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Warming to it (globally)
Posted Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:09:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongThe almost linear increase in global mean temperature since 1979 has been mapped out by Grant Foster of Tempo Analytica in the US and Stefan Rahmstorf from the Potsdam institute for Climate Impact Research, thanks to the satellite microwave-sensor imagery, available since that date.
Warming to it (globally)
COP 17: Week 2
Posted Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:24:00 GMT by Michelle SimonTomorrow marks the entry of the Heads of States from across the globe to finalise COP 17 agreements and the way forward. Week 1 saw the negotiators from 194 nations come together to thrash out the negotiations process amongst ongoing divisions that have flowed over from one COP to the next.
COP 17: Week 2
Arctic inter-relationships with some chilly revelations
Posted Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:35:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongThe US's NOAA duties include regular reports and the latest prepares uis for another of those winters that we just don't understand. For example, the strangely low [ozone] in March this year led to high ultra-violet levels in both Arctic and sub Arctic regions. Most scientists believed this due to the very cold stratosphere, resulting in slow ozone formation.
Arctic inter-relationships with some chilly revelations
Will drought in Mexico spur surge in emigration to the US?
Posted Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:25:44 GMT by Michael ClarkRecord drought in Mexico has left 2.5m people without water and, in some cases, food. Agricultural output is down nearly 30% which, according to a Princeton study, may result in a 6% increase in emigration. But the US doesn't seem to be in a position to cope with this influx.
Will drought in Mexico spur surge in emigration to the US?
The tenth warmest year ever is: 2011
Posted Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:40:00 GMT by Adrian BishopThis year has seen the 10th highest temperatures - the highest ever when taking the cooling of La Nina into account - along with record low Arctic sea ice, preliminary figures show.
The tenth warmest year ever is: 2011
COP 17: African Group negotiators protecting climate victims
Posted Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:03:00 GMT by Michelle SimonThe African countries formed a united front in the run-up to COP 17 as the 'African Group', with the aim of charting a unified front on curbing the threat of climate change to the African continent.
COP 17: African Group negotiators protecting climate victims
COP 18 destination announcement
Posted Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:56:31 GMT by Michelle SimonIn a show of utter flexibility and humbleness, the Republic of Korea agreed to support its fellow bidder the State of Qatar, as the host destination for COP 18/ CMP 8.
COP 18 destination announcement
Arctic scythe laying the ice-sheets low
Posted Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:20:00 GMT by Martin LeggettScientists reconstructing the history of the Arctic ice-cap have shown that today's plummeting sea-ice levels are unprecedented in at least the last 1400 years. Using temperature proxies to track sea-ice levels over past centuries, the paper published in Nature dramatically reinforces how man-made climate change is remaking the Arctic.
Arctic scythe laying the ice-sheets low
COP 17/ CMP 7: Day 1, Durban
Posted Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:49:14 GMT by Michelle SimonA summary of the first day from COP 17/ CMP 7 in Durban, written by Michelle Simon for The Earth Times.
COP 17/ CMP 7: Day 1, Durban
COP 17/ CMP 7: Chronology of Talks-Papers vs. Action
Posted Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:36:10 GMT by Michelle SimonCOP 17/ CMP 7: Chronology of Talks-Papers vs. Action including the dates of each paper and subsequent action taken (if any); written and prepared by Michelle Simon in Durban.
COP 17/ CMP 7: Chronology of Talks-Papers vs. Action
COP 17/ CMP 7: Another Talk-Shop, Green-Washing or Radical Action?
Posted Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:35:00 GMT by Michelle SimonOn the eve of the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP 17) and the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 7) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the South African Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs hosted a pre-COP 17 Summit on the 22nd November 2011.
COP 17/ CMP 7: Another Talk-Shop, Green-Washing or Radical Action?
Examining Ice Age Hominins' adaptability to Climate Change
Posted Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:10:00 GMT by James MathewsThanks to increases in computer power it is now possible to produce computer models that were previously impossible. Recent computer modelling that has looked at evidence of Hominin groups has given new insights how these groups evolved and coped with climate change during the last Ice Age.
Examining Ice Age Hominins' adaptability to Climate Change
Climate change spells food disaster unless we act now argue top scientists
Posted Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:15:00 GMT by Colin RickettsWith the population shooting up, the climate changing and agriculture a mess which loses up to a third of its food production the time to act on food security has come argues a powerful panel of major international scientists.
Climate change spells food disaster unless we act now argue top scientists
Soothsaying the Amazon's fires
Posted Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:00:00 GMT by Martin LeggettScientists tracking the fluctuating temperatures of the Pacific and Atlantic may be able to be soothsayers for devastating fire-seasons in the Amazons rainforests. A team from UCI has found that up to five-months warning can come from watching sea-temperatures far from the Amazon - a fire alarm that the Amazon desperately needs, as it reels from two exceptional years of drought and fire this last decade.
Soothsaying the Amazon's fires
Climate change is causing marine life changes quicker than expected
Posted Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:09:00 GMT by James MathewsIt was originally thought that climate change would see a much more rapid relocation of land species than of ocean life as the temperature rise in oceans would be slower. However, this way of thinking is beginning to change based on new research that has been published in Science magazine.
Climate change is causing marine life changes quicker than expected
Clean stoves could save lives and maybe the climate too
Posted Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:15:00 GMT by Martin LeggettSoot from cooking fires has left its black mark in a surprising number of ways - from climate change to weather disruption, melting glaciers to chronic ill-health. But a solution to many of these ills could lie with upgrading traditional open fires with locally produced clean stoves.
Clean stoves could save lives and maybe the climate too
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