http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Worried about climate change and want to learn more? You probably aren't watching television then. A new study by George Mason University Communication Professor Xiaoquan Zhao suggests that watching television has no significant impact on viewers' knowledge about the issue of climate change. Reading newspapers and using the web, however, seem to contribute to people's knowledge about this issue. http://www.physorg.com/news174911853.html Other Sciences Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:20:01 EST news174911853 So you're a manufacturer about to introduce a new consumer product to the marketplace. Will that product or the manufacture of the product contribute to global warming through the greenhouse effect? http://www.physorg.com/news172328712.html Chemistry Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:20:11 EST news172328712 A giant iceberg twice the length of Beijing's "Bird's Nest" Stadium has been spotted floating off Australia and could be headed for New Zealand, scientists said on Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news177225796.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:40:04 EST news177225796 An international study involving Monash University mathematician Dr Malcolm Clark has been used to demonstrate the impact of global warming and to predict the effect further warming will have on plant life. http://www.physorg.com/news172397542.html Space & Earth Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:30:04 EST news172397542 (AP) -- Giving contraceptives to people in developing countries could help fight climate change by slowing population growth, experts said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news172492606.html Space & Earth Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:45:57 EST news172492606 A Peruvian scientist has called on his country to help slow the melting of Andean glaciers by daubing white paint on the rock and earth left behind by receding ice so they will absorb less heat. http://www.physorg.com/news176526912.html Space & Earth Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:15:32 EST news176526912 (AP) -- A leading climate change scientist said hackers breaking into a university's computer server and then posting documents online show the nasty politics of global warming. http://www.physorg.com/news178269251.html Technology Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:15:13 EST news178269251 Will we soon see the flowers of Edinburgh in full bloom in the depths of winter? This possibility is considered in a new study into the impact of global warming on spring flowering, published today in the International Journal of Climatology. Data, taken from records dating back to the late nineteenth century, has been used to demonstrate the impact of global warming and to predict the effect further warming will have on plant life by the year 2080. http://www.physorg.com/news171781911.html Space & Earth Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:30:01 EST news171781911 Less than half of Britons believes that human activity is to blame for global warming, according to a poll carried out for The Times newspaper and published on Saturday. http://www.physorg.com/news177493814.html Space & Earth Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:10:01 EST news177493814 Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning Professor Brian Stone publishes a paper in the December edition of Environmental Science and Technology that suggests policymakers need to address the influence of global deforestation and urbanization on climate change, in addition to greenhouse gas emissions. http://www.physorg.com/news177139558.html Space & Earth Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:00:01 EST news177139558 A new study indicates that major chemicals most often cited as leading causes of climate change, such as carbon dioxide and methane, are outclassed in their warming potential by compounds receiving less attention. http://www.physorg.com/news177679355.html Chemistry Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:23:18 EST news177679355 Scientists at the University of Calgary have found that methane emission by plants could be a bigger problem in global warming than previously thought. http://www.physorg.com/news169733631.html Biology Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:14:25 EST news169733631 In a new study in the journal Ecological Monographs, ecologists estimate that Arctic lands and oceans are responsible for up to 25 percent of the global net sink of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Under current predictions of global warming, this Arctic sink could be diminished or reversed, potentially accelerating predicted rates of climate change. http://www.physorg.com/news174744498.html Space & Earth Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:08:57 EST news174744498 (PhysOrg.com) -- A leading climate scientist has presented new research findings on the increasing potential for a 4 degrees Celsius rise in global temperatures if the current high emissions of greenhouse gases continue. http://www.physorg.com/news173368462.html Space & Earth Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:30:17 EST news173368462 (AP) -- Earth's temperature is likely to jump nearly 6 degrees between now and the end of the century even if every country cuts greenhouse gas emissions as proposed, according to a United Nations update. http://www.physorg.com/news173033068.html Space & Earth Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:50:03 EST news173033068