global warming

Byproduct of steel shows potential in CO2 sequestration

harminka — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:06:59 -0500

With steelworks around the world emitting huge amounts of carbon dioxide, scientists are reporting that a byproduct of steel production could be used to absorb that greenhouse gas to help control global warming.

Tropical rainforest and mountain species may be threatened by global warming

harminka — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:07:42 -0500

Study warns that if tropical plant and animal species are driven uphill by global warming, lowland rainforests may be left without replacements

2008 ozone hole larger than last year

harminka — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:55:59 -0500

The 2008 ozone hole – a thinning in the ozone layer over Antarctica – is larger both in size and ozone loss than 2007 but is not as large as 2006.

Are we trading energy conservation for toxic air emissions?

harminka — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:25:33 -0500

A team of Yale scientists has found that certain countries and some U.S. states stand to benefit from the use of compact fluorescent lighting more than others in the fight against global warming. Some places may even produce more mercury emissions by switching from incandescent light bulbs to compact fluorescent lighting.

Global Warming: New Figures Much Worse Than Feared

admin_huliq — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:06:59 -0500

We should be worried about the global warming - really worried. Want a safe place to put your money? How 'bout, higher ground, away from the coastline?

Improving Dominican Republic's technology for hurricane detection

harminka — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:05:40 -0500

Stevens Institute of Technology's Center for Maritime Systems began a project to strengthen the Early Warning System (EWS) for Inundations in the Dominican Republic. The project is focused on developing the technology of DR's EWS and providing the most up-to-date equipment to improve accuracy in detection of hurricanes and prevent flooding on the island.

Warming world in range of dangerous consequences

harminka — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:14:16 -0500

The earth will warm about 2.4° C (4.3° F) above pre-industrial levels even under extremely conservative greenhouse-gas emission scenarios and under the assumption that efforts to clean up particulate pollution continue to be successful, according to a new analysis by a pair of researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

Warmer seas linked to strengthening hurricanes

harminka — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:41:50 -0500

The theory that global warming may be contributing to stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic over the past 30 years is bolstered by a new study led by a Florida State University researcher. The study will be published in the Sept. 4 edition of the journal Nature.

Bad sign for global warming

harminka — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:26:30 -0500

Permafrost blanketing the northern hemisphere contains more than twice the amount of carbon in the atmosphere, making it a potentially mammoth contributor to global climate change depending on how quickly it thaws.

Global warming greatest in past decade

harminka — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:15:18 -0500

Researchers confirm that surface temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere were warmer over the last 10 years than any time during the last 1300 years, and, if the climate scientists include the somewhat controversial data derived from tree-ring records, the warming is anomalous for at least 1700 years.

Thawing permafrost likely to boost global warming

harminka — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:22:43 -0500

The thawing of permafrost in northern latitudes, which greatly increases microbial decomposition of carbon compounds in soil, will dominate other effects of warming in the region and could become a major force promoting the release of carbon dioxide and thus further warming, according to a new assessment in the September 2008 issue of BioScience.

Major breakthroughs needed to cope with climate change

harminka — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:10:50 -0500

Meeting the world's growing energy needs while responding to global warming during the 21st Century will be one of the biggest challenges humanity has ever faced, Raymond L. Orbach, Ph.D., the U.S. Department of Energy's Under Secretary for Science, says in the latest podcast in the American Chemical Society's Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions series.