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Tree deaths have doubled across the western US
Jan 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study led by the U.S. Geological Survey and involving the University of Colorado at Boulder indicates tree deaths in the West's old-growth forests have more than doubled in recent decades, ...
New data show much of Antarctica is warming more than previously thought
Jan 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists studying climate change have long believed that while most of the rest of the globe has been getting steadily warmer, a large part of Antarctica - the East Antarctic Ice Sheet - ...
Google's CO2 Emissions: Some Puff, Lies & Good Old Fashion Hype
Jan 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A January 11, 2009 article in the London Times (on-line version) entitled, Revealed: The Environmental Impact of Google Searches quoted Harvard Physicist, Alex Wissner-Gross that "two Google ...
White roofs, streets could curb global warming
Sep 17, 2008 |
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The idea of painting our roofs and roads white to offset global warming is not new, but a recent study has calculated just how significantly white surfaces could impact greenhouse gas emissions. Last week, researchers at ...
US rush to produce corn-based ethanol will worsen 'dead zone' in Gulf of Mexico
Mar 10, 2008 |
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The U.S. government’s rush to produce corn-based ethanol as a fuel alternative will worsen pollution in the Gulf of Mexico, increasing a “Dead Zone” that kills fish and aquatic life, according to University of British Columbia ...
Astronomer finds that hottest measured extrasolar planet is 3700 degrees
May 09, 2007 |
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"HD 149026b is simply the most exotic, bizarre planet," Harrington said. "It’s pretty small, really dense, and now we find that it’s extremely hot."
Report: Human activity fuels global warming
Feb 02, 2007 |
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Today's release of a widely anticipated international report on global warming coincides with a growing clamor within the United States to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prevent the potentially devastating consequences ...
New Study Links Wildfires to Ocean Temperatures
Dec 26, 2006 |
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Western U.S. wildfires are likely to increase in the coming decades, according to a new tree-ring study led by the University of Comahue in Argentina and involving the University of Colorado at Boulder that links episodic ...
Ocean study predicts the collapse of all seafood fisheries by 2050
Nov 03, 2006 |
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All species of wild seafood will collapse within 50 years, according to a new study by an international team of ecologists and economists. Writing in the Nov. 3 issue of the journal Science, the researchers conclu ...
Accelerating Loss of Ocean Species Threatens Human Well-Being
Nov 02, 2006 |
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In a study published in the November 3 issue of the journal, Science, an international group of ecologists and economists show that the loss of biodiversity is profoundly reducing the ocean’s ability to pro ...
Tiny Airborne Particles are a Major Cause of Climate Change
Jul 18, 2006 |
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A scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science and his colleagues caused a storm in the atmospheric community when they suggested a few years back that tiny airborne particles, known as aerosols, may be one of the main ...
Global warming could accelerate from thawing Siberian permafrost
Jun 16, 2006 |
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Permafrost soil blanketing northeastern Siberia contains about 75 times more carbon than is released by burning fossil fuels each year. That means it could become a potent, likely unstoppable contributor to global climate ...
Warming Oceans Linked to Global Rise of Cyclone Intensity
May 30, 2006 |
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Climate researchers at Purdue University have concluded in a new study that rising sea-surface temperatures over the past 40 years are linked to a trend of more globally intense tropical cyclone activity.
Global warming may have damaged coral reefs forever
May 15, 2006 |
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Global warming has had a more devastating effect on some of the world’s finest coral reefs than previously assumed, suggests the first report to show the long-term impact of sea temperature rise on reef coral ...
Ethanol results in higher ozone concentrations than gasoline, researchers say
Dec 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ethanol, often promoted as a clean-burning, renewable fuel that could help wean the nation from oil, would likely worsen health problems caused by ozone, compared with gasoline, especially ...
