The only UN-approved financial mechanism to curb deforestation, a key driver of global warming, has bulldozed the rights of forest-dwelling peoples on three continents and needs to be fixed, experts say.
Environment
Mar 18, 2018
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Forests play a complex role in keeping the planet cool, one that goes far beyond the absorption of carbon dioxide, new research has found.
Environment
Mar 28, 2017
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MIT researchers have developed a system that creates personalized climates around individuals. The project, called "Local Warming," uses WiFi-based motion tracking and ceiling-mounted dynamic heating elements to target a ...
Engineering
Jun 11, 2014
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President Barack Obama's ambitious plan to reduce the gases blamed for global warming from the nation's power plants gives many coal-dependent states more lenient restrictions—and won't necessarily be the primary reason ...
Environment
Jun 3, 2014
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The Obama administration hopes to fight global warming with the geeky power of numbers, maps and even gaming-type simulations.
Environment
Mar 19, 2014
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A University of British Columbia study of American attitudes toward climate change finds that local weather – temperature, in particular – is a major influence on public and media opinions on the reality of global warming.
Environment
Feb 5, 2013
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Local weather patterns temporarily influence people's beliefs about evidence for global warming, according to research by political scientists at New York University and Temple University. Their study, which appears in the ...
Social Sciences
Jul 25, 2012
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Quito, Ecuador, is not considered a global leader by most measures. But there is one way in which Quito is at the forefront of metropolises worldwide: in planning for climate change. For more than a decade, officials in Ecuador’s ...
Environment
Jun 5, 2012
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(AP) -- Americans' belief in global warming is on the rise, along with temperatures and surprising weather changes, according to a new university poll.
Environment
Feb 28, 2012
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An international study involving Monash University mathematician Dr Malcolm Clark has been used to demonstrate the impact of global warming and to predict the effect further warming will have on plant life.
Earth Sciences
Sep 17, 2009
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