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Television has less effect on education about climate change than other forms of media
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 16, 2009 |
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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 ...
Toward the design of greener consumer products
Sep 16, 2009 |
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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?
Giant Antarctic iceberg heads towards N.Zealand: experts
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 12, 2009 |
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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.
Study predicts effect of global warming on spring flowers
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Sep 17, 2009 |
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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.
Birth control could help combat climate change
Sep 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Giving contraceptives to people in developing countries could help fight climate change by slowing population growth, experts said Friday.
'Whitewash' could slow global warming: Peruvian scientist
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 04, 2009 |
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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.
Key scientist says politics behind stolen e-mails
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(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.
Early spring time for Edinburgh? Study predicts effect of global warming on spring flowers
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 10, 2009 |
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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 Jo ...
Climate change not man-made, say majority of Britons: poll
Nov 15, 2009 |
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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.
Reducing greenhouse gases may not be enough to slow climate change
Nov 11, 2009 |
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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 ...
New research provides blueprint for molecular basis of global warming
Nov 17, 2009 |
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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.
Stressed crops emit more methane than thought
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Scientists at the University of Calgary have found that methane emission by plants could be a bigger problem in global warming than previously thought.
Arctic land and seas account for up to 25 percent of world's carbon sink
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 14, 2009 |
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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 curren ...
What could 4 degree warming mean for the world?
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Planned emission cuts still mean far hotter Earth
Sep 24, 2009 |
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(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.
