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Geoengineering: A whiter sky

One idea for fighting global warming is to increase the amount of aerosols in the atmosphere, scattering incoming solar energy away from the Earth's surface. But scientists theorize that this solar geoengineering could have ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 19 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Greenhouse gas levels hit 'troubling milestone'

(AP) — The world's air has reached what scientists call a troubling new milestone for carbon dioxide, the main global warming pollutant.

Space & Earth / Environment

created 22 hours ago | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 24

Plant research funding crucial for the future

The scientific community needs to make a 10-year, $100 billion investment in food and energy security, says Carnegie's Wolf Frommer and Tom Brutnell of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in an opinion piece published ...

Biology / Other

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Standing trees better than burning ones for carbon neutrality

The search for alternatives to fossil fuels has prompted growing interest in the use of wood, harvested directly from forests, as a carbon-neutral energy source.

Space & Earth / Environment

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Carbon dioxide emissions reach record high

Emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide reached an all-time high last year, further reducing the chances that the world could avoid a dangerous rise in global average temperature by 2020, according to the International ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 26

Discovery of historical photos sheds light on Greenland ice loss

A chance discovery of 80-year-old photo plates in a Danish basement is providing new insight into how Greenland glaciers are melting today.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

BlackBerry maker facing critical test this year

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, losing ground rapidly in the smartphone wars, needs to take bold steps to revive its fortunes and compete with iPhones and Android devices overwhelming the market, analysts say.

Technology / Business

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

New York is vying to become global high-tech hub

(AP) -- Just as a trench dug in the 1800s created a shortcut to the nation's interior and helped make New York a global trading hub, the city is now hoping for another "Erie Canal moment" with a high-tech research complex ...

Technology / Business

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 2

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

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

RIM loses another senior executive

(AP) -- Struggling BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. said Monday that it is losing another senior executive as its chief legal officer is retiring from the company after 12 years.

Technology / Business

created May 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Obama calls for Congress to enact 'green' tax credits

President Barack Obama urged Congress on Thursday to extend tax credits for clean energy companies the White House says are responsible for some 37,000 jobs.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0