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How sustainable is nuclear power for the UK?

The research into the sustainability of nuclear and other electricity options in the UK shows that nuclear power could make a significant contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2035. However, that would require ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

PhD research advances understanding on how to mitigate methane emissions

(PhysOrg.com) -- A comparison of methane emissions from three ruminant species eating different forages, with and without feed additives, found chicory will reduce methane emissions in sheep - but also highlighted ...

Space & Earth / Environment

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

UN chief doubts comprehensive climate deal likely

(AP) -- An all-encompassing climate deal "may be beyond our reach for now," the U.N. chief said Tuesday as China and India delivered a setback to European plans to negotiate a new treaty that would bind all ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Global sea surface temperature data provides new measure of climate sensitivity

Scientists have developed important new insight into the sensitivity of global temperature to changes in the Earth's radiation balance over the last half million years.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Climate totem: Has Kyoto run its course?

Should the Kyoto Protocol, the only international curb on greenhouse gases, be allowed to die?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

UN chief to open ministers level at climate talks

(AP) -- An international treaty on climate change won't be enough to avert a dangerous rise in global temperatures, and countries need to voluntarily make deeper cuts in carbon emissions, the head of the ...

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created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA gears up for airborne study of earth's radiation balance

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA scientists have successfully completed flight tests in preparation for deployment of a multi-year airborne science campaign to study the humidity and chemical composition of air entering the tropical ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA unmanned aircraft measures low altitude greenhouse gases

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, NASA researchers have demonstrated the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to collect very low altitude airborne measurements of greenhouse gases at several sites in California and ...

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created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Back-room negotiations begin on climate intentions

(AP) -- Back-room negotiations began in earnest Monday on a deal to rescue the only treaty governing greenhouse gas reductions and to launch talks on a broader agreement to include the world's largest polluters: ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 13

People matter in climate change models

Climate change does not discriminate among regions or their inhabitants, but the continued growth of the human population will most likely contribute to the ill-effects of climate change. US researchers writing in the International Jo ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fossil-fuel emissions unbraked by financial crisis

Emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from fossil fuels and the cement industry scaled a record high in 2010, rocketing by 5.9 percent over 2009 in a surge led by developing countries, scientists reported on Sunday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 10

Climate-smart agriculture should be livelihood-smart too

Encouraging climate-smart agriculture can lead to climate change adaptation practices in a partnership where the farmer's needs are addressed.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Geoengineering could save Earth -- or destroy it

(AP) -- Brighten clouds with sea water? Spray aerosols high in the stratosphere? Paint roofs white and plant light-colored crops? How about positioning "sun shades" over the Earth?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 13

When it comes to hurricanes, climate change effects may be 'a wash'

In some ways, hurricane season 2011, which ended Wednesday, seems to fit right in with the wild weather wreaking havoc in recent years - a string of severe floods, droughts and heat waves that the world's top climate scientists ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 12

Plunge in CO2 put the freeze on Antarctica

Plunge in CO2 put the freeze on AntarcticaAtmospheric carbon dioxide levels plunged by 40% before and during the formation of the Antarctic ice sheet 34 million years ago, according to a new study. The finding helps solv ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 24 | with audio podcast