 Global warming? Next decade could be cooler, says study April 30, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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Global warming could take a break in the next decade thanks to a natural shift in ocean circulations, although Earth's temperature will rise as previously expected over the longer term, according to a study ... | |
Global climate models both agree and disagree with actual Antarctic data May 07, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Scientists who compared recorded Antarctic temperatures and snowfall accumulation to predictions by major computer models of global climate change offer both good and bad news. | |
Climate change -- research suggests it is not a swindle April 03, 2008 | User rating: 2.6 / 5 after 41 vote(s)
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New research has dealt a blow to the skeptics who argue that climate change is all due to cosmic rays rather than to man-made greenhouse gases. The new evidence shows no reliable connection between the cosmic ray intensity ... | |
Current melting of Greenland's ice mimicks 1920s-1940s event December 10, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 41 vote(s)
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Two researchers spent months scouring through old expedition logs and reports, and reviewing 70-year-old maps and photos before making a surprising discovery. | |
 Titan's surface organics surpass oil reserves on Earth February 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 84 vote(s)
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Saturn’s orange moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth, according to new Cassini data. The hydrocarbons rain from the sky, collecting ... | |
 Solar evidence points to human causes of climate change February 19, 2008 | User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 69 vote(s)
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It’s getting harder and harder to blame the sun for causing the gradual increase in global temperatures that are now being seen in the climate record, scientists said today. | |
Hot climate could shut down plate tectonics May 12, 2008 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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A new study of possible links between climate and geophysics on Earth and similar planets finds that prolonged heating of the atmosphere can shut down plate tectonics and cause a planet's crust to become locked in place. | |
 Supercomputers offer new explanation of Tunguska disaster December 18, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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The stunning amount of forest devastation at Tunguska, a century ago in Siberia, may have been caused by an asteroid only a fraction as large as previously published estimates, Sandia supercomputer simulations ... | |
 Black carbon pollution emerges as major player in global warming March 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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Black carbon, a form of particulate air pollution most often produced from biomass burning, cooking with solid fuels and diesel exhaust, has a warming effect in the atmosphere three to four times greater than ... | |
Stabilizing climate requires near-zero carbon emissions February 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Now that scientists have reached a consensus that carbon dioxide emissions from human activities are the major cause of global warming, the next question is: How can we stop it" Can we just cut back on carbon, or do we need ... | |
 Regional nuclear conflict would create near-global ozone hole, says CU-Boulder study April 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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A limited nuclear weapons exchange between Pakistan and India using their current arsenals could create a near-global ozone hole, triggering human health problems and wreaking environmental havoc for at least ... | |
 Lake Mead could be dry by 2021 February 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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There is a 50 percent chance Lake Mead, a key source of water for millions of people in the southwestern United States, will be dry by 2021 if climate changes as expected and future water usage is not curtailed, ... | |
 Antarctic ice shelf disintegrating as result of climate change, say scientists March 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 52 vote(s)
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Satellite imagery from the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center shows a portion of Antarctica's massive Wilkins Ice Shelf has begun to collapse because of rapid climate change ... | |
 'Revolutionary' CO2 maps zoom in on greenhouse gas sources April 07, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 44 vote(s)
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A new, high- resolution, interactive map of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels has found that the emissions aren't all where we thought. | |
Major Arctic sea ice melt is expected this summer May 02, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The Arctic will remain on thinning ice, and climate warming is expected to begin affecting the Antarctic also, scientists said Friday. "The long-term prognosis is not very optimistic," atmospheric scientist Jennifer ... | |
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