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'Super-Termite' Could Be Even More Destructive Than Parent Species
In South Florida, the world's two most destructive termite species could be mating because of climate change. Researchers say if the hybrids colonize, they could pose an even greater economic threat.
Environment
Source: NPR
Posted on: Thursday, Mar 26, 2015, 8:35am
Rating: | Views: 1429 | Comments: 0
Climate change could ruin your dinner
Rising temperatures in the coming years may result in less tasty vegetables, meat and dairy products, report says
Environment
Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Thursday, Mar 26, 2015, 8:35am
Rating: | Views: 1365 | Comments: 0
Hawaii frets over vanishing beaches
Climate change-related rising sea levels are expected to intensify erosion; "It's half of our economy"
Environment
Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Wednesday, Mar 25, 2015, 7:39am
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We’re treating soil like dirt. It’s a fatal mistake, as our lives depend on it
War, pestilence, even climate change, are trifles by comparison. Destroy the soil and we all starve
Agriculture
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Wednesday, Mar 25, 2015, 7:39am
Rating: | Views: 1574 | Comments: 0
Scientists shoot down Ted Cruz after attack on Nasa's Earth sciences mission
Agency provides key data on volcanoes, algae growth and weather, but the Texas senator wants Nasa to focus on space exploration and drop climate change study
Environment
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Thursday, Mar 19, 2015, 7:50am
Rating: | Views: 1567 | Comments: 0
We must reclaim the climate change debate from the political extremes
Alarmists and deniers need to climb out of their parallel trenches, engage with the developing world and work together to end the crisis
Environment
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Thursday, Mar 12, 2015, 11:38am
Rating: | Views: 1168 | Comments: 0
The anti-GM lobby appears to be taking a page out of the Climategate playbook
Climate change is real and GM technology is safe, but those in denial want to undermine the public understanding of science with misinformation and pseudo-debate
Agriculture
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Tuesday, Mar 10, 2015, 11:04am
Rating: | Views: 1416 | Comments: 0
Climate change: why the Guardian is putting threat to Earth front and centre
As global warming argument moves on to politics and business, Alan Rusbridger explains the thinking behind our major series on the climate crisis
Environment
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Friday, Mar 06, 2015, 9:10am
Rating: | Views: 1273 | Comments: 0
Droughts in Syria and California linked to climate change
The two regions have recently suffered their worst droughts on record. And Syria's may have helped to trigger its civil war
Environment
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Mar 03, 2015, 7:22am
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Sen. Jim Inhofe denies climate change, tosses snow ball in Congress
The Oklahoma Republican, who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works committee, has long argued climate change is a "hoax"
Environment
Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Friday, Feb 27, 2015, 8:19am
Rating: | Views: 1135 | Comments: 0
What makes some people so suspicious of the findings of science?
From Dr Strangelove and water fluoridisation to climate change, scientific method and facts are not always enough to win over the sceptics
Psychology
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Friday, Feb 27, 2015, 8:19am
Rating: | Views: 1197 | Comments: 0
U.S. should fund climate engineering research, report concludes
National Research Council weighs in on sun-blocking and carbon-sucking approaches to combating climate change
Environment
Source: Science
Posted on: Tuesday, Feb 10, 2015, 11:23am
Rating: | Views: 1259 | Comments: 0
World's biggest sovereign wealth fund dumps dozens of coal companies
Norway’s giant fund removes investments made risky by climate change and other environmental concerns, including coal, oil sands, cement and gold mining
Environment
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Thursday, Feb 05, 2015, 1:02pm
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Barrier Reef coral genetically altered in hope of surviving climate change
Coral species from different climes being mixed as a form of ‘assisted evolution’ to see if it will help them adapt more quickly to rising sea temperatures
Marine Biology
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Tuesday, Feb 03, 2015, 10:49am
Rating: | Views: 1330 | Comments: 0
La Niñas on the rise in climate change double whammy
A see-saw effect of warm water slushing in the equatorial Pacific may make extreme climate events El Niño and La Niña twice as frequent
Environment
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 27, 2015, 9:02am
Rating: | Views: 1177 | Comments: 0
Climate change will hit Australia harder than rest of world, study shows
Science agency the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology predict temperature rises of up to 5.1c in Australia by 2090 in their most comprehensive forecast yet
Environment
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 27, 2015, 9:02am
Rating: | Views: 1215 | Comments: 0
Borneo's Mammals Face a Deadly Mix of Logging and Climate Change
But adding small amounts of land to already protected areas could help save the island's biodiversity
Ecology
Source: Smithsonian
Posted on: Friday, Jan 23, 2015, 10:36am
Rating: | Views: 1120 | Comments: 0
Here Are All the Senators Who Do and Don’t Believe in Human-Caused Climate Change
United States Senators stood up for what they believed in today—and it wasn’t pretty.
Environment
Source: Wired
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 22, 2015, 8:05am
Rating: | Views: 1153 | Comments: 0
US Senate fails to accept humanity's role in climate change, again
Senators accept global warming is not a hoax but fail to recognise human activity is to blame, nearly 27 years after scientists laid out man’s role
Environment
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 22, 2015, 8:05am
Rating: | Views: 1130 | Comments: 0
New EPA Guidelines Limit Methane Release From Drilling
The rules are mostly voluntary, which disappoints environmental groups, but they should ratchet down the amount of leaked methane from new or modified oil and gas operations, which contributes to climate change.
Environment
Source: NPR
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 15, 2015, 7:36am
Rating: | Views: 1135 | Comments: 0
How much oil must stay buried to avert 2 °C warming?
An audit of fossil fuels show that to avoid dangerous climate change we must stop burning oil in 25 years' time, and coal in just 15 years
Environment
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 07, 2015, 12:46pm
Rating: | Views: 1161 | Comments: 0
Squirrels are 'climate culprit'
Arctic ground squirrels could play a greater role in climate change than was previously thought, research suggests.
Environment
Source: BBC News
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 17, 2014, 7:37am
Rating: | Views: 1737 | Comments: 0
Climate change will leave Christmas trees in hot water
Declining snowfall in winter will leave Norwegian spruce trees at the mercy of sub-zero temperatures and insect pests
Environment
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 16, 2014, 1:12pm
Rating: | Views: 1572 | Comments: 0
Green fund pledges at G20 may herald climate consensus
The Green Climate Fund to help poor nations adapt to climate change may reach its initial target of $10 billion by this week's deadline
Environment
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Nov 19, 2014, 8:12am
Rating: | Views: 2261 | Comments: 0
Your State Bird Could Be Gone By 2080
If our climate continues to change, many birds will lose significant portions of their habitat
Ecology
Source: TIME Magazine
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 18, 2014, 7:12am
Rating: | Views: 2097 | Comments: 0
Bolt from the blue: warming climate may fuel more lightning
Rising global temperatures may cause a big jolt in the number of lightning strikes in the United States over the rest of the 21st century in the latest example of extreme weather spawned by climate change, scientists say.
Environment
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Friday, Nov 14, 2014, 8:11am
Rating: | Views: 2065 | Comments: 0
Global warming worsens watery dead zones
Dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico, Chesapeake Bay and other bodies of water, caused by fertilizer runoff, could get worse due to climate change
Environment
Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 11, 2014, 7:48am
Rating: | Views: 1116 | Comments: 0
Beautiful Polar Photos Tell a Haunting Story About Climate Change
When Camille Seaman started photographing icebergs and other arctic wonders, she wasn’t thinking about climate change. She simply found the frozen landscape and white vistas visually stunning. Still, you can’t help but associate her images with the ongoing conversation about climate change.
Environment
Source: Wired
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 11, 2014, 7:48am
Rating: | Views: 1276 | Comments: 0
Pentagon warns the US military of climate change
A US Department of Defense report says the impacts of climate change could fuel armed insurgency and challenge governments, and aims to prepare the US army for the worst
Environment
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Oct 15, 2014, 8:10am
Rating: | Views: 1187 | Comments: 0
America’s Tiny Four Corners Region Is an Outsized Methane Hotspot
But the hotspot predates the use of hydraulic fracking in the region, putting renewed attention on how older forms of natural gas production contribute to global climate change
Geology
Source: TIME Magazine
Posted on: Friday, Oct 10, 2014, 8:28am
Rating: | Views: 1194 | Comments: 0
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