climate change

Green coffee-growing practices buffer climate-change impacts

harminka — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:18:23 -0500

Chalk up another environmental benefit for shade-grown Latin American coffee: University of Michigan researchers say the technique will provide a buffer against the ravages of climate change in the coming decades.

Land use in light of climate change

harminka — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:54:47 -0500

The future use of land space worldwide and of natural resources in the light of climate change is the topic of a high level German-American scientific conference organised by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), taking place in Berlin this week.

Prince of Wales outlines concerns about climate change in interview

harminka — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:50:12 -0500

In an interview published today in Weather, the magazine of the Royal Meteorological Society, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales talks about his longstanding interest in the weather and its impact on the environment.

Global warming will have significant economic impacts on Florida coasts

harminka — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:56:38 -0500

Leading Florida-based scientific researchers released two new studies today, including a Florida State University report finding that climate change will cause significant impacts on Florida's coastlines and economy due to increased sea level rise.

CO2 emissions booming, shifting east

harminka — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:03:28 -0500

Despite widespread concern about climate change, annual carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels and manufacturing cement have grown 38 percent since 1992, from 6.1 billion tons of carbon to 8.5 billion tons in 2007.

Updated global carbon budget released

harminka — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:41:55 -0500

Today the new Global Carbon Budget was launched simultaneously by Global Carbon Project co-chair Michael Raupach in France at the Paris Observatory, and in the USA at Capitol Hill, Washington by GCP Executive Director Pep Canadell.

Melting ice under pressure

harminka — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:21:31 -0500

The deep interior of Neptune, Uranus and Earth may contain some solid ice.

Researchers find animal with ability to survive climate change

harminka — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:17:47 -0500

Queen's researchers have found that the main source of food for many fish - including cod - in the North Atlantic appears to adapt in order to survive climate change.

Modest CO2 cutbacks may be too little, too late for coral reefs

harminka — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:30:26 -0500

How much carbon dioxide is too much? According to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) greenhouse gases in the atmosphere need to be stabilized at levels low enough to "prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system."

Effect of climate change on animal diversity

harminka — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:25:09 -0500

Two species of giraffe, several rhinos and five elephant relatives, along with multitudes of rodents, bush pigs, horses, antelope and apes, once inhabited what is now northern Pakistan.

World corporations seek clarity on climate change regulation

harminka — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:02:18 -0500

Global corporations view climate change as a driver of risk and opportunity and have cited clear regulation as key to managing the impacts, in this year's findings from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which includes exclusive data from 1550 of the world's major companies on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change related strategies.

Climate change, human activity and wildfires

harminka — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:56:59 -0500

Climate has been implicated by a new study as a major driver of wildfires in the last 2,000 years. But human activities, such as land clearance and fire suppression during the industrial era (since 1750) have created large swings in burning, first increasing fires until the late 1800s, and then dramatically reducing burning in the 20th century.