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A group of investigators from the Kansas State University (KSU) say that the disposition of heat waves and droughts within a year plays a huge role in determining the effects these phenomena will have on ecosystems. A new study the team conducted looked at over 25 years-worth of data.
In other words, what the resea... |
14 February 2012
03:31 GMT |
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Hurricane Irene, a Category 3 storm that struck North America in August 2011, is not an “100-year event,” as some experts have suggested. Rather than being an anomaly, a new study shows, it represents a clear indicator of how storm intensity will evolve as global warming progresses.
Investigators at the ... |
13 February 2012
08:34 GMT |
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As if any more proof was needed for any person with at least a bit of common sense. A new study again demonstrates that global warming is caused by human-made pollution, and not excess heating from the Sun. Naturally, these conclusions will not sway those who have other interests at heart.
The analysis was conducted... |
2 February 2012
11:46 GMT |
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Scientists who participated in the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 339: Mediterranean Outflow say that the investigation was able to reveal important clues related to Earth's climate history. The necessary data were derived from samples collected in the Mediterranean Sea.
The IODP initiativ... |
23 January 2012
08:48 GMT |
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According to an analysis compiled by investigators at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York, average surface temperatures around the globe continued to increase throughout 2011, keeping in tune with climate scientists' predictions.
The team says that 9 of the 10 warmest years measured ... |
20 January 2012
14:01 GMT |
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A group of investigators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge, says that tropical cyclones will become more intense by 2100, even if climate change is stopped dead in its tracks right now. At the same time, the storms will affect areas that are now considered safe.
Though the team took in... |
17 January 2012
07:39 GMT |
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Nowadays, modern architecture has to respond to several challenges. Apart from building structures that look amazing, experts must take into consideration extra measures of precaution to safeguard their masterpieces from climate change effects, like floods generated by raising sea levels. A team of Russian architec... |
16 January 2012
07:46 GMT |
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Banks are big contributers to the acceleration of climate change effects. A report issued late last year clearly indicates this fact, revealing that American financial institutions often back large projects involving coal-burning processes. While some banks find it hard to green up their names, people are fed with ... |
14 January 2012
06:02 GMT |
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As global warming starts to make its effects felt around the world, the Northern Hemisphere is bound to suffer from more severe, colder winters as a result. A study detailing this seemingly-counterintuitive connection was published in the January 12 online issue of Environmental Research Letters.
The team says that ... |
13 January 2012
07:37 GMT |
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Peer-to-peer car exchange services are beginning to spring up in the United States, primarily backed up by investors in Silicon Valley, who are convinced that this model will be adopted by many. In short, it involves people sharing their rides in order to reduce costs and consumption.
What happens is that individua... |
12 January 2012
08:41 GMT |
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Global warming effects have been linked to a wide series of disturbing facts, like environmental degradation and unwanted changes applied to wildlife species.
It may not come as a surprise that climate change triggers weird, destructive natural phenomena, while making most of the animals shrink.
However, to compl... |
12 January 2012
07:54 GMT |
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When an event gathers a series of A-list celebrities like Angelina Jolie, George Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio, its reception has to be over the top is so many different ways.
The 2012 Golden Globe couldn't make an exception; therefore, famous chefs were encouraged to scale up efforts and do their best to put... |
11 January 2012
10:44 GMT |
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A collaboration of researchers from the US Geological Survey (USGS) and the University of Montana say that the diminishing of the overall snowpack covering the Rocky Mountains is leading to a classic cascading ecological effect in surrounding habitats and ecosystems.
Researchers determined that a very strong shift ... |
11 January 2012
04:31 GMT |
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It's common knowledge among climate scientists that ice ages occur regularly on Earth. Multi-millennial winters set in about once every 11,000 years or so, and the latest one failed to start. Scientists believe that global warming and climate change are responsible for the current state of affairs.
The last ic... |
9 January 2012
04:40 GMT |
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A global concern regarding the effects of climate change, accelerated by man-made pollution have determined scientists to come up with several solutions seeking to curb the ever-growing amount of CO2 emissions.
Molten salt, edible sponges, or the miraculous 'pollution glue' spread on the streets of London... |
6 January 2012
10:48 GMT |
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Coral reefs are exposed to great risks associated with global warming and man-made threats, like unsustainable fishing practices.
However, a new green method is safeguarding fishes, oysters and corals, ensuring their development and even helping them grow faster.
Biorock reef restoration depends on a risk-free lo... |
28 December 2011
07:50 GMT |
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Global warming is already displaying widespread negative effects. One of them can ruin an ancient tradition, by making the popular mistletoe go extinct. Its decline is linked to a severe drought compromising crops and wide surfaces of agricultural land in the US, especially in Texas, Mother Nature Network informs. ... |
27 December 2011
07:12 GMT |
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I can easily understand why many climate change skeptics look at the Sun as a potential source for the warming of the climate. Indeed, it would appear that the star is the main driver of Earth's atmospheric changes, but the data simply do not add up.
Some of the most common and widely-quoted misconceptions abo... |
27 December 2011
05:03 GMT |
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The Smithsonian has launched a new spooky voting competition, meant to award not the kindest, best-looking or most eco-friendly Santa Claus, but the scariest character ever designed and printed on a piece of paper.
Some of the photos included in the ample gallery are funny, others give us chills down our spine and ... |
23 December 2011
05:39 GMT |
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Experts have already agreed on the fact that climate change can be correlated with significant ecosystem shifts. At this point in time, this phenomenon is also being associated with an excessive drought that has affected up to 500 million trees only in Texas.
Unfortunately, its impact goes beyond the condition of t... |
22 December 2011
07:47 GMT |
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Wind provides a great source of renewable energy. Besides this obvious benefit, researchers now say that wind turbines installed on farms might actually improve the quality of crops.
The usage of wind power has expanded significantly over the last ten years, allowing experts to draw up a pertinent conclusion regard... |
21 December 2011
02:23 GMT |
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The Met Office, Britain's national weather forecaster is behind a fashionable, eco-friendly initiative, aiming to tackle climate change linked to extreme weather. The new series of T-shirts and hoodies are the result of its collaboration with Rapanui a small-scale enterprise. Rapanui wanted to to make sure that ... |
19 December 2011
08:09 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new report released by CoreLogic, it would appear that floods and other extreme weather events triggered by global warming cost the United States more than $10 billion for 2011. The report is freely available after completing a short registration process, here. The document, entitled... |
19 December 2011
05:10 GMT |
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NASA relies on a computer modeling study to demonstrate that climate change would generate dramatic environmental changes by 2100. Experts from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California have succeeded in highlighting how land-based ecosystems, like forest... |
19 December 2011
04:14 GMT |
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Biologists have discovered two new species of the world's tiniest frogs, measuring less than 9 mm (0.31 inches), only a little more than a regular pill, in New Guinea.
It seems that the newly-found creatures are the smallest of their kind, 2 mm smaller than those previously found by researchers.
The scientis... |
16 December 2011
10:19 GMT |
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Officials at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) say that this November had the 12th warmest air temperatures on record, and the third smallest sea ice extent since records began being kept. Sea ice was 11.5 percent below the normal average.
The analysis was compiled by the NOAA Climate Pr... |
16 December 2011
04:02 GMT |
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After two decades of attempts, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finally started to annihilate the environmental threats posed by our own refrigerators.
It has succeeded in adopting a new regulation making eco-friendly refrigeration gases legal in the US, meant to replace the traditional option represen... |
15 December 2011
04:31 GMT |
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Even though many of the representatives who participated at the 2011 UN Climate Change Conference (COP17), in Durban, South Africa, would have you believe that the agreement reached yesterday, December 11, is valid and a step forward for humanity, this couldn't be farther from the truth.
What the meeting did s... |
12 December 2011
02:52 GMT |
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Despite that diplomats seem pleased with the deal sealed last week, during the Durban summit, eco-groups and scientists warn that an international agreement is not enough to save us from the harmful effects of climate change. Nevertheless, there are still no actual pledges powerful enough to fight global warming, a... |
12 December 2011
02:43 GMT |
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The results of a 20-year study indicate that the amount and range of shrubs and grasses has increased considerably in northern Quebec, Canada. This expansion was primarily triggered by a warming climate. The study highlights just one of the negative aspects of global warming.
Data used to arrive at these conclusion... |
9 December 2011
04:24 GMT |
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According to investigators at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, led by director and paleoclimate expert James E Hansen, this century has tremendous potential for rapid, massive climate change. This can only be avoided by curbing global warming.
Hansen, who was the first to propose carbon emission curbs ... |
9 December 2011
03:48 GMT |
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The scientist who first pointed out that global warming is a real phenomenon is now saying that the 2-degree warming target that we should strive to avoid is insufficient to prevent climate change. It is widely believed that warming needs to be kept under 2 degrees Celsius in order for the Earth to be safe.
Reaching... |
8 December 2011
08:19 GMT |
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Scientists are fully aware that climate lectures are often boring and their message is not always understood or remembered by the public. Therefore, developers have thought about including games in the learning process. 'The Climate Trail', one of the finalists in 'Gaming for Good' contest, was de... |
8 December 2011
03:34 GMT |
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The Jason-1 satellite has just turned 10, officials at NASA and the French Space Agency Centre Nationale d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) announce. The mission was launched on December 7, 2001, to study our planet's oceans from space, and keep an eye on global sea level changes.
As climate change and global warm... |
8 December 2011
03:30 GMT |
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We might think the effects of climate change are equally felt by both genders. A new study issued by the United Nations proves us wrong, showing that women are much more exposed to risks correlated with this phenomenon.A recent study issued by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) highlights that the lifest... |
7 December 2011
11:01 GMT |
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A new study funded by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science shows that droughts such as the one currently affecting Texas and Oklahoma will become the norm over the next 40-50 years, and will not appear as out of the ordinary as they do today.
Statistically, the current drought is the worst to... |
6 December 2011
14:01 GMT |
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Climate change will trigger long-term damaging effects, different for every region, according to a recent study issued by the Met Office’s Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research. The organization tried to forecast how 24 would be affected by global warming by 2100, unless governments find appropriate... |
6 December 2011
11:06 GMT |
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In 2013 and 2014, three locations above the Pacific Ocean will receive the visit of the NASA Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment (ATTREX). The multi-year science mission's goal is to analyze the chemical composition of the air currently making its way into the tropopause.
Other factors, such as humidity, w... |
6 December 2011
05:10 GMT |
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Scientists say that under-assessment of the risks involved in thawing of perennially-frozen soils called permafrost has led to a distorted view of the amount of methane they could release in the atmosphere. These quantities have largely been underestimated, the team behind the new study believes.
In a paper publishe... |
5 December 2011
02:50 GMT |
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Teaching people about climate change through lectures will never work. Pablo Suarez has tested this method and seen people falling asleep in their chairs. After he threw Frisbees to the bored public gathered for a conference in Ecuador, he realized fighting climate change needs a new kind of boost to become popular. ... |
2 December 2011
05:33 GMT |
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Dirty coal business is still in the game mostly because it's profitable. Banks know it best, since they invest billions of dollars every year in this field of activity. A recent reports reveals that JP Morgan Chase is, by far, the most influent player, backing the coal industry with no less than $22 billion (&eu... |
2 December 2011
03:30 GMT |
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Yesterday, December 1, saw the release of this year's Arctic Report Card (ARC), which is being developed annually by researchers around the world. The document indicates the North Pole to be entering a warmer period, with changed climate and ice patterns.
The main conclusion is that the Arctic will from now on... |
2 December 2011
02:44 GMT |
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People who enjoy eating walnuts on a daily basis should be aware that their diet is threatened by climate change. Walnut trees (Juglans) are a highly demanding species of trees that require specific conditions. Rapidly expanding deforestation correlated with extreme drought could make this tree population extremely... |
1 December 2011
07:33 GMT |
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Authorities from the Edinburgh Zoo are excited to announce they are going to have new residents: two Giant Pandas brought from China. Even if these new creatures will increase the popularity of the facility, members of eco-groups claim their intention has a rather insignificant conservation value and is a waste of mo... |
30 November 2011
10:26 GMT |
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Santa Claus is expected by millions of children all across the Globe every year. What they do not know is that he might go out of business or be forced to relocate his toy factory, because of global warming, a phenomenon responsible for radical changes already visible especially in the North Pole region.
Scientists... |
30 November 2011
09:31 GMT |
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Coal-burning operations accelerate climate change, but this fact doesn't stop South Africa from obtaining profit at the environment's expense. The host of the climate summit is actually one of the most important sources of pollution.
Currently, 90% of its entire energy production depends on coal, while t... |
30 November 2011
07:40 GMT |
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A recent report indicates that Canada plans to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, the legal framework aiming to curb greenhouse emission still valid until 2012. This rumor was brought into discussion during the ongoing climate negotiations.
At this point in time, Canada's position isn't certain, since Peter... |
30 November 2011
02:40 GMT |
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At this point in time, the Durban summit is definitely one of the hottest green topics. It manages to capture the attention of shipowners who collaborate with WWF and Oxfam to indicate the best methods of curbing greenhouse gas emissions coming from international shipping.The partners hope to convince the COP 17 par... |
29 November 2011
11:04 GMT |
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The Durban summit is expected to provide an effective framework meant to cope with the continuously growing food prices. Experts and organizations put all their hopes in negotiations on climate change, since the lives of people living in poor countries depend on the impact of strict regulations. Oxfam affirms that ... |
29 November 2011
07:01 GMT |
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Scientists with the University of British Columbia (UBC), in Canada, say that marine biodiversity loss will occur at a much faster rate than originally calculated. The main factors that contribute to this phenomenon are global warming – and the climate change it produces – and increased predation.
The l... |
29 November 2011
03:59 GMT |
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