News tagged with global change
Duke study offers 7 safeguards for hydraulic fracturing
A new report by Duke University researchers offers several health and environmental measures for North Carolina lawmakers to consider as they debate legalizing horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing for natural gas.
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Scientists tackle the carbon conundrum
U.S. scientists have developed a new, integrated, ten-year science plan to better understand the details of Earth's carbon cycle and people's role in it. Understanding the carbon cycle is central for mitigating climate change ...
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Nov 16, 2011 |
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Human activity pulling the plug on a vital carbon sink
(PhysOrg.com) -- Under better conditions coastal ecosystems might be the ace in the hole to mitigate climate change, but human activity is significantly weakening their ability to naturally dampen the impacts of rising CO2 ...
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Climate change 'threatens Nile, Limpopo rivers'
Rising global temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns could affect water flows on Africa's mighty Nile and Limpopo rivers, an agricultural research group said Monday.
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Climate policies can help resolve energy security and air pollution challenges
Policies to protect the global climate and limit global temperature rise offer the most effective entry point for achieving energy sustainability, reducing air pollution, and improving energy security, according to an article ...
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Increased acidity not an even test for coral reefs
Coral reefs can both positively and negatively influence the acidity of their surrounding seawater. That is the take-home message of two papers recently published in the international journal Global Change Bi ...
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Reducing carbon footprints with carbon storage
Control of carbon emissions is an important component in the bid to address global climate change. However destruction of wildland habitats to make way for agriculture continues to erode the amount of carbon stored in the ...
Nov 09, 2011 |
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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, ...
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Using biochar to boost soil moisture
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are leading the way in learning more about "biochar," the charred biomass created from wood, other plant material, and manure.
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Biggest jump ever seen in global warming gases
(AP) -- The global output of heat-trapping carbon dioxide jumped by the biggest amount on record, the U.S. Department of Energy calculated, a sign of how feeble the world's efforts are at slowing man-made ...
Nov 03, 2011 |
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Dispute erupts on timing of global climate pact
(AP) -- Small developing countries are protesting calls by Russia and Japan to delay a global climate change agreement.
Nov 03, 2011 |
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Future holds more extreme weather
(AP) -- For a world already weary of weather catastrophes, the latest warning from top climate scientists paints a grim future: More floods, more heat waves, more droughts and greater costs to deal with them.
Nov 01, 2011 |
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Bigger birds in central California, courtesy of global climate change
Birds are getting bigger in central California, and that was a big surprise for Rae Goodman and her colleagues.
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Forests not keeping pace with climate change: study
More than half of eastern U.S. tree species examined in a massive new Duke University-led study aren't adapting to climate change as quickly or consistently as predicted.
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Deep words, shallow words: An initial analysis of water discourse in 40 years of UN declarations
UN University's Canadian-based Institute for Water, Environment and Health today published a study of the changing language related to water in high-level declarations from eleven UN conferences on water and the environment ...
Oct 31, 2011 |
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