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EPA says greenhouse gases endanger human health (AP)

EPA says greenhouse gases endanger human health

Space & Earth / Environment

created 15 hours ago | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 11

(AP) -- The Environmental Protection Agency took a major step Monday toward regulating greenhouses gases, concluding that climate changing pollution threatens the public health and the environment.


The last best chance: UN climate conference opens (AP)

The last best chance: UN climate conference opens

Space & Earth / Environment

created 16 hours ago | popularity 1.8 / 5 (5) | comments 3

(AP) -- The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference in history opened Monday, with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the last best chance for a deal to protect ...


New forest fire detection system prototype installed at Lake Tahoe

New forest fire detection system prototype installed at Lake Tahoe

Space & Earth / Environment

created 17 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Graham Kent, Nevada Seismological Laboratory director at the University of Nevada, Reno is leading the installation, testing and maintenance of a novel way to monitor forests fires and other environmental ...


Bella Center in Copenhagen, the venue of upcoming COP15 Climate Summit

Silicon Valley getting greener with Hara

Space & Earth / Environment

created 20 hours ago | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Fresh from signing on to help green Silicon Valley, startup Hara will be at climate talks in Copenhagen this week to urge that corporations not wait for regulations to fight global warming.


Study: Earth more sensitive to carbon dioxide than previously thought

Study: Earth more sensitive to carbon dioxide than previously thought

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (36) | comments 63

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.


The Ecosia search engine

Ecosia search engine fights climate change

Technology / Internet

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 0

An Ecosia search engine launching Monday is counting on the world's fascination with the Internet to help save Brazilian rainforests and battle global warming.


Greenhouse gas carbon dioxide ramps up aspen growth

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (8) | comments 6

The rising level of atmospheric carbon dioxide may be fueling more than climate change. It could also be making some trees grow like crazy.


The end of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A new article in the December 4 issue of Science addresses how the combined efforts of government commitments and market transition could save forest and reduce carbon emissions in Brazil. The Policy Forum brief, entitled "The E ...


Elevated CO2 levels may mitigate losses of biodiversity from nitrogen pollution

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Rising levels of carbon dioxide may overheat the planet and cause other environmental problems, but fears that rising CO2 levels could directly reduce plant biodiversity can be allayed, according to a new study by a University ...


Novel carbon-trading scheme could stop large-scale extinctions

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 2

A new strategy for saving tropical forest species was published in the leading journal Science on the eve of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark, by a team of researchers, includ ...



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