News tagged with effects of global warming

Lung doctors expect respiratory diseases will worsen with global climate change

Worldwide increases in the incidences of asthma, allergies, infectious and cardiovascular diseases will result from a variety of impacts of global climate change, including rising temperatures, worsening ozone levels in urban ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Dinosaur forests mapped

The first detailed maps of the Earth's forests at the time of the dinosaurs have been drawn up. The patterns of vegetation, together with information about the rate of tree growth, support the idea that the ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

ENASA satellite finds Earth's clouds are getting lower

(PhysOrg.com) -- Earth's clouds got a little lower -- about one percent on average -- during the first decade of this century, finds a new NASA-funded university study based on NASA satellite data. The results ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 93 | with audio podcast

Humans blamed as shark attacks 'double'

Sharks killed twice as many swimmers and surfers last year than in 2010, with the increase due largely to a growth in tourism and changing shark patterns due to global warming.

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tropical clouds hold clues for the global water cycle

(PhysOrg.com) -- To study the wellspring of atmospheric water, you have to start with tropical clouds. Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory showed that global climate models are not accurately ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Scientists find genes to tackle climate change in outback rice

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland scientists have discovered that an ancient relative of rice contains genes that could potentially save food crops from the devastating effects of global warming.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Raising $100 billion for climate fund in dispute

(AP) -- Even in hard times, fighting climate change is not a luxury but a necessity, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday, as climate negotiators bickered about how to raise hundreds of billions ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Holm oaks will gain ground in Northern forests due to climate change

Holm oaks and other forests in lowland areas of Mediterranean mountains could expand by up to 350% due to global warming. In contrast, those forest formations that are more adapted to cold and humid conditions, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Survey finds public support for geoengineering research

Research on geoengineering appears to have broad public support, as a new, internationally-representative survey revealed that 72 per cent of respondents approved research into the climate-manipulating technique.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

New study identifies economies that will suffer most as climate change imperils fisheries

With climate change threatening to destroy coral reefs, push salt water into freshwater habitats and produce more coastal storms, millions of struggling people in fishery-dependent nations of Africa, Asia and South America ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (6) | comments 2