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Deforestation failure sounds climate alarm

(PhysOrg.com) -- Australia's failure to accurately measure and predict emissions from deforestation, and the difficulty it has had in reducing deforestation, should send a warning signal to the world, according ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 07, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Volcanic super-eruptions may have surprisingly short fuses

Enormous volcanic eruptions with potential to end civilizations may have surprisingly short fuses, researchers have discovered.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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Academic group says it's time for researches to begin sharing source code

(Phys.org) -- A diverse group of academic research scientists from across the U.S. have written a policy paper which has been published in the journal Science, suggesting that the time has come for all science journals to beg ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 16 | with audio podcast report

In environmental disasters, families respond with conflict, denial, silence

Environmental disasters impact individuals and communities; they also affect how family members communicate with each other, sometimes in surprising ways, according to a paper published by a faculty member ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers recreating the past to predict the future of climate change

(PhysOrg.com) -- New findings published in Nature Climate Change, show that while current climate models have the ability to reproduce important features of the changing climate, including the greater warmin ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (15) | comments 54 | with audio podcast

Transgene insects: Scientists call for more open data

While genetically modified plants have already been introduced into the wild on a large scale in some parts of the world, the release of genetically modified animals is still at a relatively early stage. A ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NREL helping Virgin Islands cut fuel use

The U.S. Virgin Islands are a great place to visit, but you wouldn't want to pay energy bills there.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The case of the missing gas mileage

Contrary to common perception, the major automakers have produced large increases in fuel efficiency through better technology in recent decades. There’s just one catch: All those advances have barely ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (22) | comments 63 | with audio podcast

Research reveals new data-driven methods for understanding climate change

(PhysOrg.com) -- In February 2012, the journal Nature Climate Change will publish a paper on rainfall extremes in India by principal investigator Vipin Kumar of the University of Minnesota's computer scienc ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Industry, regulators should take 'system safety' approach to offshore drilling in aftermath of Deepwater Horizon acciden

To reduce the risk of another accident as catastrophic as the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, a new report from the National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council says, companies involved in offshore ...

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created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pope calls for responsible, credible climate deal

(AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI called Sunday for delegates attending this week's U.N. climate change conference in South Africa to craft a responsible and credible deal to cut greenhouse gases that takes into ...

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created Nov 27, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 18


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