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 ... | |
 Antarctic ice shelf disintegrating as result of climate change, say scientists March 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 53 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 ... | |
 Regional nuclear conflict would create near-global ozone hole, says CU-Boulder study April 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 32 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 ... | |
UC Davis researcher leads climate-change discovery June 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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A team of researchers led by a first-year UC Davis faculty member has resolved a longstanding paradox in the plant world, which should lead to far more accurate predictions of global climate change. | |
 Lake Mead could be dry by 2021 February 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 48 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, ... | |
 'Revolutionary' CO2 maps zoom in on greenhouse gas sources April 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 45 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. | |
Volcanic eruptions wiped out ocean life 93 million years ago July 16, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 36 vote(s)
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University of Alberta scientists contend they have the answer to mass extinction of animals and plants 93 million years ago. The answer, research has uncovered, has been found at the bottom of the sea floor where lava fountains ... | |
 Arctic 'holds 90bln barrels of oil, mostly offshore' 13 hours ago | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Within the Arctic circle there are 90 billion barrels of oil and vast quantities of natural gas waiting to be tapped, most of it offshore, the government-run US Geological Survey said. | |
 A warming climate can support glacial ice January 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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New research challenges the generally accepted belief that substantial ice sheets could not have existed on Earth during past super-warm climate events. The study by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography ... | |
 Tipping elements in the Earth's climate system February 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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Anthropogenic forcing could push the Earth’s climate system past critical thresholds, so that important components may “tip” into qualitatively different modes of operation. In the renowned magazine Proceedings ... | |
Surprise quake shows Japan's vulnerability: experts June 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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A powerful earthquake in Japan struck at a previously unknown faultline, raising new alarm that the dreaded "Big One" could hit anywhere in the country, experts said Sunday. | |
 Researchers Say Outlook Indicates Active 2008 Hurricane Season April 09, 2008 | User rating: 1.7 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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According to researchers at North Carolina State University, the 2008 hurricane season looks to be an active one; however, the number of storms that will have the potential to make landfall is close to that ... | |
Before fossil fuels, Earth's minerals kept CO2 in check April 29, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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Over millions of years carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have been moderated by a finely-tuned natural feedback system— a system that human emissions have recently overwhelmed. A joint University of Hawaii / Carnegie ... | |
 Warming climate is changing life on global scale, says new study May 14, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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A vast array of physical and biological systems across the earth are being affected by warming temperatures caused by humans, says a new analysis of information not previously assembled all in one spot. The ... | |
 Exploding asteroid theory strengthened by new evidence located in Ohio, Indiana July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 52 vote(s)
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Geological evidence found in Ohio and Indiana in recent weeks is strengthening the case to attribute what happened 12,900 years ago in North America -- when the end of the last Ice Age unexpectedly turned ... | |
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