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Living Buildings: Cladding buildings to help combat effects of climate change
Posted Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:37:00 GMT by Michael EvansResearch at the University of Greenwich and others is investigating the use of ethical synthetic biology to greate 'living' materials that can be used to clad buildings. University of Greenwich School of Architecture and Construction is poised to use ethical synthetic biology to create 'living' materials that could be used to clad buildings and help combat the effects of climate change.
Living Buildings: Cladding buildings to help combat effects of climate change
Northern Wildfires Threaten Runaway Climate Change
Posted Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:10:01 GMT by Michael EvansA warmer climate is leading to an increase in forest fires in northern latitudes, which in turn is leading to an increase in the release of carbon currently trapped in tundra and permafrost. This is the first study to reveal that wild forest fires that are a regular feature of the 18.5 million hectares of Alaska's interior have become more severe in the last ten years.
Northern Wildfires Threaten Runaway Climate Change
New UN Climate Law: Protection or otherwise?
Posted Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:55:00 GMT by Paromita PainA new UN climate law Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) is being protesd by various environmental groups as being detrimental for the climate policies already in place. Groups like the Global Justice Ecological Programme say that the REDD is being pushed by powerful interests to allow continued pollution, since industrial countries can offset their emissions by paying poor countries with forests to plant trees to absorb the carbon.
New UN Climate Law: Protection or otherwise?
Japan is Leading the Emissions Reduction Race
Posted Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:25:00 GMT by Paromita PainJapan reports impressive gains in reduction of greenhouse gas emissions at the GLOBE International legislators group meeting in Mexico City midway through the Cancun climate summit though officially they dont want to be a part of the extension of the Kyoto Protocol after the first phase expires in 2012.
Japan is Leading the Emissions Reduction Race
Invasive Species and Climate Change
Posted Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:00:00 GMT by Michael EvansHow climate change can give a boost to non-native species with potentially devastating results. A recent study indicates that a combination of a warmer world, more extreme weather and higher levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide have the potential to devastate ecosystems.
Invasive Species and Climate Change
Cancun Climate Conference: Extreme heat events will be the norm
Posted Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:50:00 GMT by Lucy BrakeThe World Meteorological Organisation this week reported to the UN climate conference in Mexico that the weather trends highlight a very likely increase in the frequency and intensity of heat waves around the world.
Cancun Climate Conference: Extreme heat events will be the norm
India and Bangladesh: 'Extreme risk' from climate change
Posted Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:45:00 GMT by Paromita PainThe Climate Change Vulnerability Index is prepared on the basis of calculated vulnerability of countries to the effects of climate change in the next 30 years.
India and Bangladesh: 'Extreme risk' from climate change
Cancun delegates should adjust to reality of 4°C temperature rise
Posted Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:30:01 GMT by David HewittA collection of new papers welcoming world leaders to Cancun effectively argue that this latest round of climate change talks should be seen almost as a damage limitation exercise. Up to one billion people around the world are set to lose their homes over the next 90 years as a result of ongoing failures to cut back on carbon emissions.
Cancun delegates should adjust to reality of 4°C temperature rise
Narwhals used to explore frozen arctic waters
Posted Wed, 24 Nov 2010 11:40:00 GMT by Louise MurrayNarwhals are being used to explore the waters under the frozen arctic ocean and report in on under ice winter temperatures previously only possible using costly icebreaker cruises or helicopter charters, filling a vital hole in climate data for the rapidly warming region.
Narwhals used to explore frozen arctic waters
Current climate change models may be overly-optimistic
Posted Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:25:02 GMT by David HewittA team of US scientists have warned that, as cloud cover becomes increasingly-thinner, global warming is likely to accelerate at a higher-than-anticipated rate.
Current climate change models may be overly-optimistic
Developed nations falling behind on Copenhagen climate promises
Posted Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:18:00 GMT by David HewittWith the UN Cancun summit just around the corner, a London NGO has argued that developed nations are still a long way off meeting their promises to help developing nations guard against the threats posed by climate change.
Developed nations falling behind on Copenhagen climate promises
Doomsday climate change messages make public skeptical
Posted Thu, 18 Nov 2010 01:00:53 GMT by David HewittFar from urging the public to take action, emotional and shocking messages about the threats posed by climate change may deter people from working to minimise their carbon footprints, US scientists beleive.
Doomsday climate change messages make public skeptical
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