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Climate projections underestimate CO2 impact The climate may be 30-50 percent more sensitive to atmospheric carbon dioxide in the long term than previously thought, according to a recent study published in Nature Geoscience. http://www.physorg.com/news179690790.html Space & Earth Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:07:39 EST news179690790 Study: Earth more sensitive to carbon dioxide than previously thought In the long term, the Earth's temperature may be 30-50% more sensitive to atmospheric carbon dioxide than has previously been estimated, reports a new study published in Nature Geoscience this week. http://www.physorg.com/news179328817.html Space & Earth Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:34:02 EST news179328817 Greenhouse gas carbon dioxide ramps up aspen growth The rising level of atmospheric carbon dioxide may be fueling more than climate change. It could also be making some trees grow like crazy. http://www.physorg.com/news179118204.html Space & Earth Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:04:32 EST news179118204 Acid test: Study reveals both losers and winners of CO2-induced ocean acidification (PhysOrg.com) -- As the world`s seawater becomes more acidic due to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide, some shelled marine creatures may actually become bigger and stronger, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news178904818.html Space & Earth Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:51:26 EST news178904818 Volcanoes played pivotal role in ancient ice age, mass extinction (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers here have discovered the pivotal role that volcanoes played in a deadly ice age 450 million years ago. http://www.physorg.com/news175785444.html Space & Earth Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:18:02 EST news175785444 New sources of biofuel to take pressure off traditional crops "Salt-loving algae could be the key to the successful development of biofuels as well as being an efficient means of recycling atmospheric carbon dioxide", Professor John Cushman of the University of Nevada told the Society for General Microbiology meeting at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, today (10 September). http://www.physorg.com/news171781380.html Biology Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:30:02 EST news171781380 Agricultural methods of early civilizations may have altered global climate, study suggests Massive burning of forests for agriculture thousands of years ago may have increased atmospheric carbon dioxide enough to alter global climate and usher in a warming trend that continues today, according to a new study that appears online Aug. 17 in the journal Quaternary Science Reviews. http://www.physorg.com/news169725512.html Space & Earth Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:00:18 EST news169725512 Long debate ended over cause, demise of ice ages -- may also help predict future Researchers have largely put to rest a long debate on the underlying mechanism that has caused periodic ice ages on Earth for the past 2.5 million years - they are ultimately linked to slight shifts in solar radiation caused by predictable changes in Earth's rotation and axis. http://www.physorg.com/news168791411.html Space & Earth Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:20:02 EST news168791411 NASA Releases Orbiting Carbon Observatory Accident Summary (PhysOrg.com) -- A NASA panel that investigated the unsuccessful Feb. 24 launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory, or OCO, has completed its report. http://www.physorg.com/news167053792.html Space & Earth Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:10:01 EST news167053792 Carbon sequestration may enhance energy production, researchers say (PhysOrg.com) -- As energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions continually rise in the United States, unconventional natural gas sources coupled with advances in carbon sequestration may be the solution, according to Stanford University scientists. http://www.physorg.com/news166808069.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:35:28 EST news166808069 Global warming: Our best guess is likely wrong No one knows exactly how much Earth's climate will warm due to carbon emissions, but a new study this week suggests scientists' best predictions about global warming might be incorrect. http://www.physorg.com/news166795736.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:00:07 EST news166795736 Mystery mechanism drove global warming 55 million years ago A runaway spurt of global warming 55 million years ago turned Earth into a hothouse but how this happened remains worryingly unclear, scientists said on Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news166715232.html Space & Earth Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:47:39 EST news166715232 Forest fire prevention efforts will lessen carbon sequestration, add to greenhouse warming Widely sought efforts to reduce fuels that increase catastrophic fire in Pacific Northwest forests will be counterproductive to another important societal goal of sequestering carbon to help offset global warming, forestry researchers at Oregon State University conclude in a new report. http://www.physorg.com/news166273305.html Space & Earth Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:40:01 EST news166273305 Iron and biological production in the high-latitude North Atlantic Southampton scientists have demonstrated an unexpected role of iron in regulating biological production in the high-latitude North Atlantic. Their findings have important implications for our understanding of ocean-climate interactions. http://www.physorg.com/news166187442.html Space & Earth Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:11:08 EST news166187442 Pacific Northwest forests could store more carbon, help address greenhouse issues The forests of the Pacific Northwest hold significant potential to increase carbon storage and help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in coming years, a recent study concludes, if they are managed primarily for that purpose through timber harvest reductions and increased rotation ages. http://www.physorg.com/news165754190.html Space & Earth Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:00:02 EST news165754190 Researcher identifies protein that concentrates carbon dioxide in algae (PhysOrg.com) -- Increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are a concern to many environmentalists who research global warming. http://www.physorg.com/news158428436.html Biology Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:54:20 EST news158428436 Invasive plants challenge scientists in face of environmental change Managing invasive plant species on the Great Plains has become more challenging in recent years in the face of human-caused environmental change, including the positive responses of invaders to altered atmospheric chemistry and longer growing seasons, says a University of Colorado at Boulder professor. http://www.physorg.com/news151074298.html Space & Earth Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:04:58 EST news151074298 ESA tests laser to measure atmospheric carbon dioxide A recent ESA campaign has demonstrated how a technique using lasers could be employed to measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The campaign supports one of the main objectives of the candidate Earth Explorer A-SCOPE mission. http://www.physorg.com/news147530366.html Space & Earth Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:39:26 EST news147530366 Ocean growing more acidic faster than once thought University of Chicago scientists have documented that the ocean is growing more acidic faster than previously thought. In addition, they have found that the increasing acidity correlates with increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, according to a paper published online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Nov. 24. http://www.physorg.com/news146753497.html Space & Earth Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:51:37 EST news146753497 Why is Greenland covered in ice? There have been many reports in the media about the effects of global warming on the Greenland ice-sheet, but there is still great uncertainty as to why there is an ice-sheet there at all. http://www.physorg.com/news139060720.html Space & Earth Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:58:40 EST news139060720