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Food Security - the new catchphrase
Posted Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:01:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongThe impact of climate change on food security. Too much CO2 and the need for more food due to an increasing population. Plants are the obvious answer.
Food Security - the new catchphrase
Carbon emissions soaked up by carbon sinks
Posted Sat, 04 Aug 2012 11:08:01 GMT by Dave ArmstrongEarth and nature help us out by continuing to soak up carbon emissions. Carbon sinks, such as oceans and forests are still soaking up half of the greenhouse gases produced by human activity.
Carbon emissions soaked up by carbon sinks
Huge Antarctic rift provides clues on ice loss
Posted Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:46:58 GMT by Adrian BishopA massive ancient ice rift, up to one mile deep in places, has been found in Antarctica. The rift basin is linked to the warming ocean that effects ice flow, say the British scientists that found it.
Huge Antarctic rift provides clues on ice loss
97% of Greenland's surface ice melts in two weeks
Posted Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:44:30 GMT by Adrian BishopA record 97% of Greenland's surface ice sheet melted during two weeks in July - the most recorded since records began, according to data from NASA satellites.
97% of Greenland's surface ice melts in two weeks
North American Atlantic hotspot of accelerated rate sea-level rise
Posted Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:48:58 GMT by Dave ArmstrongNew research finds a hotspot of accelerated rate sea-level rise (SLR) in the ocean off the North American Atlantic coast. The actual accelerated rate of SLR occurs along a 1000km stretch north from Cape Hatteras in North Carolina to Cape Cod near Boston, MA.
North American Atlantic hotspot of accelerated rate sea-level rise
Bridging the greenhouse-gas emissions gap at Rio+20
Posted Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:02:09 GMT by Dave ArmstrongProposals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Ecofys have published a new paper in the journal 'Nature Climate Change' outlining 21 initiatives to greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
Bridging the greenhouse-gas emissions gap at Rio+20
Changing climate alters wildfire risks, says study
Posted Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:43:34 GMT by Adrian BishopClimate change is likely to cause large areas of the Earth to suffer increased wildfires, while in the rainforest, heavy rainfall could reduce the danger, according to a new study.
Changing climate alters wildfire risks, says study
Blue Carbon
Posted Tue, 29 May 2012 14:44:00 GMT by Michelle SimonOceanic flora and vegetation like terrestrial forests are carbon sequesters, they store tons of carbon, blue carbon. In the climate change debate the impacts to air have dominated, with water not having featured as a critical medium of impact.
Blue Carbon
Now climate change threatens turtles
Posted Fri, 25 May 2012 16:06:59 GMT by Dave ArmstrongLeatherback turtles have to dig through 80cm of sand after hatching on the beach. Hotter dryer conditions associated with changes in climate are making this increasingly difficult.
Now climate change threatens turtles
New system to verify urban CO2 cuts
Posted Mon, 14 May 2012 19:00:00 GMT by Adrian BishopA new system of measuring urban carbon dioxide levels could help verify reductions if a global treaty to limit emissions is ever agreed.
New system to verify urban CO2 cuts
Geoengineering: Paint particles plan to fight climate change
Posted Fri, 11 May 2012 15:26:16 GMT by Adrian BishopA geoengineering solution to climate change. Fine titanium dioxide particles transported into the upper atmosphere by giant balloons could help combat climate change, says a UK chemical engineer.
Geoengineering: Paint particles plan to fight climate change
West Antarctic ice shelf - a nudge and a push from collapse?
Posted Thu, 10 May 2012 20:51:22 GMT by Martin LeggettAn important ice shelf responsible for pinning back much of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is in danger of collapse, according to new studies out today. Ice-penetrating radar has discovered giant pools of sea-water underneath much of the ice shelf; models suggest that warm waters melting it from beneath may cause the shelf to give way. That could potentially open the gates to the great mass of ice stacked up behind it - and more significant sea level rises.
West Antarctic ice shelf - a nudge and a push from collapse?
Glacier melt 'less serious' study suggests
Posted Fri, 04 May 2012 09:57:00 GMT by Adrian BishopThe melting of Greenland's glaciers is slower than scientists previously thought and so may not present such a serious threat to rising sea levels, according to University of Washington research.
Glacier melt 'less serious' study suggests
British weather watch
Posted Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:10:00 GMT by Michael EvansBritish weather is unpredictable and in spite of what appears to be one of the wettest Aprils on record, water restrictions continue to be in place.
British weather watch
Warm ocean currents and Antarctic ice loss
Posted Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:37:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongA new study on ice loss in Antarctica by the British Antarctic Survey confirms what we already know about the effects of global warming but it differentiates between the effects of ocean currents, their cause and the air temperature effects at the ice surface.
Warm ocean currents and Antarctic ice loss
Secrets of how the last ice age ended
Posted Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:07:00 GMT by Adrian BishopIncreased carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere played a bigger part in ending the last ice age than changes in the Earth's orbit, say American researchers.
Secrets of how the last ice age ended
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