News tagged with climate change concerns

Political leaders play key role in how worried Americans are by climate change: study

More than extreme weather events and the work of scientists, it is national political leaders who influence how much Americans worry about the threat of climate change, new research finds.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 175

American opinion cools on global warming

Public concern about global warming has dropped sharply since the fall of 2008, according to a national survey released today by researchers at Yale and George Mason universities.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 27, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (14) | comments 14

Climate change means bigger medical, council and property bills

Climate change concerns like melting icecaps, increased desertification, loss of coral reefs and the extinction of species like polar bears can seem a distant concern in our everyday lives. Little attention, however, has ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2




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Is California preparing for climate change? Results from new climate adaptation survey

A majority of California's coastal planners and resource managers now view the threats from climate change as sufficiently likely that practical steps on the ground need to be taken to protect against growing threats, according ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created 11 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Study finds emissions from widely used cookstoves vary with use

The smoke rising from a cookstove fills the air with the tantalizing aroma of dinner – and a cloud of pollutants and particles that threaten both health and the environment. How families in developing ...

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created 7 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Heavy ice could delay start of Shell Alaska's Arctic drilling

The heaviest polar ice in more than a decade could postpone the start of offshore oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean until the beginning of August, a delay of up to two weeks, Shell Alaska officials said.

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created May 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 29

Climate pact process stumbles as countries bicker

Less than six months after the world agreed to craft a new climate pact by 2015, negotiations stumbled at a crucial preparatory phase on Friday as rich and poor countries butted heads.

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created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

China hits back at claims it is blocking climate talks

China hit back Thursday at claims it was holding up global climate talks in Germany, saying the United States, Europe and other rich states were the ones applying the brakes.

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created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kyoto Protocol architect 'frustrated' by climate dialogue

UN climate talks are going nowhere, as politicians dither or bicker while the pace of warming dangerously speeds up, one of the architects of the Kyoto Protocol told AFP.

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created May 23, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 44

More plant species responding to global warming than previously thought

(Phys.org) -- Far more wild plant species may be responding to global warming than previous large-scale estimates have suggested.

Biology / Ecology

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

Study ups plant CO2 intake estimates

Plants may be able to limit the impact of our CO2 emissions even more than we previously thought, an innovative new experiment suggests.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 6

Scientists track your carbon footprint, step by step

If you're driving your SUV to the farmers market to buy local asparagus and thinking you're making a difference for the planet, - not so fast. You're focused on a detail and ignoring the gas-hogging elephant in the room.

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created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Exploding the myths of manufacturing

The manufacturing sector, its advocates note, is burdened by negative stereotypes. Outsiders often mistakenly think that manufacturing consists of jobs that are “dumb, dirty and dull,” as MIT President Susan Hockfield ...

Technology / Business

created May 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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