climate change during the last Ice Age also bears new insights into the extinction of Neanderthals. Details of the complex modeling expe
2011-11-17 00:00:00
UBC researchers provide recommendations for $100 billion in annual climate change aid University of British Columbia researchers are providing recommendations for managing a $100 billion annual commitment made by the international community at last year's United Nations climate conference to help the developing world respond to climate cha
2011-11-17 00:00:00
Scientists tackle the carbon conundrum Scientists have developed a new, integrated, ten-year science plan to better understand the details of Earth's carbon cycle. It identifies new research areas such as the role of humans as agents and managers of carbon cycling and climate change, the direc
2011-11-16 00:00:00
Global commission charts pathway for achieving food security in face of climate change Ahead of the UN global climate talks in Durban, South Africa, an independent, global commission of eminent scientists today released a set of recommendations to policy makers on how to achieve food security in the face of climate change. UK's Sir John Be
2011-11-16 00:00:00
Yale study shows deforestation causes cooling Deforestation, considered by scientists to contribute significantly to global warming, has been shown by a Yale-led team to actually cool the local climate in northern latitudes, according to a paper published today in Nature.
2011-11-16 00:00:00
Deforestation causes cooling in Northern US, Canada The impact of deforestation on global warming varies with latitude, according to new research from a team of scientists representing 20 institutions from around the world. The finding, which researchers say calls for new climate-monitoring strategies, wil
2011-11-16 00:00:00
Erratic, extreme day-to-day weather puts climate change in new light Princeton University researchers report the first climate study to focus on variations in daily weather conditions, which found that day-to-day weather has grown increasingly erratic and extreme, with significant fluctuations in sunshine and rainfall affe
2011-11-15 00:00:00
