Climate

Food Security - the new catchphrase

Soybeans; Credit: © Shutterstock We have too much carbon dioxide. We need more food for an ever increasing population. Join the two global problems together and the obvious solution is,...

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Huge Antarctic rift provides clues on ice loss

The ice-margin of Ferrigno Ice Stream where it flows into Eltanin Bay. Credit: © Rob Bingham/British Antarctic Survey British scientists have found a remote ice rift valley, up to one...

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97% of Greenland's surface ice melts in two weeks

Surface melt over Greenland's ice sheet on July 8 (left) and July 12 (right); Credit: © NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center More of Greenland's surface ice sheet has melted this month...

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Bridging the greenhouse-gas emissions gap at Rio+20

Twenty-one initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; Credit: © ECOFYS With Rio+20 taking place this weekend, everybody should be ready for many sparky and sparkling arguments. To get nations working...

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Changing climate alters wildfire risks, says study

Wildfire image; Credit: © Shutterstock Large parts of the Earth could be at risk of increased fire because of climate change, say scientists. Some areas, including much of Europe and...

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Blue Carbon

In the entire climate change debate the impacts to air have dominated, with water not having featured as a critical medium of impact. Albeit air takes the brunt of the...

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Now climate change threatens turtles

Turtle eggs; Credit: © Shutterstock Leatherback turtles have to dig through 80cm of sand after hatching on the beach. Hot dry conditions associated with global warming are making this increasingly...

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New system to verify urban CO2 cuts

CO2 image via Shutterstock U.S. scientists have developed a new method of verifying urban reductions in carbon dioxide (CO2). Researchers from Harvard and the University of Utah say their computer...

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