News tagged with warming
Scientists predict faster retreat for Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier
The retreat of Antarctica's fast-flowing Thwaites Glacier is expected to speed up within 20 years, once the glacier detaches from an underwater ridge that is currently holding it back, says a new study in ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 26, 2011 |
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Small nations push climate at Commonwealth talks
Pacific island and other small countries being punished by global warming will use a Commonwealth summit this week to ramp up pressure on powerful nations in the climate change debate.
Oct 26, 2011 |
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Growing something out of nothing
Fears of global warming and its impact on our environment have left scientists scrambling to decrease levels of atmospheric carbon we humans produce. Now, Tel Aviv University researchers are doing their part ...
Oct 26, 2011 |
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Extreme melting on Greenland ice sheet, team reports
The Greenland ice sheet can experience extreme melting even when temperatures don't hit record highs, according to a new analysis by Dr. Marco Tedesco, assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 25, 2011 |
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China's glaciers in meltdown mode: study
Sharp increases in temperature driven by global warming are melting China's Himalayan glaciers, an impact that threatens habitats, tourism and economic development, says a study released Tuesday.
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Survey finds public support for geoengineering research
Research on geoengineering appears to have broad public support, as a new, internationally-representative survey revealed that 72 per cent of respondents approved research into the climate-manipulating technique.
Oct 24, 2011 |
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No simultaneous warming of Northern and Southern hemispheres as a result of climate change for 20,000 years
However, Svante Björck, a climate researcher at Lund University in Sweden, has now shown that global warming, i.e. simultaneous warming events in the northern and southern hemispheres, have not occurred ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 21, 2011 |
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Polar bear habitats expected to shrink dramatically
Habitats of polar bears are expected to shrink dramatically over the coming decades, the International Union for Conservation of Nature warned Thursday, urging immediate action to save the Arctic animals.
Oct 20, 2011 |
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Urban 'heat island' effect is a small part of global warming; white roofs don't reduce it
Cities release more heat to the atmosphere than the rural vegetated areas around them, but how much influence these urban "heat islands" have on global warming has been a matter of debate. Now a study by Stanford researchers ...
Oct 19, 2011 |
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The public debate on climate change
Even after years of scientific research that points to how human activity is causing climate change, pundits, policymakers and the general public are still debating the issue.
Oct 17, 2011 |
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And the microbes shall inherit the Earth
(PhysOrg.com) -- Global warming is not a novel phenomenon, and by studying what happened to the planet during a period of global warming about 250 million years ago, one USC Dornsife scientist hopes to discover ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Runoff key to reducing certain toxic aquatic blooms
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many scientists believe that an unfortunate perfect storm of climate change and nutrient runoff will synergistically increase toxic cyanobacterial blooms globally in coming years.
Oct 07, 2011 |
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Current view of soil-climate interaction too simplistic, warn scientists
(PhysOrg.com) -- Assumptions over the rate at which soil bacteria will break down carbon in the face of global warming must be re-addressed, according to some of the world’s leading experts.
Oct 05, 2011 |
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SPICE geoengineering project delayed due to critics issues
(PhysOrg.com) -- Last month it was announced that a group of researchers had come together to start a geoengineering project called Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering (SPICE). Its aim ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 05, 2011 |
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Herbivore populations will go down as temperatures go up, study says
As climate change causes temperatures to rise, the number of herbivores will decrease, affecting the human food supply, according to new research from the University of Toronto.
Oct 04, 2011 |
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