Items tagged with climate

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Carbon Trading Won't Stop Climate Change Monday, April 20th, 2009 - 16:01:52 - Ehud Rattner One day renewable energy looks like a sunrise industry, the next, tumbleweeds are blowing around a setting solar panel. What has changed? The price... read more

Pancake Ice Takes Over the Arctic Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 - 16:36:35 - Sarah Gingichashvili Climate change is not only making Arctic sea ice disappear, it's also changing the type of ice that forms. Researchers are now trying to determine... read more

Researchers - 'Irreversible' Climate Change Sunday, March 15th, 2009 - 14:05:00 - Sarah Gingichashvili The world is facing an increasing risk of "irreversible" climate shifts because worst-case scenarios warned of two years ago are being realized, an... read more

Warming Climate and Cold Blood Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 - 09:55:23 - Ehud Rattner You might assume that being "cold blooded" would offer some protection against global warming. In fact, ectothermic species in hot countries could be... read more

Biofuel for $2.49/Gallon from Wood or Straw Saturday, January 31st, 2009 - 14:48:56 - Anuradha Menon Researchers push gasification pyrolysis as a means to more affordably process wood and other substances into biofuel. Germany, known as a hotbed for... read more

Geoengineering Could Cool the Climate Thursday, January 29th, 2009 - 16:52:37 - Anuradha Menon The first comprehensive assessment of the climate cooling potential of different geoengineering schemes has been carried out by researchers at the... read more

Wild Weather on a Star-Skimming Planet Thursday, January 29th, 2009 - 14:35:02 - Anuradha Menon What would happen if, for a single day, the sun's light and heat were amplified a thousand times? While this sounds like the setup for a classic tale... read more

Death March of the Penguins? Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 - 16:09:08 - Ehud Rattner Climate change may be poised to claim its first Hollywood celebrities. Shrinking sea ice could wipe out the tuxedoed cast of March of the Penguins -... read more

Satellites Confirm West Antarctic Warming Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 - 12:43:44 - Anuradha Menon The Antarctic Peninsula juts into the Southern Ocean, reaching farther north than any other part of the continent. The southernmost reach of global... read more

Greenpeace Says Electronics Getting Greener Friday, January 16th, 2009 - 18:06:43 - Anuradha Menon At the Consumer Electronics Show 2009, Greenpeace made a slash at the end of the week airing its latest report on the state of electronics. While... read more

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