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Science not faked, but not pretty (AP)

Science not faked, but not pretty

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (57) | comments 93

(AP) -- E-mails stolen from climate scientists show they stonewalled skeptics and discussed hiding data - but the messages don't support claims that the science of global warming was faked, according to an ...


Acid oceans: the 'evil twin' of climate change (AP)

Acid oceans: the 'evil twin' of climate change

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (20) | comments 22

(AP) -- Far from Copenhagen's turbulent climate talks, the sea lions, harbor seals and sea otters reposing along the shoreline and kelp forests of this protected marine area stand to gain from any global ...


Scientists map speed of climate change

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (24) | comments 18

New study finds that the average ecosystem will need to shift about a quarter mile per year to keep pace with global climate change.


New climate targets may not change daily life much (AP)

New climate targets may not change daily life much

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (19) | comments 31

(AP) -- Americans' day-to-day lives won't change noticeably if President Barack Obama achieves his newly announced goal of slashing carbon dioxide pollution by one-sixth in the next decade, experts say.


A greener way to get electricity from natural gas

A greener way to get electricity from natural gas

Technology / Energy

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (16) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new type of natural-gas electric power plant proposed by MIT researchers could provide electricity with zero carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere, at costs comparable to or less than ...


39 percent of Britons polled said climate change had not yet been proven to be man-made

Half of Britons deny climate change man-made: poll

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 72

Almost half of Britons do not believe human behaviour is the main cause of global warming, a new poll showed Sunday, a day before world leaders begin crunch climate talks in Copenhagen.


UN: 2000-2009 likely warmest decade on record (AP)

Leaked document stirs anger at climate summit

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (12) | comments 26

(AP) -- A leaked Danish document at the U.N. climate conference provoked angry criticism Tuesday from developing countries who feared it would shift more of the burden to curb greenhouse gases on poorer countries.


Climate experts debate strategies for reducing atmospheric carbon and future warming

Climate experts debate strategies for reducing atmospheric carbon and future warming

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (15) | comments 26

(PhysOrg.com) -- Reducing carbon dioxide to safe levels may require extracting carbon from the air, says Cornell climate researcher.


UN talks: Rich nations must make big emission cuts (AP)

UN talks: Rich nations must make big emission cuts

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created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (11) | comments 8

(AP) -- Wealthy nations would commit to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade, and the world should strive to nearly eliminate them - or at least cut them in half - by 2050 under ...


The higher temperature target has been supported by emerging giants such as China, India and Brazil

Draft Copenhagen deal targets maximum 2 C warming

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (9) | comments 6

The first official draft blueprint for a deal at the UN climate talks sees targets of limiting global warming to 1.5 or 2.0 degrees Celsius (2.7 or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), according to a document seen by ...


Cutting greenhouse pollutants could directly save millions of lives worldwide

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (14) | comments 8

Tackling climate change by reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse emissions will have major direct health benefits in addition to reducing the risk of climate change, especially in low-income countries, according to ...


Don’t Blame Cows for Climate Change

Don't Blame Cows for Climate Change

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (9) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite oft-repeated claims by sources ranging from the United Nations to music star Paul McCartney, it is simply not true that consuming less meat and dairy products will help stop climate ...


Carbonic anhydrase

Blood Enzyme Could Help Realize Clean Coal

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An enzyme in our blood that enables our lungs to exhale carbon dioxide could be the key to isolating carbon dioxide emissions from coal plants in order to store them safely underground. A ...


NASA Calculates a Carbon Budget for California

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (9) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- While world organizations struggle to find a benchmark and tracking standards for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, NASA has been supporting California’s new carbon emissions inventory report, using its satellite ...


A farmer droving his sheep, northwest of Melbourne

Australian scientists aim to reduce sheep burps

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 29, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (9) | comments 9

Australian scientists are working to breed a sheep that belches less, as they look for ways to reduce harmful methane emissions from the country's woolly flocks, a researcher said Sunday.