News tagged with greenhouse warming

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

Environmental group measures methane seeps in the Arctic

(Phys.org) -- A team of researchers, led by Katey Walter Anthony, of the University of Alaska, has been studying and mapping so-called seeps, holes in lake ice near the edges of glaciers where methane is bubbling ...

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created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Canada won't attain greenhouse gas goals: government

Canada will fail to reach its target for reducing greenhouse gases by 2020, according to a government report which predicted that emissions responsible for global warming will actually increase by seven percent ...

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created May 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 6

New research brings satellite measurements and global climate models closer

One popular climate record that shows a slower atmospheric warming trend than other studies contains a data calibration problem, and when the problem is corrected the results fall in line with other records ...

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created May 07, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (13) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

New Zealand gas research to help farmers' bottom line

Scientists have long accepted that gas from farm animals is a major factor in climate change, but how do you stop cattle and sheep from doing what comes naturally?

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created May 01, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study: Location key to green benefits of electric vehicles

Apparently, location, location, location is the latest twist on electric vehicles and the environment: Whether an electric car such as the Nissan Leaf protects the atmosphere from greenhouse gases depends on where it's charged, ...

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created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Fossil raindrop impressions imply greenhouse gases loaded early Earth's atmosphere

In ancient Earth history, the sun burned as much as 30 percent dimmer than it does now. Theoretically that should have encased the planet in ice, but there is geologic evidence for rivers and ocean sediments ...

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created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Another metric on energy efficiency

It's hardly a surprise that making energy efficiency improvements to buildings saves money and can benefit the environment in terms of reduced fossil fuel burning and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

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created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Warming of two degrees inevitable over Canada: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- Even if zero emissions of greenhouse gases were to be achieved, the world’s temperature would continue to rise by about a quarter of a degree over a decade. That’s a best-case ...

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created Mar 04, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 15

Models underestimate future temperature variability; Food security at risk

Climate warming caused by greenhouse gases is very likely to increase the variability of summertime temperatures around the world by the end of this century, a University of Washington climate scientist said Friday. The findings ...

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created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

2C warming goal now 'optimistic' - French scientists

French scientists unveiling new estimates for global warming said on Thursday the 2 C (3.6 F) goal enshrined by the United Nations was "the most optimistic" scenario left for greenhouse-gas emissions.

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created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Global extinction: Gradual doom is just as bad as abrupt

A painstakingly detailed investigation shows that mass extinctions need not be sudden events. The deadliest mass extinction of all took a long time to kill 90 percent of Earth's marine life, and it killed ...

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created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (20) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Earth's energy budget remained out of balance despite unusually low solar activity

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new NASA study underscores the fact that greenhouse gases generated by human activity -- not changes in solar activity -- are the primary force driving global warming.

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created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (13) | comments 26 | with audio podcast

Global warming caused by greenhouse gases delays natural patterns of glaciation

Unprecedented levels of greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere are disrupting normal patterns of glaciation, according to a study co-authored by a University of Florida researcher and published online Jan. 8 in Nature Ge ...

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created Jan 08, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (29) | comments 114 | with audio podcast

India 'won't sign binding emissions pact': minister

India said Tuesday it would reject any global pact legally binding it to cut greenhouse gas emissions as such a move could stifle economic growth needed to eradicate poverty.

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created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 14