Items tagged with climate

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UK Climate Effects Revealed Monday, June 22nd, 2009 - 13:55:59 - Ehud Rattner Scientists in London recently delivered unprecedented regional climate projections for the United Kingdom, detailing how the nation — piece by piece... read more

Averting a Climate-Led Food Crisis in Africa Monday, June 22nd, 2009 - 09:50:19 - Ehud Rattner A study to be published in the journal Global Environmental Change, found that by 2050, most African countries will experience temperatures they have... read more

Train Can Be Worse for Climate than Plane Monday, June 8th, 2009 - 09:58:42 - Ehud Rattner A new study compares the "full life-cycle" emissions generated by 11 different modes of transportation in the US. Unlike previous studies on... read more

Eskimos Forced to Abandon Village Monday, April 27th, 2009 - 17:52:17 - Ehud Rattner The indigenous people of Alaska have stood firm against some of the most extreme weather conditions on Earth for thousands of years. But now... read more

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

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