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featured Climate-change drying out Western US, as snows melt

[Photo Caption: Trees growing at high elevations below melting snow fields.] [Photo Credit: Greg Pederson, 2009, © Science/AAAS] For much of the world, snow-pack and ice provide a needed thread...

On Jun 09, 2011 by Martin Leggett 0 Comments

Warmer summers on way with disastrous consequences

From the Tropics north, warmer summers - and their almost certainly disastrous consequences - within the next few decades are close to being an irreversible consequence of global warming says...

On Jun 07, 2011 by Colin Ricketts 0 Comments

Mathematicians turn weather forecasters with new rainfall study

New light has been shone on extreme weather events by a team of engineering and mathematics experts. The researchers from Columbia Engineering, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, and Rutgers University have...

On Jun 06, 2011 by Colin Ricketts 0 Comments

CO2 release may be too fast for environment to cope say geologists

A prehistoric period of high atmospheric carbon concentration most commonly used as a marking stick against which to measure current and future global warming produced only a tenth of the...

On Jun 06, 2011 by Colin Ricketts 0 Comments

Megacities gather to tackle climate change

For the first time the world's largest cities have got together to examine how these enormous human settlements affect the climate and what can be done to minimise the harm...

On Jun 02, 2011 by Colin Ricketts 0 Comments

''Biodegradable'' label may be bad news for global warming

Biodegradable products are good, right? Not according to new research from North Carolina State University which shows that as they degrade these products, often labelled 'green' release a powerful greenhouse...

On Jun 01, 2011 by Colin Ricketts 0 Comments

More climate change targets missed: act now or 2 degree rise likely

CO2 emissions were at a record high in 2010 according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) as growing economies pump more emissions into the atmosphere and threaten to help derail...

On May 31, 2011 by Colin Ricketts 0 Comments

Rising temperatures will affect forests carbon storage role says study

Forests are seen as one of the great weapons against global warming, acting as they do as carbon stores, but their capacity to act in this way could be reduced...

On May 26, 2011 by Colin Ricketts 0 Comments

South Georgia's unrivaled biodiversity challenged by warming

The South Georgian island chain may be a collection of snow-and-ice-clad pinnacles, thrusting from chilly seas just 900 miles from Antarctic peninsula - but its icy surrounds are home to...

On May 25, 2011 by Martin Leggett 0 Comments

Looking to Amazon natives for a sustainable future

A new deal aims to help indigenous people in the Amazon reduce the carbon emissions caused by deforestation and help fight climate change. The partnership between the Coordinator of Indigenous...

On May 25, 2011 by Colin Ricketts 0 Comments

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