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Within the next 90 to 100 years, carbon emissions from the burning of fossil fuels will have to be all phased out, scientists reveal. A temperature rise of only two degrees Celsius would reshape the international map, modifying the borders of all countries that are next to seas and oceans. In order to avoid catastrop... |
18 November 2009
18:51 GMT |
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In spite of the fact that many choose to refuse the idea that global warming and climate change exist, it is nevertheless happening, as satellite data and meteorological measurements show. Speaking of the latter, the National Science Foundation (NSF) reports that a recent study showed a massive discrepancy between th... |
13 November 2009
14:31 GMT |
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Over recent years, scientists have devised a number of computer models in their attempt to decipher how changes in the atmosphere will influence human activities in some of the most populated areas of the world. Some of the most complex such models to date are those that have been created for heavy rainfall, but, acc... |
9 November 2009
18:31 GMT |
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Tiny aquatic creatures, no larger than a grain of sand, can yield significant details of past climate changes, as long as scientists know what they are looking for. Billions of these tiny organisms can be found on the bottom of the ocean, and they hold inside them information about past sea levels, temperatures, and ... |
9 November 2009
10:27 GMT |
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While discussions over climate change are raging on back on Earth, it may be that we are not the only planet in the solar system to experience this phenomenon. According to new readings from the Hubble and Keck telescopes, Jupiter may currently be in the midst of a very violent period of global warming, as evidenced ... |
29 October 2009
14:05 GMT |
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Geologists in Kyrgyzstan are currently struggling to get the world's attention on the extremely serious conditions of their country's glaciers. In the best case scenario, the ice spreads that managed to endure the warming of the climate better dropped in levels by about 20 percent over the last 50 years. Th... |
28 October 2009
04:39 GMT |
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One of the main conditions related to finding a solution in the issue of global warming and climate change is to have strong popular support. That is to say, the economic measures that need to be set in place in order to reduce the amount of pollution being emitted into the atmosphere are very likely to imply higher ... |
26 October 2009
04:34 GMT |
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The United Kingdom is among the countries that have taken real steps towards fighting climate change and global warming. For instance, the government has proposed that all homes be equipped with smart energy meters by no later than 2020. Now, a new report suggests that authorities should require power companies to in... |
5 October 2009
03:59 GMT |
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According to a new research, released by the paleomagnetists at the Princeton University, our planet had the same magnetic-field structure in the early days. The two-pole model of today is believed by some to be an evolution of an ancient, unstructured one, and experts on both sides have been debating this vigorously... |
5 October 2009
03:28 GMT |
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Experts at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) have recently demonstrated that variations in climate over the Northern Hemisphere in the past 12,000 years are tightly linked to changes recorded all the way to the tropics, and as far as Peru. In a research paper published in the latest issue of the top journal Scien... |
25 September 2009
17:01 GMT |
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A group of 28 internationally renowned scientists proposes a new method of ensuring that humanity continues to develop and thrive for generations to come. They argue that defining a “safe planetary operating space” can only be achieved through the concept of global biophysical boundaries. Combining establ... |
24 September 2009
10:58 GMT |
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Back in the days when our planet was very young, the continents and oceans did not resemble anything we know and see today. The outer layer of the planet, the crust, was in a constant process of rearrangement, and volcanic eruptions were a common thing. But, from time to time, crust explosions at a grand scale took p... |
21 September 2009
20:51 GMT |
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The British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, announced recently that the planned UN climate talks, which are to begin in less than ten weeks, in Copenhagen, Denmark, were in danger of failing for the third consecutive year, if countries did not come to an agreement on the nature of the problems at hand and their potenti... |
21 September 2009
04:42 GMT |
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Geologists warn that scientific understanding of the correlations that may exist between global warming and intense volcanic activities are very poorly understood, if at all. One possible connection, they say, could be that higher levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere will melt ice caps, including those at... |
18 September 2009
02:43 GMT |
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Winter was until recently the traditional season when up to 90 percent of bird species in the Arctic migrated South, to warmer skies. But that seems to no longer apply today. An investigation by the US Geological Service (USGS) has recently determined that as much as 30 percent of species would now rather spend their... |
17 September 2009
19:01 GMT |
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Less than four months before the UN climate change summit, scheduled to take place in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, the United Nations' Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, decided to undertake a visit to the Arctic, so as to raise awareness among world leaders of the necessity for change. The official is also taki... |
2 September 2009
00:02 GMT |
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British investigators from the UK Royal Society have determined in a new study that some of the propositions related to mitigating the effects of global warming and climate change through geoengineering are feasible, or at least technically possible. These approaches may also yield positive results, the same report a... |
1 September 2009
09:56 GMT |
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Astronomers have known for centuries that the Sun operates in 11-year cycles, periods of intense or less intense activity, in which variable amounts of radiations, solar flares and sunspots are produced. Now, physicists also know that these variations only change the amount of energy that our planet receives by as li... |
28 August 2009
02:32 GMT |
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Designing fossil fuel-based power plants outfitted with carbon-capture and -storage (CCS) technologies seems to be a lot to ask from the industry. The equipment required for such technologies to function is still prohibitively expensive, and their efficacy has yet to be fully tested because of this. But engineers are... |
27 August 2009
17:01 GMT |
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For California, heat waves are nothing new. The state is constantly bathed by the sun, and benefits from an arid and hot climate. But, from time to time, massive heat waves come over it, such as the one in 2006, which killed 600 people, 5,000 cattle and 70,000 poultry in one swift blow. This all happened between mid ... |
26 August 2009
09:48 GMT |
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With the growing threat of global warming and climate change looming ahead, biologists are beginning to plan for the future. A debate is currently raging in the international community as to which way of protecting endangered species and conserving biodiversity is the best. While some believe that local programs appl... |
25 August 2009
21:41 GMT |
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This August, the American space agency made available the first computing hours at its high-end computing system for climate analysis, located at the Goddard Space Flight Center, in Greenbelt, Maryland. The instrument is the centerpiece of NASA's new climate-simulation capabilities, which will contribute with th... |
25 August 2009
16:31 GMT |
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New evidence uncovered by experts seems to point out the fact that wobbles in our planet's tilt may have been the triggers behind global warming events that took place in prehistoric times. It has for a long time been known that Earth's tilt in regard to the Sun is not stable, and that our planet wobbles as... |
16 August 2009
08:12 GMT |
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Studying ancient rocks, excavated from miles under the Earth's surface, can take geologists to amazing discoveries about the history of our planet, and the way the climate shifted over the billions of years of our history. Therefore, it came as little surprise to investigators when they learned that periods of g... |
13 August 2009
04:15 GMT |
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A “green trade war” between the United States and some of its key economic partners could become an imminent possibility, a leading group of industrialists told the Congress in a recent letter. The confrontation could be triggered by the fact that the new climate bill, which is scheduled to go into voting... |
23 July 2009
15:41 GMT |
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I've been trying to find an appropriate title for this article for quite some time now, but I couldn't come up with one that would draw as many readers to it as possible. This piece is about the challenges that are brought forth by global warming, the people fighting to sooth or exacerbate them, the animals... |
11 July 2009
10:11 GMT |
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In an international research effort, featuring scientists from four institutes, experts analyzed the fossilized remains of a mammoth that was discovered as low as 37°N latitude, which is far away from the higher northern latitudes where these beasts were thought to exist. Generally, when people think of mammoths,... |
10 July 2009
20:51 GMT |
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According to a declaration published by the participant nations in the G8 Summit this year, developing and developed nations alike have agreed that global temperatures must not be allowed to increase by more than 2° Celsius from 1990 levels. Leaders of the most powerful countries discussed with presidents and oth... |
10 July 2009
07:02 GMT |
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According to BBC environment analyst Roger Harrabin, the upcoming G8 meeting, to reunite the leaders of the most developed countries in the world plus Russia, will most likely set new standards for carbon emissions to be respected by the whole world. Plans are to reduce greenhouse gas outputs by more than 80 percent ... |
6 July 2009
03:03 GMT |
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Gordon Brown, the prime minister of the United Kingdom, has recently proposed the creation of a £60-billion help fund, money that is to be distributed among Third-World nations. The aid would help less developed countries deal with the greenhouse gas emissions cuts proposed by the United Nations, while at the s... |
26 June 2009
14:01 GMT |
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Since the full effects of global warming and climate change started coming into international focus, some experts have determined that large numbers of refugees, mostly coming form underdeveloped, Third-World countries, will flood the borders of the developed world. Their figures, which stated that millions of immigr... |
26 June 2009
03:59 GMT |
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The rising concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are generally considered to be the main cause of global warming and climate change, with numerous studies linking the two directly. Still, there are those who refuse to listen to reason and science, and who believe that the levels of CO2 in the air are &ld... |
22 June 2009
14:01 GMT |
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Recent investigations have proven that large and seemingly unmovable glaciers can rapidly shrink, in just a few centuries. Researchers from the University at Buffalo came to this conclusion after they analyzed traces left behind by a large ancient glacier, which existed in the Canadian Arctic. They concluded that the... |
22 June 2009
05:25 GMT |
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According to the latest numbers released by the UK Environment Agency, more than one sixth of British homes are at risk of floods, and existing measures to stop that may not do too great of a job in stopping it from happening. Additionally, the report says, global warming and climate change may significantly raise th... |
19 June 2009
16:01 GMT |
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Taking their commitment on reducing their carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions further, as previously stated, seven of the largest airlines in the world, including Air France/KLM and British Airways, have requested that the United Nations set the CO2 targets for the aviation industry soon. Together with the international N... |
9 June 2009
06:24 GMT |
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Despite the fact that the Arctic regions have passed through numerous changes over the millennia, one thing has remained the same – the fact that they are left in darkness for six months each year. One would be inclined to think that this would not allow for the development of a large number of species there, b... |
8 June 2009
02:45 GMT |
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Experts from the Yale University and the George Mason University have recently finished compiling a new study regarding the views that American citizens have on global warming, and determined the fact that the population seems to be divided into six categories on the matter. They identified the alarmed, the concerned... |
30 May 2009
03:50 GMT |
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More than 3.6 million years ago, a massive meteorite struck the Siberian plains, creating an 11-mile-wide crater. Over the millennia, water flowed into the crater and thus Lake El'gygytgyn (or Lake E) was formed. Now, all those years later, scientists from the United States, Germany, the Russian Federation and A... |
29 May 2009
06:50 GMT |
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New scientific models of the way the climate in the United States will evolve over the course of the next four decades show that Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah will be most affected by increasing heat waves, which will boost the average temperatures up by a significant amount. The computer model also reveals ... |
28 May 2009
16:31 GMT |
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At a time when the world is facing growing food shortages, and droughts or floods have driven the price of basic food out of the reach of millions of people, the American space agency is working together with local authorities to supply governments with the most accurate estimates of soil traits. Based entirely on sa... |
27 May 2009
10:56 GMT |
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In late April, the Russian Federation surprised everyone by accepting the fact that humans were, in fact, responsible for global warming, and recognizing that it had to do something to prevent any further degradation of the environment. While many consider the decision a radical shift in view from Prime Minister Vlad... |
27 May 2009
03:59 GMT |
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With the December UN summit in Copenhagen less than 200 days away, leaders of the world are struggling to find ways to get along on an issue related to fighting global warming and climate change. Everyone admits that the future agreement, which is slated to replace the Kyoto Protocol, signed in Japan in 1997, will ta... |
26 May 2009
06:59 GMT |
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A new report from the Stockholm-based Commission on Climate Change and Development (CCCD) has recently made it clear that some of the poorest nations in the world, which have already begun coming under the increased influence of global warming and climate change, urgently need up to $2 billion in compensations from t... |
15 May 2009
05:39 GMT |
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One of the most severe byproducts of global warming and climate change is increasing and widespread drought, which will affect a large number of nations in the future, especially those in regions already prone to experiencing such phenomena. Paradoxically, increased droughts will be joined by massive flooding, but ba... |
13 May 2009
06:35 GMT |
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The Indian Ocean, despite being one of the most important bodies of water in the world, is also the least studied of all oceans, and experts are currently looking at stamping that out. That is to say, over the next months, an intricate network of sensor buoys will be spread across its water, in a bid to determine the... |
6 May 2009
09:58 GMT |
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The Australian government seems to have succumbed to the increased pressures and threats coming in from the fossil fuel and mining industries. Their representatives have warned that, if the new set of legislations on regulating greenhouse gases passes, they would basically take their business elsewhere, rather than s... |
4 May 2009
09:20 GMT |
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Following a new scientific study commissioned by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), researchers have learned that Asia, in general, and especially its southeastern parts will be most severely affected by global warming and climate change until the end of the century. The shifts in weather patterns, sea levels and prec... |
27 April 2009
08:58 GMT |
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A new comprehensive survey of the effects that fires around the globe have on the environment has revealed that the amount of carbon dioxide placed in the atmosphere naturally is about 50 percent that emitted by humans through burning fossil fuels. These finds suggest that the influence of events such as wildfires ha... |
24 April 2009
06:56 GMT |
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According to top Australian and Chinese officials, there is a good chance that the December 2009 UN summit, to be held in Copenhagen, will be concluded with an international treaty that will replace the Kyoto Protocol. The two representatives say that signs show that the increasing gap between rich and developing nat... |
15 April 2009
06:04 GMT |
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According to a new policy brief, released only recently by climate experts at the Carnegie Mellon university, cap-and-trade systems alone will not be sufficient in ensuring that the United States lower their carbon dioxide (CO2) emission levels by 50 to 80 percent until 2050. This goal has been expressed by the White... |
14 April 2009
09:10 GMT |
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