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Climate Change Demonstrators Get Creative
Skiers, fire-eaters and environmental campaigners have joined in demonstrations worldwide to draw attention to climate change and push leaders to take action.
Skiers, fire-eaters and environmental campaigners have joined in demonstrations worldwide to draw attention to climate change and push leaders to take action.
Environment
Source: CBS News
Posted on: Monday, Dec 10, 2007, 8:44am
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Source: CBS News
Posted on: Monday, Dec 10, 2007, 8:44am
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Seaweed Could Stem Warming
Plant can suck CO2 out of the atmosphere as fast as rainforests, say scientists.
Plant can suck CO2 out of the atmosphere as fast as rainforests, say scientists.
Environment
Source: ABC News
Posted on: Monday, Dec 10, 2007, 8:44am
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Source: ABC News
Posted on: Monday, Dec 10, 2007, 8:44am
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Koreans Struggle to Clean Up Oil Spill
Thousands of people used shovels and buckets in a massive operation Sunday to clean up the South Korea's largest oil spill, which blackened beaches along the country's western coast.
Thousands of people used shovels and buckets in a massive operation Sunday to clean up the South Korea's largest oil spill, which blackened beaches along the country's western coast.
Does it rain less on the weekend?
Which day of the week is the wettest? Scientists have argued about that for decades. Two studies now suggest that there hasn't been a weekly cycle in rainfall at all during that debate. But one of the studies shows that a pattern of wetter midweeks and drier weekends may have emerged recently, at least in summer in the southeastern United States.
Which day of the week is the wettest? Scientists have argued about that for decades. Two studies now suggest that there hasn't been a weekly cycle in rainfall at all during that debate. But one of the studies shows that a pattern of wetter midweeks and drier weekends may have emerged recently, at least in summer in the southeastern United States.
Environment
Source: Nature
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 08, 2007, 11:48am
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Source: Nature
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 08, 2007, 11:48am
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Ancient flood brought Gulf Stream to a halt
It was the biggest climate event of the last 10,000 years and caused the most dramatic change in the weather since humans began farming. And it may yet hold important lessons about climate change in the 21st century.
It was the biggest climate event of the last 10,000 years and caused the most dramatic change in the weather since humans began farming. And it may yet hold important lessons about climate change in the 21st century.
Environment
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Friday, Dec 07, 2007, 10:40am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Friday, Dec 07, 2007, 10:40am
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How Desert Dust Feeds the World's Oceans
Scientists probes ways sealife can lead to climate change solutions.
Scientists probes ways sealife can lead to climate change solutions.
Environment
Source: LiveScience
Posted on: Friday, Dec 07, 2007, 10:39am
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Source: LiveScience
Posted on: Friday, Dec 07, 2007, 10:39am
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Forest Loss in Sumatra Becomes a Global Issue
Here on the island of Sumatra, about 1,200 miles from the global climate talks under way on Bali, are some of the world’s fastest-disappearing forests.
Here on the island of Sumatra, about 1,200 miles from the global climate talks under way on Bali, are some of the world’s fastest-disappearing forests.
Environment
Source: NYT
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 06, 2007, 8:48am
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Source: NYT
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 06, 2007, 8:48am
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Did Carbon Save Earth From a Deep Freeze?
Researchers are postulating that carbon in the ocean, dissolved from mineral deposits on the sea floor, has prevented Earth from becoming a giant snowball at critical junctures in its history. The findings also lend credence to a hypothesis that climate change and the global carbon cycle are tightly linked, with each influencing the other.
Researchers are postulating that carbon in the ocean, dissolved from mineral deposits on the sea floor, has prevented Earth from becoming a giant snowball at critical junctures in its history. The findings also lend credence to a hypothesis that climate change and the global carbon cycle are tightly linked, with each influencing the other.
Environment
Source: Science
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 06, 2007, 8:47am
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Source: Science
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 06, 2007, 8:47am
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Scientists issue declaration at Bali
More than 200 international climate scientists issued a declaration today urging politicians at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali to agree on strong targets for tackling climate change.
More than 200 international climate scientists issued a declaration today urging politicians at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali to agree on strong targets for tackling climate change.
Environment
Source: Nature
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 06, 2007, 8:47am
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Source: Nature
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 06, 2007, 8:47am
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Six places in the world where climate change could cause political turmoil
From Nepal to Nigeria, Indonesia to the Arctic Circle, a warmer world poses different problems.
From Nepal to Nigeria, Indonesia to the Arctic Circle, a warmer world poses different problems.
Environment
Source: CSM
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 06, 2007, 8:47am
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Source: CSM
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 06, 2007, 8:47am
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Not enough eyes on the prize
The capacity of the United States to monitor Earth's vital signs is being stymied by tight budgets and poor coordination.
The capacity of the United States to monitor Earth's vital signs is being stymied by tight budgets and poor coordination.
Environment
Source: Nature
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 06, 2007, 8:46am
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Source: Nature
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 06, 2007, 8:46am
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Liasten: An 'Island' With a Warming-Induced Identity Crisis
The Oxford Atlas of the World has named Warming Island, Greenland its first "Place of the Year." The island was thought to be part of a peninsula, but glacial melt shows it's not connected to Greenland at all. Alex Chadwick talks to Ben Keene, editor of the atlas, about how global warming may be changing the map.
The Oxford Atlas of the World has named Warming Island, Greenland its first "Place of the Year." The island was thought to be part of a peninsula, but glacial melt shows it's not connected to Greenland at all. Alex Chadwick talks to Ben Keene, editor of the atlas, about how global warming may be changing the map.
Environment
Source: NPR
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:31am
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Source: NPR
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:31am
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Electricity Revives Bali Coral Reefs
Just a few years ago, the lush coral reefs off Bali island were dying out, bleached by rising temperatures, blasted by dynamite fishing and poisoned by cyanide. Now they are coming back, thanks to an unlikely remedy: electricity.
Just a few years ago, the lush coral reefs off Bali island were dying out, bleached by rising temperatures, blasted by dynamite fishing and poisoned by cyanide. Now they are coming back, thanks to an unlikely remedy: electricity.
Environment
Source: ABC News
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:31am
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Source: ABC News
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:31am
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Flooding Threat May Triple By 2070
The number of people threatened by coastal flooding could more than triple by 2070 due to climate change, while the financial impact of flooding could increase by tens of trillions of dollars
The number of people threatened by coastal flooding could more than triple by 2070 due to climate change, while the financial impact of flooding could increase by tens of trillions of dollars
Environment
Source: CBS News
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:30am
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Source: CBS News
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:30am
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Mysterious Lakes Under Antarctica May Be Threatened
Sometime within the next few months, a Russian device may dip into a place where no man has been before. It won't be on another planet, or even the dark side of the moon. It will be on this planet, in one of Earth's most austere regions, in a place that has not been disturbed in millions of years.
Sometime within the next few months, a Russian device may dip into a place where no man has been before. It won't be on another planet, or even the dark side of the moon. It will be on this planet, in one of Earth's most austere regions, in a place that has not been disturbed in millions of years.
Environment
Source: ABC News
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:29am
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Source: ABC News
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007, 10:29am
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In Iceland, Unintended Witnesses to Climate Change
Iceland is famous for its volcanoes — and its ice. About 10 percent of the land is covered in glaciers, and they stir passions. For decades, members of a society dedicated to measuring glaciers have trekked out to central Iceland to measure one in particular, called Hofsjokull.
Iceland is famous for its volcanoes — and its ice. About 10 percent of the land is covered in glaciers, and they stir passions. For decades, members of a society dedicated to measuring glaciers have trekked out to central Iceland to measure one in particular, called Hofsjokull.
Environment
Source: NPR
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 04, 2007, 11:19am
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Source: NPR
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 04, 2007, 11:19am
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Tropics on the Move
Scientists have detected signs that the planet's tropics may have expanded much farther north in the past 3 decades than climate models had predicted for the next century.
Scientists have detected signs that the planet's tropics may have expanded much farther north in the past 3 decades than climate models had predicted for the next century.
Environment
Source: Science
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 04, 2007, 11:19am
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Source: Science
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 04, 2007, 11:19am
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Can Climate Progress Succeed Without U.S.?
The United States stands alone as the last major industrialized country not to have ratified the Kyoto Protocol, after Australia's announcement Monday that it would now sign the pact.
The United States stands alone as the last major industrialized country not to have ratified the Kyoto Protocol, after Australia's announcement Monday that it would now sign the pact.
Environment
Source: ABC News
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 04, 2007, 11:19am
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Source: ABC News
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 04, 2007, 11:19am
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Stormy Future in Store for Eastern U.S.
At the end of this century, weather conditions that spawn severe thunderstorms could occur twice as often as they do now, a new study finds, forcing cities in the southern and eastern United States, such as Atlanta and New York, to deal with a stormy future.
At the end of this century, weather conditions that spawn severe thunderstorms could occur twice as often as they do now, a new study finds, forcing cities in the southern and eastern United States, such as Atlanta and New York, to deal with a stormy future.
Environment
Source: LiveScience
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 04, 2007, 11:19am
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Source: LiveScience
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 04, 2007, 11:19am
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For the environment's sake, don't get divorced
A rising tide of divorce is taking a huge toll on the planet, warns a groundbreaking analysis of the environmental impact of divorce.
A rising tide of divorce is taking a huge toll on the planet, warns a groundbreaking analysis of the environmental impact of divorce.
Environment
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 04, 2007, 11:19am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 04, 2007, 11:19am
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Computer servers 'as bad' for climate as SUVs
Global Action Plan, a UK-based environmental organisation, publishes a report today drawing attention to the carbon footprint of the IT industry in the UK.
Global Action Plan, a UK-based environmental organisation, publishes a report today drawing attention to the carbon footprint of the IT industry in the UK.
Environment
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Dec 03, 2007, 11:28am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Dec 03, 2007, 11:28am
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Sunken cruise ship threatens penguins
About 2,500 penguins en route to their Antarctic mating grounds could be sickened by a diesel fuel spill from a cruise boat that struck ice and sank last month,
About 2,500 penguins en route to their Antarctic mating grounds could be sickened by a diesel fuel spill from a cruise boat that struck ice and sank last month,
Environment
Source: LA Times
Posted on: Sunday, Dec 02, 2007, 8:38pm
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Source: LA Times
Posted on: Sunday, Dec 02, 2007, 8:38pm
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Can We Save the World by 2015?
If international leaders were as united as the scientific community on climate change, warming might be a thing of the past. This year the UN's Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a series of reports that laid to rest any doubts that global warming is real — and outlined the frightening consequences of continued inaction.
If international leaders were as united as the scientific community on climate change, warming might be a thing of the past. This year the UN's Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a series of reports that laid to rest any doubts that global warming is real — and outlined the frightening consequences of continued inaction.
Companies' Trucks Delivering Cleaner Air
Coca-Cola Introduces Clean Trucks To Save Fuel Costs And Cut Emissions
Coca-Cola Introduces Clean Trucks To Save Fuel Costs And Cut Emissions
Environment
Source: CBS News
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, 1:20pm
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Source: CBS News
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, 1:20pm
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Nano-sized voltmeter measures electric fields deep within cells
A wireless, nano-scale voltmeter developed at the University of Michigan is overturning conventional wisdom about the physical environment inside cells
A wireless, nano-scale voltmeter developed at the University of Michigan is overturning conventional wisdom about the physical environment inside cells
Molecular Biology
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, 1:19pm
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, 1:19pm
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Baking soda could help save planet
Today, a company called Skyonic announced a novel new system, Skymine, which uses the carbon dioxide emitted from smokestacks to make baking soda.
Today, a company called Skyonic announced a novel new system, Skymine, which uses the carbon dioxide emitted from smokestacks to make baking soda.
Environment
Source: CNN.com
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, 1:19pm
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Source: CNN.com
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, 1:19pm
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Plastic-Clogged African Nations Fight Bags
Several Countries Take Bold Measures To Tackle Region's Waste-Management Problems
Several Countries Take Bold Measures To Tackle Region's Waste-Management Problems
Environment
Source: CBS News
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, 1:19pm
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Source: CBS News
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, 1:19pm
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Reporter's Notebook: Life on the Antarctic Ice
Global Warming Hasn't Cut Winter's Severity on Bottom of World, but Its Effects Can Be Felt
Global Warming Hasn't Cut Winter's Severity on Bottom of World, but Its Effects Can Be Felt
Environment
Source: ABC News
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, 1:19pm
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Source: ABC News
Posted on: Saturday, Dec 01, 2007, 1:19pm
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12 States Sue EPA for Data on Toxins
12 States Sue EPA to Force Companies to Disclose More on Toxic Chemicals in Communities
12 States Sue EPA to Force Companies to Disclose More on Toxic Chemicals in Communities
Environment
Source: ABC News
Posted on: Friday, Nov 30, 2007, 1:02pm
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Source: ABC News
Posted on: Friday, Nov 30, 2007, 1:02pm
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Study Details How U.S. Could Cut 28% of Greenhouse Gases
A new report says the country is brimming with opportunities to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, while saving money at the same time.
A new report says the country is brimming with opportunities to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, while saving money at the same time.
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